Whilst preparing for Bloodstock, Clare Hardy from the Waltham Forest Guardian dropped in to see us...
"A ROCK band based in Walthamstow will face their biggest audience so far when they play at the metal festival Bloodstock this weekend.
Core Project, who practice at Pulse Studios in Blackhorse Lane, have struggled to find an audience for their epic, flowing progressive rock so far, playing wherever they can.
Keyboard player Dan Jones, from Buckhurst Hill, said: “We've slogged around London, playing in front of a wide variety of audiences.
“I think people in European countries are more geared to the music we play than people are in the UK.
“That's why Bloodstock is a great opportunity, because it's the right audience for us and that has not necessarily been there so far.”
The festival takes place in Derbyshire and is the largest independent metal festival in the country, with more than 80 bands playing.
The band has had a few changes of line-up, the most recent being when their lead singer failed to turn up to an ill-fated gig in Huddersfield, claiming he was stuck in Europe, under a cloud of volcanic ash.
Jones said that was one of his most memorable gigs. “By 11am on the morning of the gig, there were only four people in the band,” he said. “There were about six people in the student union bar we played in, but we carried on anyway.”
New singer Dom Giles has since joined the band and they agree that the current members will form the final five-piece.
Bassist Alex McElhinney said that the way their progressive rock, which so far includes their first album, Singularities Part One, was composed was more like classical music than pop songs.
“It's not the sort of thing you would see on music or hear on Kerrang Radio, or if you did, it would be on late at night,” he added.
But the band are hoping to change that by opening up their music to a wider audience."
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