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2004 Hamerex started in August after having the names Hellbound, Skab and Metal Fear. At this time Hamerex consisted of Steve Blower - Vocals/Guitar, Tom Parkin - Lead guitar, Mel Wales - Bass and Shane Cartwright - Drums. Mel and Shane only just joined the band at this point and so a practice was booked at Audiozone which went quite well thought Mel couldn't practice as she was having trouble getting a bass. In September Mel decided to leave and a few days later Elliot Fleet joined the band on Bass. From then the band improved and everyone enjoyed playing together. In December the band took a month and a half break for the holidays which gave chance for some new material to be written. 2005 In January the band got back together for practice with new songs being written. There was around 9 original songs to play but mainly the Metallica covers and 'Ghostly Plains' and 'Waste Away' were being played. In February, Pontefract New College announced a Comic Relief Battle of the Bands fo...