"If you book us, we will come."

BAND BIOGRAPHY:

"'Curtains Up' is a compulsive mix of hardcore frustrations, chiseled from the wall of talent that has been emerging from Kent over the past 3 years. Don't be left out of the loop. Get into Circle of Rage now!" Alan Hicks - Rockmatrix.co.uk

"For the hardcore fan it's a welcome addition to the music scene.. catch COR live where you can really see the power of their music; original and fresh, sounding nothing like other copycat bands out there today." The Gig Guide - The-gig-guide.co.uk

"An excellent Kent Band"
- BBC Radio Kent Introducing

"Circle of Rage: A truly exciting, unique act with their own character and their own creative methods."
- HardRockHaven.net

"Their crunching, politically-charged offerings leave many in the crowd mightily impressed."
- Rockmidgets.com
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A five-piece outfit whose members all hail from the same village in Kent. Not only that, we ALL attended the same primary school, so we have literally grown up together.
You could even say that "Circle of Rage" was formed way before we even held any instruments. Through a mutual passion for Hardcore music coupled with a recognition for strong, indicative lyrics, it seemed the next logical step to decide that...

..."We can do this!" "Lets make a band.....so...who wants to play what?"

So thats exactly what we did. We all had to learn to play and six years later, play we did!

From the moment we committed to the idea, we have worked tirelessly to hone our sound to what we KNEW we wanted. As a band, we are true believers in the "power of words". Furthermore, that Hardcore music should be a form of poetry set to hard-edged, aggressive, yet exciting and powerful music. It is this that we try to accomplish.

Our words reflect the punk/political clout of bands such as "Anti-Flag" and "Bad Religion" whilst our music takes a range of inspiration from 80s metal i.e. "Megadeth", "Metallica", "Pantera" to more recent Hardcore offerings in the vein of "Refused", "Death by Stereo".

Instead of mere imitation, we try to marry our influences with more original structural concepts, so retaining that musical genuineness and independence.

We are of the train of thought that as a race we have had the veil pulled over our eyes.

There is a very apparent secrecy in the upper levels of our society yet despite this, we are asked to follow our appointed leaders with an unwavering and therefore unnatural conviction.
I for one NEED to know things and demanding truth in times of deceit is indeed a revolutionary act.

Why all the secrets? What do they know?
Many may call us conspiracy theorists but theyve been taught to conveniently forget that conspiracies DO exist regardless of the theory.

After all, we write about what we learn and wish to share our views on this mad world with all who will listen. To those who do not want to hear it.....good luck with that ;)