(UK) GOTHIC / PROG / METAL Now a three-piece gothic, progressive metal band from the south of the UK, hAND's first venture included synths and drum machines until Cris Nelson joined the existing members Kat Ward (vocals, bass, piano) and Kieren Johnstone (guitar) as full time drummer in early 2006. Following on from the EP releases made under their own steam and recorded with Chris Hamilton (the ex-Fony Guitarist) the band recorded their debut at the famed Philia Studios in Oxfordshire with Nick Hemingway (Isor, Cancer, Fony, Desecration) and have produced an album full of "weavening dark melancholic textures, haunting vocals with progressive undertones. hAND are a band that pushes at genre boundaries with real verve". -God Is In The TV