The Safety Fire

The Safety Fire
The Safety Fire performing in Philadelphia, 2012
Background information
Origin	London, UK
Genres	Progressive metal, mathcore, experimental metal
Years active	2006–2015
Labels	InsideOut Music
Associated acts	Rise To Remain, Periphery, Protest the Hero
Website	thesafetyfire.com
Past members	Sean McWeeney Joaquin Ardiles Derya 'Dez' Nagle Lori Peri Calvin Smith

The Safety Fire was a British progressive metal band formed in London in 2006. The Safety Fire first made a name for themselves in the UK scene with the release of their critically acclaimed EP "Sections" in 2009 and their reputation as a powerfully energetic live band. They toured extensively across the UK with bands such as Malefice, The Arusha Accord, Bleed From Within, and Rise To Remain, as well as progressive metal bands Periphery and Monuments throughout Europe. The Safety Fire also appeared at Sonisphere Festival UK in 2011 alongside Metallica, Slipknot, Mastodon, and The Mars Volta.

With the exception of Calvin Smith, The Safety Fire met at the London Oratory School in South West London. Lori Peri and Derya Nagle had both started playing their respective instruments at the age of 14, and started a band together. From there Derya recruited his class friend Joaquin Ardiles and Lori recruited Calvin Smith whom he had known since the age of 4 to play guitars and drums respectively. Eventually the band settled on Lori's friend Sean McWeeney as the vocalist, whom also attended their school. During this period they played the London music circuit extensively under multiple different names, eventually playing at the Mean Fiddler which was a career highlight for the young band, due to the historic nature of the venue. It was not until 2006 that the band decided to take a new musical direction and with it decided to go by their current name, The Safety Fire.

From 2006 - 2009 The Safety Fire attended different Universities, focusing on their own educational endeavors, but in this time wrote their debut release in the form of the 'Sections EP'. Garnering critical acclaim across both the printed and online press, the band toured whenever they could. After finishing university The Safety Fire went into the studio once more, to focus on maturing their sound and to record their debut album.

The Safety Fire announced signing to InsideOut Music on 23 August 2011 simultaneously releasing a lyric video for their debut single "Huge Hammers". The lyric video was well received and the band went on to tour the UK with Rise To Remain and Bleed From Within in September 2011.