Our in house Sound engineers Carl Brewer (Pointy Halo Productions) and Sheldon Jolly went on a little road trip to Blackpool, to help track a new album for Kill The Lights. They are a new band featuring former Bullet For My Valentine drummer Michael 'Moose' singer James Clark (Throw The Fight), guitarists Travis Montgomery (Threat Signal) Jordan Whelan (Still Remains) and bassist Davey Richmond (Glamour Of The Kill).
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The album has been produced by Colin Richardson (Slipknot, Trivium, Cradle Of Filth + many more!)  and Chris Clancy  (Mutiny Within, Wearing Scars). 

EDIT - Check out their newly released single and music video The Faceless below:

Myke Gray guitarist (formerly with Skin, Red White & Blues, Schism, and Jagged Edge) setup camp in our Rehearsal Room 1 for two days to jam ahead of their Download Festival appearance. 

​They even shot part of their music video here which we've added on the post for you to have a nosey!

Another busy month here at the recording studio, plenty of bands jamming with us in the rehearsal rooms too. Here's a few highlights!

Ukulele powered punk outfit UkePunk made great use of our live room, utilising a green screen for their upcoming video for track Susie Dent - a quirky punk fused ode to Countdown's resident lexicographer! Here's a snippet of what to expect ​

We are teaming up with a national government funded scheme MAS Records, to offer young bands an opportunity to develop their skills and music. One of the schemes patrons is none other than Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin fame. Here's some more info if you'd like to sign up or share with someone you know:

Will you be aged 16-19* on the 2nd September this year?
Are you in a band or thinking of forming one?
Passed your GCSEs?
If not - know someone who is?
You could be eligible to sign up for an upcoming FREE artist development scheme that runs from September 2018 - July 2019, providing upcoming artists with the following free of charge...
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-Weekly rehearsal sessions
-Recording sessions with top producers
-Showcase gigs
-Business planning advice for your career
-Marketing and promotion campaigns
-Tour planning

Sounds too good to be true? MAS Records is a Government funded scheme that supports the UK's emerging music scene. Already well established with over 200 bands involved in Leeds, Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool, it is now branching out up here in Manchester.
If you're interested or know someone who would be, please inbox us a message with some basic info - name, band/act name, age, email address and telephone number and we can go from there. ???
*Bands can be considered who may have some (not the majority) of their members that are younger or older than 16-19

Live from Manchester once again in the recording studios, this month we had Suave Martyrs, Standing Waves and The Tip Dogs entertaining the crowd and via livestream from our FaceBook page. A great night was had by all - check out their performances on our YouTube channel.

Well what a busy month we've had with rehearsal sessions, preparing for our monthly live music night and our sound engineers mixing and mastering projects! So much so that we forgot to do an update, so here are some highlights from this month.

Colt48's EP titled II was released, it was recorded here at the studio and produced by our own Carl Brewer (Pointy Halo Productions) alongside Christopher Clancy (Wearing Scars). It sounds magnificent (if we may say so ourselves) - check it out for free on their Bandcamp page here

Manchester based metal/rapcore band  Boss Menance took over our live room to create the video for their latest release Whatever We Become - have a peek!

​We have teamed up with video creators S57 Productions, who create great videos for bands and artists in unique locations. Filmed in our live room, here is the first of many more to come, featuring The Holy Dead performing their track Paradise.

Redwall Live took an electronic and eclectic turn this month presenting Flange Circus, Cynthia's Periscope and VWLS. Have a nosey at the livestream below...

​It sees the band lean towards it’s traditional Metal roots but adding a contemporary slant. ​

​Last night saw the first Redwall Live gig of the year, held here at the recording studios in Manchester -  and what a great start! Featuring the excellent We The North, Exist The Fall and Room To Let - all fantastic local acts from Bury and surrounding areas.

​The night was well attended and everyone had a blast. Here is the live-stream video that was sent out over FaceBook on the night.

Our live music events usually take place at the studios in Bury on the last Saturday of each month, keep your eyes out for more coming soon!

​Colt48 have supported such Rock giants as Trapt, Fozzy, Sick Puppies, The Ataris, Courage My Love, InMe, Crazytown and William Control. 
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Tracked over three days, the band consisting of Adam Jerome and Matt Savini, recorded their drums, guitars and vocals for mixing & mastering work to be performed by Chris. The release is scheduled with an awesome launch night at London's legendary Borderline venue, on the 16th March. Check out their social media - FaceBook Twitter ​

​​The evening was a great success, check out our upcoming events page here for more live music at our studio venue in Bury, Manchester in 2018!​