“Nightvision have an original hard rock sound that’s grabbing the attention of an ever widening audience” - BBC.co.uk
Biography
The beginnings of this Lincolnshire based ‘tighter-than-a-duck’s-arse, eight legged hard rocking groove machine’ go back to 2003, when guitarist Bolda (23), and drummer Daryl Hocking (23) first got together to play music, bonded by a shared love of Iron Maiden, Queen, Metallica, Guns N Roses et al.
Having watched the first line-up of Nightvision play for 18 months, bassist Dean Hocking (19), brother of Daryl, was persuaded in 2005 to join the band when the previous bass player moved on. The dynamic created by two brothers in a band can go one of two ways – disastrously or with creative sparks flying. Fortunately it was the latter!
The search then began for the final piece in the band’s jigsaw – a talented vocalist / front man, culminating at the beginning of 2006, when extrovert, energetic vocalist Dave McKee (24) walked into the group’s audition room, exuding all the self-confidence of a natural born front man.
The four musicians gelled instantly and soon assumed an enviable group consciousness, honing down their craft and impressing audiences with a series of headline slots from Glasgow to London as well supporting the likes of Diamond Head, Fozzy, New Generation Superstars, Sweet Seduction, Kid Ego, From Almost The End, The Imperial Vipers, Forever Never, Disarm and many more.
Nightvision are now set to release their irresistible, tour de force debut album, ‘As The Lights Go Down’, on Rocksector Records on April 6th. The launch will kick off with a home town show in Lincoln followed by a series of gigs across the UK to promote the album and to continue to raise the profile of the band.
Produced and engineered by Matt Elliss at Axis Studios, Doncaster, ‘As The Lights Go Down’ is packed with exuberant, crisp, crunching guitar riffs, soaring, wide ranging vocals, thunderous melodic bass lines and powerhouse engine room drumming. This is the sound of four excellent young musicians who have embraced their influences from the (metal and hard rock) past, injected tons of energy and enthusiasm and created their own distinctive brand of high energy hard rock music in the process.
With the combination of a twelve track debut album, signed with a progressive rock label and a growing interest nationwide in the band, 2009 could be a memorable year for Nightvision who are already working on new material to continue the momentum that is surely building for this exciting and talented young band.
