AIDEN

Taking their name from the young boy in movie The Ring, five-piece Seattle rockers Aiden offer their own brand of horror rock. They gained several plaudits after their Kerrang! tour earlier this year. The group, (Wil Francis (vocals), Jake Wambold (guitar), Jake Davison (drums), Nick Wiggins (bass), and Angel Ibarra (guitar) combine hardcore with punk revivalism and take their influences from bands like My Chemical Romance and Avenged Sevenfold. No mercy, no surrender then and since forming in high school, the band have honed their scary spice skills on two albums worth of material, Our Gang's Dark Oath in 2004 and 2005's Nightmare Anatomy.