Metal Anarchy

Time for the next edition of Metal Anarchy’s “new music showcase,” the feature where I introduce you to bands that readers of this site may find interesting. This time I have a Q&A with Alun Davies of Before The Sirens.

METAL ANARCHY: Tell me a little about your band:

DAVIES: Hi! Nice to meet you. I’m Alun from Before the Sirens, a classic metalcore band from Hertfordshire, UK. We’ve been playing together in various bands since we were at school (so in some cases nearly 30 years!) but have been playing in this band together since 2021. We have previously been called a classic metalcore band and to be honest this is the closest definition I have heard when trying to place us in a genre. But we have been described as heavy metal, melodic metalcore, hard rock and, my personal favourite, the heaviest rock band you will ever hear!

METAL ANARCHY: Who are your main influences?

DAVIES: Our music stems from our influences in early 2000s metalcore and those ‘Kerrang’ era Nu-Metal bands that form the foundation of our sound. We list ourselves as ‘for fans of Killswitch Engage, Alter Bridge, Breaking Benjamin & Metallica’.

METAL ANARCHY: What is your latest release and why should readers of this site check it out?

DAVIES: Our new EP ‘As It Is Above, So It Is Below’ is released in December last year. We really feel like this EP builds on the sonic foundation laid by (our debut EP) Desolate Seas & Darkened Skies. The new EP feels like a step up for us in terms of musical ambition. If you like your music heavy with plenty of hook laden riffs, buckets of vocal melody and s good smattering of vicious breakdowns, this might just be worth a listen.

METAL ANARCHY: What can people expect when they go to your live shows?

DAVIES: We love playing live together and we hope that is infectious when people come out to see us at a show. But we are there to have a good time and to entertain, so in amongst the unbelievably loud heavy music we play, we bring a lot of humour and positive energy.

METAL ANARCHY: Where do you see your band heading in 5 years?

DAVIES: We’ll continue to write the music we love writing. Our predominant agenda with this band is enjoy making the music we want to make. It’s heavy, it’s aggressive, it’s got bucket loads of melody in the vocals, but it has to sound like us. To be honest, we want to continue to be the band we are and get out on the road to see as many of you as possible as that is where we are at our best.