Artist Detailed Info: Nightblade

There are two bands named Nightblade.

(1) Nightblade, a hard rock/NWOBHM band from the West Midlands, UK.

(2) Nightblade, a thrash metal band from Northamptonshire, UK.


(1) Nightblade were formed in 2010, guitarist Dave Parrish, bassist Bill Fitzsimmons and drummer Rik Horton being joined by singer Mark Crosby. After a search for a permanent drummer Horton was replaced by Rich Jones.

They brought out their debut album "Servant To Your Lair" in December 2011 and in March of 2012 went out on their first tour to promote it.

In December 2012 drummer Rick Jones was replaced by Richard Lawley.

Nightblade have filled support slots for experienced acts such as Iron Butterfly and Uli Jon Roth. At the time of writing (March 2013) they are set to support Snakecharmer and Catch A Rainbow feat. Graham Bonnet.

The current Nightblade line-up is:
Dave Parrish - Guitar
Bill Fitzsimmons - Bass
Mark Crosby - Vocals
Richard Lawley - Drums

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(2) Nightblade were formed in March 2007. Rising from the ashes of former band Equalisis, making use of what they had musically and personally they went on the search for a new guitarist and after trying and failing with two they found Aidan Jones, third time lucky! It wasn't long before they hit the local scene (only a month and a single practice later infact) to wide acclaim. Competing in a local battle of the bands and procuring more gigs and a steadily growing fanbase.

Using the band members previous band and performance experiences they were led to having a very serious outlook in terms of producing and practicing music, rather than the somewhat more relaxed attitude that had been taken with previous bands.

The band then wrote and recorded demo versions of songs, which were posted on the internet site Myspace. The songs produced drew from a variety of styles of metal focusing mainly on the melodic styles of metal which all attracted positive feedback from the public. The songs all contain technical styles of playing with focus put onto instrument techniques, harmonies and melodies, and so they continue to write and gig with much more planned for the summer of 2007...

Nightblade consist of:

Ben Hughes -- Vocals/Lead Guitar,
Aidan Jones -- Rythm Guitar,
Stephen Thorpe -- Bass,
Bryce Moore -- Keyboard
Ben Twigger -- Drums

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