The Raven Age

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The Raven Age
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Background information
Origin London, England
Genres
Years active2009–present
Members
  • George Harris
  • Matt Cox
  • Jai Patel
  • Matt James
  • Tommy Gentry
Past members
  • Tony Maue
  • Michael Burrough
  • Dan Wright
Website www.theravenage.org

The Raven Age are an English heavy metal band formed in London in 2009 by guitarists George Harris and Dan Wright. Harris is the son of Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris. [3]

Contents

History

In 2014, the band recorded and released their self-titled EP, before supporting Steve Harris' British Lion and Tremonti on separate tours. The band then supported Iron Maiden on The Book of Souls World Tour in 2016. [4] On 2 August 2016, the band announced that their debut album, Darkness Will Rise, would be released in December 2016, but it was instead released in March 2017. [5] [6] The band supported Anthrax on the Among The Kings European Tour in 2017. [7] They followed by supporting Killswitch Engage and Tremonti on their tours in 2018. [8] The band released their second album, Conspiracy, on 8 March 2019. Conspiracy has received over 130,000 views on YouTube as of 12 June 2019. [9] [10]

Members

Current members

Former members

Discography

Studio Albums

Compilation Albums

EPs

Singles

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