UP IN FLAMES

When we were first introduced to the brash and ballsy metalcore madness of British trailblazers Asking Alexandria (around the rise of the Soundwave age circa 2010), they were but wide-eyed teenagers with less f***s to give than a Catholic nun, and more cocaine surging through their bloodstream than pseudo-scientific bullshit out of Pete Evans’ mouth (no, kombucha doesn’t prevent cancer – he hasn’t said it yet, but it’s only a matter of time).

But in 2020, the youngest member of the group is fast approaching 30; the rock ’n’ roll fantasy doesn’t last forever, and if they were to pretend it did, they’d probably all wind up in a set of matching coffins by the decade’s end (not to mention how forced and trite their tunes would become). So,, sees them embrace a new lifestyle as clean-living adults with smiles on their faces and families to feed.