While She Sleeps

While She Sleeps
While She Sleeps at Rock’n’Heim 2015. From left to right: Mat Welsh, Lawrence Taylor, Adam Savage obscured behind Aaran McKenzie, and Sean Long.
Background information
Origin	Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Metalcore
Years active	2006 (2006)–present
Labels	Search and Destroy, The End, Small Town Records, Good Fight, Shock, Doom Patrol, Razor & Tie, UNFD, SharpTone,
Website	whileshesleeps.com
Members	Sean Long Aaran McKenzie Adam Savage Mat Welsh Lawrence Taylor
Past members	Jordan Widdowson

While She Sleeps are an English metalcore band from Sheffield. Formed in 2006, the group consists of vocalist Lawrence Taylor, guitarists Sean Long and Mat Welsh, bassist Aaran McKenzie and drummer Adam Savage. They are currently signed to Search and Destroy Records in the UK, SharpTone Records in the US and UNFD in Australia. They have released one mini-album, The North Stands for Nothing, in 2010, and two studio albums, This Is the Six and Brainwashed, on 13 August 2012 and 23 March 2015 respectively. Their third album, You Are We, will be released on 21 April 2017. They received the Best British Newcomer award at the Kerrang! Awards 2012.

While She Sleeps was formed in Renishaw, near Sheffield, England, in 2006 by vocalist Jordan Widdowson, backing vocalist Allan Worrall, drummer Adam Savage, bassist Aaran McKenzie and guitarists Mat Welsh and Sean Long. The group had played together in several bands prior to forming While She Sleeps and are described as being "best mates since school". After a handful of live shows, in 2009 the majority of the group decided to focus on the band "full time", however, vocalist Widdowson decided to leave the band due to work commitments. With the addition of vocalist Lawrence Taylor the band began working on material for their debut mini-album in a home studio. From late 2009 through to 2010 the band toured heavily throughout the UK and eventually in to Europe. With growing public interest, the band finished work on The North Stands for Nothing which was released on 26 July 2010, through Small Town Records. The band held an album launch show on 24 June at The Plug in their hometown and followed its release with extensive touring throughout 2010, including an appearance at Sonisphere Festival. In October, they signed a deal with Good Fight Music to distribute their music in the United States.