Parades Underground is Graham Warner (guitars, bass, drums, and clean vocals) and Simon Ayres (metal vocals) and was born from the ashes of a post-hardcore university band. Starting as a metal side project, the band has grown into the all-consuming entity it is today.

Allow The Flames To take Us All is the band’s latest EP and was released on 21/07/2023.
With influences such as Korn, System Of A Down, Kyuss, Refused, Machine Head, Nirvana and many more, the band’s sound is a great mix of many genres all mish-mashed together to create a sound that is unique to them.

The pairs mutual love of the metal genre has been the driving force behind their musical journey.

With only one instrumentalist in the band, Graham is a very skilled musician and combined with the aggressiveness of Simon’s metal screams and growls they really are a force to be reckoned with.

With heavy instrumentation, the guitar riffs and pounding drums really kick you in the stomach, the rawness in the music very clear to hear, and recorded in Graham’s room, the duo have used their music to express their thoughts into four very strong songs.

The vocals are a two-sided thing, with clean vocals being supplemented with almost death metal like growls and this really does make for an interesting combination, the two styles completely different yet somehow still in synch with each other. There is almost a punk element to the vocals, giving the EP lots of attitude and angst.

There is also a hint of progressiveness in the music, and this gives the listener plenty to concentrate on, and with the four tracks lasting just under thirteen minutes in total, this album is also very intense.

An excellent release by this duo from Rendlesham in the UK. Its their third EP so check out the previous two and see what you think!

Track Listing:
1) Breakneck
2) Allow The Flames To Take Us All
3) The Foolish Hope pt II
4) Red Tent

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