BIOGRAPHY

Grace and Fire formed in 2019 fusing Progressive Rock and Metal in a melodic, accessible format.

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Songwriters André Saint (Vocals) and Aaron Gidney (Guitars) first worked together in their previous band, Shadow of Acolyte, writing recording and touring for two years, culminating in hitting #1 on Amazon's Bestselling Hard Rock and Metal Chart in January 2018 with the release of the 'Holy Ground' EP.

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Graham Brown (Drums) began working with the band at its inception, having recorded and played with numerous well-known Prog Rock musicians such as Kim Serviour (Touchstone.) He currently also plays for The Paradox Twin with John Mitchell (Arena, Frost*, It Bites) and Rob Cottingham in his band Cairo.

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Following Graham’s addition, Tim Ashton (Bass) then joined the line up, having been introduced by Karl Groom of Threshold. Karl had known Tim from various recording sessions at Thin Ice Studios, UK.   

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Finally, Joshua Gidney joined the band on Keyboards in a live capacity from the band's first gig at Danfest (The Musician, Leicester) in November 2021, shortly becoming a fully-fledged member after that.

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The debut album 'Elysium' was released in 2021 on OOB Records and contains 10 tracks of melodic, progressive hard rock and metal. The album was produced by Karl Groom and featured guest appearances from Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo), Mark Boals and Göran Edman (both ex-Yngwie Malmsteen).

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The band have been featured favourably in Prog Magazine, Fireworks Rock & Metal Magazine, Powerplay Magazine and Rock Hard Magazine (Germany) as well as many online reviews.

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The band performed live across the UK in 2022 at venues such as 1865 (Southampton) and Scruffy Murphy's (Birmingham) along with appearances at Prog festivals old and new, including Summer's End (Chepstow), Soundle (Oundle) and Highway To Hull. 2023 saw the band perform at Prog For Peart, again at Southampton 1865, Leeds and most notably as support to Theshold at the Islington O2, London.

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Grace and Fire have spent 2024 writing and demoing their second album to be released in 2025, as well as on tour supporting Threshold across Europe, playing for the first time in Belgium, Holland, Germany and Switzerland.