Fury UK is an English heavy metal band based in Manchester, England. Between 2007 and 2012 the band played a series of important festival appearances such as Bloodstock Open Air and Hammerfest in the UK, and Prog Power Metal Festival in Belgium, toured extensively with some of the biggest names such as Saxon, Iced Earth and Michael Schenker. Meanwhile, the band released three albums, one EP and one DVD. The band received plenty of critical praise, not least from renowned music writer Dom Lawson in his review of 3rd album 'A Way of Life' for Classic Rock magazine. In May 2012 the band went on long term hiatus when bassist Luke Appleton was recruited by American heavy metal band Iced Earth, following which Fury UK members Chris Appleton and Martin McNee formed a new band called Absolva, announcing their debut album 'Flames of Justice'. Band chronology Early history The band was first formed around 2002 by Chris Appleton, lead guitarist and lead vocalist, whilst still in his early teens. The line-up was re-shaped several times over the early years, whilst still nothing more than a local band, playing local gigs. During this time the band released a series of demo CDs such as the EP "Hear No Evil / Alarms" and the demo album "My Tomorrow". Up until mid-2007 the band's notable gigs were a support slot with Diamond Head in Newcastle and a short tour supporting the Irish band Glyder towards the end of 2006. 2007 Fury UK signed to independent record label Rocksector Records in 2007. The band's first official release was the album "Face of Adversity", launched in October 2007. The line-up at that time was Chris Appleton (lead vocals/ lead guitar), Marc Dawson (bass guitar/backing vocals) and Adam Galloway (drums). Shortly after the release of the album various issues/disagreements came to a head, and as a result both Dawson and Galloway left the band. Replacements were quickly found in the form of drummer Martin McNee and bass guitarist/backing vocalist, Adam Cropper. This new line-up recorded a 3 track EP entitled "Salvation" which included the songs "Salvation", "Manslaughter" and "Lost in Forever", released in February 2008. During this period the band played their first three support gigs with the former Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane singer, Blaze Bayley. 2008 to 2009 By this time the band was being lauded as one of the standard-bearers of traditional British metal