As Lions

In late 2014 the London-based British hard rock quintet As Lions assembled, uniting vocalist Austin Dickinson—son of Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson—with guitarists Conor O'Keefe and Will Homer, bassist Stefan Whiting, and drummer Dave Fee. Their cinematic, guitar-driven approach, anchored by a potent melodic core and accented by electronic touches, soon earned them a contract with the American imprint Eleven Seven Music, prompting the ensemble to cross the Atlantic and track material alongside producer David Bendeth (Of Mice & Men, Paramore). The resulting debut EP, Aftermath, arrived in October 2016.