The More I See
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Formation

The More I See were formed by guitarist Graham 'Gizz' Butt
Gizz Butt
Gizz Butt is a British musician, best known for playing the guitar during live performances by band The Prodigy in the late 1990s.-Early years:...

, formerly of Punk Metal band English Dogs
English Dogs
English Dogs are a British crossover punk rock/heavy metal band that began life in the early eighties.-History:English Dogs formed in October 1981 in Grantham and produced two demos during 1982 entitled 'Show No Mercy' and 'Free To Kill'. The band toured as support to fellow punk band Charged GBH...

 and the Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...

.

Formed in Cambridgeshire in 2002 with vocalist Chad Sunderland, guitarist Gavin King (also of Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim are an English gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire in 1984. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Carl McCoy, saxophonist Gary Whisker, Tony Pettitt on bass, guitarist Paul Wright and drummer Alexander "Nod" Wright...

) and bassist Lee Churchill.

Personnel changes

To speed the musical pace up, both live and on record, drummer Spike T. Smith, previously of Sacrilege, The Damned & Conflict
Conflict (band)
Conflict is an English anarcho-punk band originally based around Eltham in South London. Formed in 1981, the band's original line up consisted of: Colin Jerwood , Francisco 'Paco' Carreno , Big John , Steve , Pauline , Paul aka 'Nihilistic Nobody' . Their first release was the EP "The House That...

 and cult icon Morrissey
Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...

, was recruited to the line-up. The band then signed a new deal with maverick label Transcend Records, and recorded their follow-up ‘The Unholy Feast’.

Just before Christmas 2008, Chad Sunderland quit. Shortly after Lee Churchill decided that he no longer wanted to continue either. They were replaced in January 2009 with Peter Ellis on vocals and James Cluer on bass.
The line-up has now changed to James Cluer on guitar, Harri Wright on drums and Drew Markwick on bass.

Touring

Since the band started they have played all over Europe to between 20 people to 8,000 people. They've toured with the likes of Stuck Mojo
Stuck Mojo
Stuck Mojo is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1989 by guitarist Rich Ward, Stuck Mojo is considered to be one of the pioneers of rap metal. Touring alongside bands such as Machine Head and Slapshot. Stuck Mojo's most successful album, Rising, peaked at #48 on the...

, Exodus
Exodus (band)
Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1980 in Richmond, California. Spanning a career of over 30 years, Exodus has gone through numerous lineup changes, two extended hiatuses, and the deaths of two former band members. Guitarist Gary Holt remains the only constant member of the band,...

, Pro-Pain and more recently Warrior Soul
Warrior Soul
Warrior Soul is an American hard rock band formed by lead singer Kory Clarke, guitarist Cliff St. Croix , later replaced by John Ricco, later replaced by Alex, a Scotsman living in New York City , and guitarist Chris Moffett. Then Peter Jay Tsudis...

.

Gavin King states: 'We haven't done as much touring as we'd have liked over the past couple of years but all that will hopefully change this year!'

Releases

Their debut album, ‘The Wolves Are Hungry’ received rave reviews, but major European tour plans never came to fruition, sales were disappointing and the band’s relationships with their record label, manager and agent fell apart.

June 2009 saw the band release their 2nd full length album 'The Unholy Feast' a month after giving the entire record away with Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...

 magazine.

Butt described 'The Unholy Feast' to Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...

magazine as "Part Cannibalism, part Vampirism and part UK government" and goes on to say "When we play live we just bang from one song into another and aim to just pummel the energy into the crowd and that's an old-school thing I like."

The band's new album 'Tread The Darker Path' is out now on Transcend Records and reached number 5 on the HMV metal pre-sales and number 10 on most popular new releases.
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