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Hereward, a Heavy Metal band formed in Cambridgeshire, England in 2021 by Vocalist DC and Guitarist Josh. Joined by Bassist Mackie and Drummer Jamie soon after the formation of the band they started to work on what would be their first live set list and debut EP Angel in the Storm which was released in the fall of 2022. In the summer of 2022 Guitarist Harry joined the band to make the 5 piece that we know today.

The band have used a mixture of styles in all of their music to show influences of all of the members but the most notable that come through are Thrash, Melodic and Metalcore which Vocalist DC jokingly coined as Thralodicore during an interview with The Metal Lab.

The band started their live shows in April of 2023 playing their first show at The Met Lounge in Peterborough supporting another local band Tori Lamour. After this the band went on to play shows at Club 85 in Hitchin for that year's Metal 2 the Masses competition making it to thay years Semi-finals of the contest. During the same time the band played at The Cambridge Band Competition and we awarded the Best Rock Act in that years competition. They were then invited along to play the Centre Stage at Strawberry Fair giving the band their first festival appearance.

As well as playing Strawberry Fair the band went on to play at Mangata Festival as a last minute replacement for the Tap n Tumbler Stage and also opened the Ostrich Stage at the Returning Willow Festival in Peterborough that year. Other notable shows from the band in 2023 were opening for Hi-On Maiden at The Met Lounge, SX-Fest in Brentwood making the band first appearancein Essex, playing The Six Six bar in Cambridge on Halloween weekend and playing at the First ever Grimfest in St Ives.

The band ended their 2023 campaign with a final Show at The Met Lounge supporting Untammed. It was during the holiday Period where Hereward also released their debit music video Mediocracy.

2024 has seen the band start to write new material and hit the studio getting ready to release new music as well as booking shows which will see them return to Metal 2 the Masses at Club 85 and the Cambridge Band Competition.