Steve Blower

Brand new for Bandcamp backstage subscribers, The Vault, a new EP featuring early Hamerex material, 2 songs, never being heard before.

Brand new for backstage subscribers over on my Bandcamp, The Vault: a 5 track EP featuring songs from the early Hamerex days, two of which have never been heard or even played before by the band. Subscribers will be able to stream and or download the EP, which will have all lyrics available on the site plus some brief information about each song. If you wish to subscribe, you can head over to…

From Monday 27th February, Steve will be releasing weekly videos of him performing the debut Hamerex album, Rites of Passage in its entirety. Steve had this to say regarding the album. “Rites of Passage is an album of ours that I have been somewhat openly critical about over the years, but I’ve also maintained that the songs we’re strong and had a lot of potential for that recording. It was a…

Thunder and Lightning is out today!

Steve’s new EP, ‘Thunder and Lightning‘ is out now, and while the CD’s have now been available for awhile, it’s now widely available on all digital streaming services and storefronts. The ‘Thunder and Lightning‘ EP features 5 songs including the Hamerex song ‘The Seas and the Skies’ which was originally on ‘The Gates of Hades’ demo from 2006 and has largely been absent since 2007 until the band…

Thunder and Lightning Review (Ave Noctum)

‘Thunder and Lightning’ is Steve’s third solo release. Steve is a UK independent artist who some may know from the band Hamerex. Immediately, the drums, those toms have a profound effect, the balls start shaking and your ears react during the opener and title track. Those who know this artists work, will know, there is a strong Iron Maiden influence and vision, the title track seems to seek…

Thunder and Lightning Review (Metal Temple)

STEVE BLOWER first came to my attention when he was a part of HAMEREX. That to me was a very much underrated Heavy Metal band from the UK. Within that band he became one of the main songwriters. After some 14 years with them (from 2004 until 2018) and a number of albums, he went on to do his own thing. The first thing he started working on was “Thunder And Lightning”, the EP that I am listening…

The new original EP, Thunder and Lightning is announced and pre-orders are now live on Bandcamp.

Today I’m delighted to announce the new original EP, Thunder and Lightning, featuring five songs across a 21 minute run-time and is available to pre-order today as part of the latest Bandcamp Friday. It’s scheduled for release on 18th November on CD and digitally with the intention of pre-orders to help fund the release of the CD. The Seas and the Skies is also available to listen and should be…

Tribute Releasing in August

Tribute, a covers EP started before the release of 2019’s Back in Hell and featuring songs from Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Anthrax and Rainbow will be released digitally on 12th August 2022. Originally being planned as a covers album, the few songs that had been worked on had been left dormant while I worked on the Alive in Isolation session albums, The Prophecy and last year’s 20 year streams.…

The Prophecy Review (Velvet Thunder)

Steve Blower is a musician from Wakefield in Yorkshire with a love of heavy metal (who isn’t?) and he formed the band Hamerex in 2004 and has been the front man since 2014. He has also runs his own solo career given that Hamerex was put on pause in 2018 with his debut album Back In Hell coming out in 2019 which brings us neatly to his latest release which is The Prophecy and it actually came out…

As a surprise upload today, an early mix of my cover of Rainbow’s Gates of Babylon is now available on YouTube to listen to.

An early mix of a cover of Anthrax's Madhouse now available on YouTube.

As part of my long delayed covers EP, I have uploaded an early mix of a cover of Anthrax’s Madhouse on to my YouTube channel which you can check out below.

Steve’s Update for 2022

So I’m sat here tonight, intending on doing a bit of editing on one of my new tracks and decided to instead write this post as I’ve been very quiet of late on social media and everywhere pretty much, barring a bit of game streaming on the Youtube channel. Since just before Christmas I’ve started having anxiety attacks for the first time in just under four years, which only became more severe…

XX Series: Celebrating 20 Years of Making Music

What was meant to be a quiet year for me has actually turned in to one of my busiest. Not because I’ve got a new studio album in the works (that should be next year), but because going from Alive in Isolation II, I realised I started out playing guitar and becoming the musician I am today 20 years ago. So as I’d done a few streams last year trying to do a more live experience, which is difficult…

Inferno Available on Youtube

As promised, Inferno from the upcoming Alive in Isolation II is now available to listen to via Youtube. Be sure to check out the rest of Alive in Isolation II on 2nd April 2021 over on Bandcamp.

Alive in Isolation II Revealed

The follow up to last year’s Alive in Isolation, simply titled Alive in Isolation II (2), will be digitally released on Friday 2nd April 2021 to coincide with the upcoming Bandcamp Friday scheduled on that day. Just like the previous sessions album, it’s been performed and mixed to give that live sound and feel that we’ve all been missing from going to gigs since the Covid-19 pandemic began last…

The Prophecy Review (Metalheads Forever)

In their little under 15 year existence, Wakefield’s Hamerex gained quite the cult following with their heavy metal tones and it was a shock to UK metal scene when the band announced that they would be going on hold. This however did free up guitarist and vocalist Steve Blower to begin work on a solo project releasing an EP and a studio album whilst this year has seen the release of ‘Alive in…

The Prophecy Review (Frenzy Fire)

Steve Blower is a singer, songwriter, author, and guitarist from the UK, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for British heavy metallers (currently on hiatus) Hamerex. Aiming to carve out a successful solo career, Steve released his debut album ‘Back In Hell‘ in 2019, with Steve performing every instrument. Steve’s sophomore album ‘The Prophecy’ was announced early in 2020, and was…

The Prophecy Review (Metal Brothers)

(Google Translated) In case you didn’t know him, today I want to introduce you to the English musician Steve Blower. He is a veteran English musician who came out of the band Hamerex, a classic metal band that had a period of activity from 2004 to 2008, releasing three long durations and several Eps. The Hamerex have decided to take a rest period and Blower takes advantage of it to launch his…