For many bands, losing their singer just two months after unleashing their breakthrough album would equate to a serious drag in momentum. But then, Your Demise aren’t most bands; nor are the southern UK quintet adverse to problems. Equipment theft? Check. Multiple line-up changes? Check, and make that thirteen. Motorway breakdowns? You bet, including a time when the side door of their tour van literally fell off in the fast lane of the M1. And how about the 24 hours the members of Your Demise spent in solitary confinement in a Belgian prison…
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But are they still here, still hungry, still going stronger than ever? Check, check and check again. Indeed, Your Demise’s five year rise from humble beginnings in scout huts and youth clubs has never been a smooth ride, but it’s these very trials and tribulations that have scarred, defined and moulded them into a feral force of energy, aggression and irrepressible ambition. Since vocalist Ed McRae joined the ranks of the band mere months after the May 2009 release of their Visible Noise/Earache Records debut Ignorance Never Dies, Your Demise have quite literally toured relentlessly, trawling across UK and Europe with Misery Signals, Raised Fist and The Devil Wears Prada on back to back runs. Then, in January 2010, Your Demise hit US shores in full stride alongside The Ghost Inside and For The Fallen Dreams and they have not stopped since, only taking a breather for a 12 hour flight back to the UK for a one week sold out tour of their home turf with A Day To Remember, before heading straight back stateside again for a adrenalised performance at South By South West 2010 and even more back to back touring alongside Born Of Osiris, Unearth and Stick To Your Guns.