UK

Hearts Under Fire are a five-piece consisting of Lexi Clark (drums), Nicky Day (rhythm guitar), Steph Forrow (lead guitar), Mary O’Regan (bass) and Sian Sanderson (vocals). Their ballsy, melodic, impassioned songs, together with fast tempos, driving guitars and gang vocals, have been compared to Rise Against, Alkaline Trio and AFI, but despite the similarities, these girls have certainly created a sound of their own.

The Deadlight are a British five piece rock band formed in Scarborough in 2009. The band includes Matt (vocals, guitar), Jacko (guitar), Jon (guitar), Rich (drums), and Tim (bass, vocals). They have released four studio mixes and a rough demo on their facebook and myspace. The Deadlight's influences include Pearl Jam, Jeff Buckley, Tool, Radiohead, Hendrix and RATM.

Simon and Emily of The Lamp of Thoth formed Arkham Witch in 2008. They recorded a five-song demo that was very well received. After sharing a stage together in many different heavy metal outfits throughout the years, Aldo ‘Dodo’ Delarose, (of the legendary Maltese thrash band Manslaughter, and more recently Yorkshire thrash titans Let ‘em Burn!) and Johnny ‘The Demon’ Demaine were recruited so that the band could play live.

The Lancashire Hotpots is a comedy folk band from St Helens, Merseyside, England, formed in December 2006. The members are Bernard Thresher (vocals, guitar, drums), Dickie Ticker (accordion, hand percussion), Bob Wriggles (bass, acoustic bass) and Willie Eckerslike (drums, vocals). Their songs make use of Lancashire dialect. The Lancashire Hotpots record songs about Lancashire and other British culture (e.g. "Chippy Tea", "He's Turned Emo", "eBay Eck").