With the recruitment of drummer Jai Patel, bassist Matt Cox and powerhouse vocalist Michael Burrough, The Raven Age emerged as a fully-fledged band, playing their first gig in February 2013. Gradually a vision for their own music began to coalesce and the notion of forming a band took hold. Back then, the teenagers were in thrall to metalcore acts such as Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive and Avenged Sevenfold, and shared a mutual love of lavish film scores and stirring classical symphonies. Such aspirations were far from the minds of Wright and fellow The Raven Age guitarist George Harris when the pair were first introduced in 2009 via their respective girlfriends. We couldn’t have wished for a greater motivation or bigger inspiration for what The Raven Age could be.” This is just the start of our journey, of course, but that tour laid out the goals our band should aspire to. It was an insight as to what can be achieved with hard work, the right attitude and brilliant songs. “It was an amazing experience,” admits guitarist Dan Wright, “a tour we’ll remember forever. This was the scene The Raven Age witnessed each night when they accepted an offer to support British metal legends Iron Maiden on their wildly successful The Book Of Souls world tour in 2016. It’s every band’s dream: a football stadium filled with ecstatic fans chanting your band’s name, screaming every lyric, fists in the air, lost in music, bonded as one in rapturous communion. Winner of ‘Best New Band 2017’ – Planet Rock Awards “The UK’s next brightest metal hope.” Metal Hammer
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