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Ignitor is a heavy metal
Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
 band
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 based in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas

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, USA
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.

tor was formed in 2003 by Erika Tandy (ex-Autumn Tears
Autumn Tears

Autumn Tears is an USA Neoclassical band from Billerica, Massachusetts. They are sometimes considered darkwave or new age as well as the prior categorization....
, vocals), Stuart Laurence aka Batlord (lead guitar
Lead guitar

Lead guitar refers to the use of a guitar to perform melody lines, fill , and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock music, heavy metal music, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop music contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompan...
, ex-Agony Column), Pat Doyle (ex-Offenders, ex-Pocket Fishrmen, drum
Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion instrument group, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound....
s), Beverly Barrington (ex-T.A.N.G., rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chord al accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the country music, blues music, rock music or Heavy metal music genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the melodic lines and solos play...
), and Brendon Bigelow (ex-T.A.N.G., bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
). In the spring of 2006, Beverly Barrigton left the band and was replaced with Annah Moore (ex-Boneglove, ex-Red Volution).






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Ignitor is a heavy metal
Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
 band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
 based in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
, USA
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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History

Ignitor was formed in 2003 by Erika Tandy (ex-Autumn Tears
Autumn Tears

Autumn Tears is an USA Neoclassical band from Billerica, Massachusetts. They are sometimes considered darkwave or new age as well as the prior categorization....
, vocals), Stuart Laurence aka Batlord (lead guitar
Lead guitar

Lead guitar refers to the use of a guitar to perform melody lines, fill , and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock music, heavy metal music, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop music contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompan...
, ex-Agony Column), Pat Doyle (ex-Offenders, ex-Pocket Fishrmen, drum
Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion instrument group, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound....
s), Beverly Barrington (ex-T.A.N.G., rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chord al accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the country music, blues music, rock music or Heavy metal music genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the melodic lines and solos play...
), and Brendon Bigelow (ex-T.A.N.G., bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
). In the spring of 2006, Beverly Barrigton left the band and was replaced with Annah Moore (ex-Boneglove, ex-Red Volution). The band has been compared to early metal acts, such as Judas Priest
Judas Priest

Judas Priest is an England Heavy metal music band formed in 1969 in Birmingham. Judas Priest's core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K....
 and Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English Heavy metal music band from Leyton, East London, England, formed in 1975. The band is led by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris ....
. In July 2005, the Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle

The Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly, tabloid-style newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. The paper is distributed through free news-stands, often at local eateries or coffee houses frequented by its targeted demographic....
 listed Erika Tandy number one in a list of top ten frontmen in Austin music. In mid-2007 both Tandy and Moore left the band to pursue other interests. Erika currently sings for Drifter, an Iron Maiden tribute, and Fury, a modern thrash band. Beverly Barrington rejoined Ignitor in January 2008, and metal legend Jason McMaster (Watchtower, Dangerous Toys, Broken Teeth) took over vocal duties in late 2008.

Ignitor played the second Monterrey
Monterrey

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 Mexico
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 Metalfest in May 2005, along with other bands such as Motörhead
Motörhead

Mot?rhead are a British hard rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy, who has remained the sole constant member. Usually a power trio, Mot?rhead had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Singles Chart....
, Danzig
Danzig (band)

Danzig is an American rock band, formed in 1987 in Lodi, NJ, New Jersey. The band serves as a musical outlet for singer/composer Glenn Danzig. Danzig can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig's musical career, preceded by the horror punk bands Misfits and Samhain ....
, W.A.S.P., and Jag Panzer
Jag Panzer

Jag Panzer is a heavy metal music band from the United States....
. They also played the Keep It True V festival in Germany
Germany

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 alongside Raven
Raven (band)

Raven are an England Heavy metal music band associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. They had a hit with the single "On and On", and refer to their music as "athletic rock"....
, Virgin Steele
Virgin Steele

Virgin Steele is a Heavy metal music band from New York. Originally formed in 1981, the band is worldwide considered one of the founders of Epic metal music....
 and Slough Feg
The Lord Weird Slough Feg

The Lord Weird Slough Feg is a folk metal / Heavy metal music band that formed in Pennsylvania in the early 1990s and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area....
.

The video for Ignitor's song "Demonslayer" was aired on the television show America's Rising Star in May of 2006 on the Retro Television Network
Retro Television Network

The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations primarily airing classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1980s, such as Leave it to Beaver, Kojak, McHale's Navy, Adam-12, Emergency!, and The Rockford Files....
, and earlier in the year their song "Rockin' Roller Derby" was played on the A&E Network
A&E Network

A&E is a cable television and satellite television television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Connecticut, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London....
 show Rollergirls
Rollergirls

Rollergirls was a thirteen episode 2006 A&E Network reality television examining the personalities, antics and motivations of the women involved with the Austin, Texas, Texas Lonestar Rollergirls roller derby league....
, though it did not appear on the show's official soundtrack. The band was also featured in episode #6 of Pure Metal Sickness!, an Austin, Texas based cable series which highlights the local metal scene.

Discography

  • Take to the Sky (2004)
  • Road of Bones (2007)


A further limited run of Take to the Sky was produced on vinyl LP
Gramophone record

A gramophone record is an analog signal sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc....
 by Dies Irae Records of Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 in 2005, which featured two additional tracks.

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