Simon Rushworth
Fast-rising metal label Transcend Records have added another of the scene’s bright young things to their bulging roster after snapping up Tides Of Virtue ahead of a 2010 debut album release.
Formed last year, the quintet’s progress has been rapid – their intense touring schedule across the Uk and Europe winning them new fans in the thousands. And a record deal!
Transcend Records Managing Director, Rob Ferguson, said: “Aside from being an awesome band some of the qualities I look for in any artist are enthusiasm, passion and dedication – these boys have this by the bucketload.
“I have no doubt it will be a pleasure to work with Tides and we look forward to helping them achieve their goals whilst having a great time along the way.”
Tides of Virtue who will be unleashing their album Malevolence on the unsuspecting public in May 2010. In their first year as a band they played more than 75 shows in the UK and Europe, visited Studio 6 twice and played the reputed Metalfest 3 and Camden Curse Festivals.
The band has already shared the stage with scores of diverse acts including: Shadows Fall (US), Misery Signals (US), Your Demise, The Number Twelve Looks Like You (US), Viatrophy, Sylosis, It Prevails (US), This Is Colour, Azriel, Annotations Of An Autopsy, The Argent Dawn, The Eyes Of A Traitor, Postmortem Promises, Ligeia (US), Evita, Shadow Law, Days Of Betrayal (BEL) and Random Conflict.