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Tempest Saint are a Heavy Metal band from Hertfordshire, England. Their musical style is heavily influenced by NWOBHM, but also contains elements of Modern Hard Rock, and 70s blues. The band members are;

James O'Connor on Guitar, Luke Gould on Bass, Joe Curtis on Vocals, and Matteo Lusetti on Drums

Origins (2022 - 2023)
The band was formed in 2023, by British Guitarist James O'Connor, comprised of himself, Singer Joseph Curtis of the band Paradigm, Luke Gould on Bass and Bass VI, and Matteo Lusetti on drums.

The formation of Tempest Saint came in the wake of the dissolution of the London based Hard-Rock band "Vixen X", of which all, apart from Joseph Curtis, were members. Vixen X's end was a result of their vocalist, A female rock singer named Tatiana, deciding to part ways, after a little over a year with the band, to focus on other projects. This event left O'Connor, Gould and Lusetti with no definite direction, leading O'Connor to search for a suitable replacement vocalist, with the hope of continuing to create music with Gould and Lusetti, as a new outfit. After a few months, opportunity came when O'Connor attended an Open mic night at The Odds music pub in Hemel Hempstead, in January 2023. He had been made aware of the local band Paradigm in November 2022, when they had attended an open Mic night at The Odds, where O'Connor's girlfriend had taken some photos of the band, in the run up to their gig with Trust the Doc Media, which was to take place the following March. O'Connor approached Curtis at the Odds' open mic on January 10th, 2023, to come up with him and perform Black Sabbath's "Paranoid". After this performance, the two repaired to the pub's garden, where they discussed music, and mutual connections. It was here O'Connor learned that Curtis was aware of him via his Bassist in Paradigm, Shona-Mhairh Ferguson, who had known O'Connor through the local music scene for years. Curtis had shown her a video of O'Connor's guitar playing at an open mic in November 2022, and she had asked him to say hello on her behalf. During this conversation, a fellow pub-goer advised the two to consider collaboration, wherein they agreed, leading O'Connor to confer with Gould and Lusetti about their potential new vocalist. Curtis went on to Audition for the band that would become Tempest Saint on January 17th, 2023, and became their vocalist shortly thereafter. The name Tempest Saint came about when Curtis suggested it to O'Connor on the 23rd of February, 2023, who subsequently put it up for approval by Gould and Lusetti. From the beginning, the band Jammed on a few different riffs and licks that O'Connor and Gould came up with, and began writing songs, almost straight away, combining as many of their influences as they could, with a view to creating something as fresh as possible.

First Musical Endeavors (2023 - 2024)
Tempest Saint played their first show on May 17th, 2023, at The Horn in St. Albans. They continued to play shows every few weeks, before recording their first Single "Dead Ringer" on the 12th of July, 2023, at Rogue Studios London. The Single was recorded, mixed and mastered by Alessio Garavello of the band "A New Tomorrow", before being released on the 1st of September, 2023. Dead Ringer was received well by listeners, prompting the band to book themselves in to record a second single in short order, this being "Beggar's Belief", the band's then only ballad (save one unnamed demo). Beggar's Belief was released in December 2023, to a similar reception as Dead Ringer, in the underground scene.

Never turn your back, on the Ripper
At the end of 2023, the band were presented with a rare opportunity. On the 23rd of November, 2023, Former Judas Priest (and current KK's Priest) Lead Vocalist, Tim "Ripper" Owens, made a post on his instagram, stating to his followers;

"’I've got some time on my hands!!!!! Maybe It’s time to have me as a guest singer on your tune. If you’re interested in a guest vocal appearance on a song or two or three, Just send a email to get information on what’s needed and what the fee would be! 🤘🏽🤘🏽" This post was seen by Joe Curtis, and he decided to send a screenshot to the Tempest Saint bandchat, initially, as a joke. This changed when Guitarist, James O'Connor, stated that the band had nothing to lose by asking Ripper Owens to do a track with them. The band emailed the address provided, and got a response shortly thereafter. The band sent Owens a demo tape, including his vocal part, with an explanation of the idea of the song. He was on board, and recorded his end of the track in his home studio in Ohio. After the band received the vocals, the returned to Rogue Studios Wembley, where they recorded the instruments, and Joe's lead vocals, leaving Alessio Garavello to mix and master, as with the previous two singles the band created. The track would go on to be titled "Self Vilified", and would be released on May the 8th, 2024.

The Rising tides of Coalition
In February 2024, Tempest Saint became involved with the London Metal Coalition; a "first-of-it's-kind" collective, consisting of 50+ London-based metal bands of all sub-genres, all at various stages of professional development. Joseph Curtis and James O'Connor would make first contact at the LMC's second "Beer Hang", an event for Metalheads and bands alike, to socialise with like-minded individuals, for both social and professional purposes (professional purposes such as finding band members and gigs). That evening, they met multiple "Forge members" of the Coalition; members who help run the collective, and manage its events and members, as well as many of the bands and metalheads they would go on to be friends with. The Coalition's motto became famous among Metal bands in the London scene, and was one of the elements that appealed to Tempest Saint the most;

"A rising tide, lifts all ships" - a slogan indicative of the collective's ethos of, "community over competition".

Attendance of these social events, by members of Tempest Saint, would go on to develop into full membership of the Coalition, with performance, and social opportunities increasing for the band as a result. It would also transpire that, by sheer coincidence, one of only 3 other Trad-Metal band's in the Coalition, "War Grave", also recorded a song with Tim "Ripper" Owens, entitled "WITCH" that was released before Tempest Saint's own Ripper offering, "Self Vilified", on March 15th, 2024.