Aleya

Aleya play The Live Rooms on Friday 13 November, with the set built around their new EP, How It Ends. It's a headline show in Room L2, and they're coming in from the north of England, so this is one of the few times they'll be playing in Chester.

If you haven't heard them yet, they're a hard act to pin to one sound. They describe their music as combining aggressive, technical verses with poppy choruses, groove-based breakdowns and fast-paced lead guitar work, and they draw on nu-metal, metalcore and deathcore-influenced alternative metal. It's a fair bit to take in at once, but the new EP How It Ends pulls those threads together. The lead single, 'Sapphire Skies', is an anthemic, synth-laden track that blends electronicore, metalcore and post-hardcore — the kind of thing that works just as well on a loud system as it does on a playlist.

They've spent the last few years working their way through the underground scene, picking up early support from Kerrang! and continued backing from BBC Introducing. That's taken them from small rooms to festivals, packed-out headline shows and airplay on a global scale, so this is a band that's playing live as much as they're recording.

Doors open at 19:00 and the curfew is 23:00, so it's a full evening. Tickets are £10, and the show is recommended for ages 14 and over.