Midlands metallers Tenebrae formed in Loughborough in mid 1997 as a four piece thrash act following in the footsteps of Slayer, Metallica, Pantera and their ilk. The band comprised Leigh Hornsby (vocals/guitar), Pete Welsh (lead guitar), Tim Jordan (Bass) and Steve Ward (Drums). After four years of hard writing and gigging they began to consolidate a sound and style of their own drawing from an increasingly wide range of influences including thrash, death, grunge, goth and dance music. This gave them a unique flavour contrasting raw aggression with upbeat rhythms and vocals sliding between moody melancholy, death grunts and black metal shrieks, accompanied by highly sophisticated songwriting and arrangements. With their style more fully developed they released the first sample with the 2002 self-titled debut e.p. which included their grotesque, theatrical classic 'Unsane' which is, to this day, a firm favourite amongst their fans.

Shortly after the e.p. was released, lead guitarist Pete Welsh left to pursue increasing family commitments leaving the remaining members to further develop and refine the music and expand their repertoire. By the end of 2002 Tenebrae were back on the road and gigging hard to increase their fan-base and prepare for their first full-length release.

Two more years playing across the U.K. supporting the likes of Desecration, Esoteric, Gutworm, Calm Insanity and Screamin' Daemon has won Tenebrae loyal supporters across the country and, at long last, the much anticipated debut album 'Humanism' is in production and set for release in April 2005.

'An energetic grunge-thrash workout' - Terrorizer magazine