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Bolton metalers STRAIN formed in 2001 and through relentless gigging and a few demo cd’s the band became a tight, solid metal outfit with a growing fanbase all over the country and received worldwide radio airplay and reviews from major and independent magazines.
In 2004 STRAIN’S demo version of "APRIL" was selected to appear on daredevil records "burn the streets" compilation which was distributed worldwide, one of the only unsigned bands at the time to appear on it, Heavy, groove laden riffs, bluesy guitars, powerful drums and extremely brutal vocals has seen STRAIN draw comparisons from bands such as down and early Machine Head, this obviously didn’t go unnoticed and secured the band a slot on the cd next to bands like Mastodon, Alabama Thunderpussy and Entombed, a remarkable feat considering the band had no representation at the time.
2006 saw STRAIN constantly touring up and down the U.K filling every dancefloor and emptying every bar that got in their way and also secure support slots with bands such as Raging Speedhorn, Orange Goblin, Charger and Head-On as well as finding time to record their first full length album, through all this hard work it seemed obvious that thing’s were about to change for the better for STRAIN very soon...
Enter 2007 and the best way the band could’ve rang in the new year - signing to the newly formed U.K label Total Impact Records, the first signing to be taken on by the label with the release of our debut album in all the major record shops, awesome reviews and a tour of the u.k.
unfortunately this success was to be shortlived, like many other good bands things went tits up due to bad decisions made by "other parties" and left us stained with the shit brush and about as welcome as a dose to other potential labels, obviously with this being the case management didnt seem so keen all of a sudden and got rid of us like shit off a shovel. so now we are all back to the dreary 9-5 existence of dayjobs, shit work for shit money and barely enough to cover costs of living nevermind put ourselves back on the road. we are all closer than ever as a band and still tear it up together every weekend, we also have some awesome new material including a song called "fifty fifty", one of the coolest in your car, headbangin, zz top skynyrd rock songs ever and are itching to share it with the world. The question is will we be able to sort all the shit out and get back on the road taking care of business.....
you can bet your fuckin house we will!!
PRESS:
their self titled debut album is a ferociously entertaining slab of sledgehammer sludge that wears its souce material with pride. taking their cues from the low slung grooves and beard friendly belligerence of down and black label society, and that folks, is what top-notch heavy metal is all about.
METAL HAMMER:
An unapolegetic musical battering ram, strain come on like they mean to draw blood, think of the downtuned grit of black label society coupled with the grisly power of early pantera
KERRANG
"This band could seriously challenge to be true rulers, It is that good".
8 / 10 METAL HAMMER
"A crash-course in southern rock groove"
KERRANG
Bolton’s Strain have recorded an album of swinging grooves and guitar-shredding funk ability that’s a pleasure to listen to. Imagine a collaboration between Down, Cathedral and Electric Wizard, Great stuff.
TERRORIZER
Sounding like the illegitimate lovechild of Sabbath and Pantera, Sounding more Louisiana than Lancashire, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was mid-era Pantera demo tapes if it weren’t for the Iommi-esque inflections and fills which firmly stamp British metal all over the album, a total and utter dedication to creating the most crushing, groove-laden metal with scant regard for trends or scenes., it’s all about the groove.
ROCK SOUND
The debut album from these metalheads is colossal. Along with the likes of Charger and Murder One, Strain are heading the uprising of British metal!
BIG CHEESE MAGAZINE
oh boy... this is a suprising treat! This first full lenghth album is a potential classic, imagine pantera, rage against the machine and black sabbath, not since audioslave has a band been so funky, rythmic and heavy as shit!
POWERPLAY MAGAZINE
"If you like bands with a big heavy groove like pantera and corrosion of conformity you’ll like strain"
BRUCE DICKINSON BBC RADIO 6 ROCKSHOW
The boozed-up brutal behemoth from Bolton that is Strain, have created an impressive debut album with all the confidence, swagger and class of seasoned metal veterans.
Imagine the blues-based evil riffs of Black Sabbath distilled through the aggression of Pantera and you are half way there already, but don’t get the impression that Strain aren’t original, they have certainly got their own style.
WWW.MUSICXTRA.NET
Wonderful darkly oldschool Doombluesthrash which Could be from Louisiana..s swamps, class!
WWW.HEAVY-METAL-HEAVEN.DE
There’s a lot of stoner metal influece, thrash with low-end groove, lots of bluesy guitar and well-placed widdle.
similar to stuff such as corrosion of conformity and place of skulls, strain show a lot of promise
PURE METAL
Why the fuss? Black Label Society, My Ruin, Lamb Of God, Down, you know we just love our metal down and dirty here at Planet Loud so Strain are right up our street.
These Northern monkeys will have the sweat dripping off your hair as the metal is cranked to the max following on from the work started by bands like Charger, Raging Speedhorn and Murder One.
GRAHAM FINNEY, PLANET LOUD
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