Nya is a melodic hard rock/metal band from London, UK, formed in 2008 by professional session musicians Paul White and Joseph Rhodes. With their refreshing balance of heavy groove laden riffs, catchy choruses and harmonious vocals the band spent 2009 touring extensively throughout the UK in promotion of their first EP. This included a headline slot on the Unsigned Stage of the Bloodstock Open Air Festival. Having received numerous rave reviews for both the debut release and their supercharged live shows, the band entered the studio again in 2010 with new vocalist, Anezka Piska to record their second self titled EP. Nya will be hitting the touring circuit again this coming summer armed with brand new material and treating audiences everywhere to some more hard hitting, commercial metal! Reviews - “…They play a groove-laden brand of thoroughly fist-pumping melodic metal…” “…this is some powerful modern metal that comes complete with a set of hooks and melodies that no home can be without.” POWERPLAY MAGAZINE “…a distinct sense of melody and ear for a tune layered over an array of crunching guitars are calling cards for this English quintet.” DEVOLUTION MAGAZINE “…the songs are indeed nicely balanced mixes of catchy choruses, heavy riffing and melodic, harmonious vocals. Their groovy mix of modern (melodic) metal and rock definitely does the job for me…” METALRAGE.COM Live at The Shed, Leicester, May 09- “They were powerful and tight, and obviously a well-established and practiced live act…” “There were plenty of great chunky metal riffs, and Nya made an immediate impact on the audience, grabbing their attention and showing they meant business…” MUSIXTRA Live at The Boston Music Rooms, Tufnel Park, London Feb 09- “Good nights are always faster than the slow nights; the slow nights feel like forever, that being said it felt like Nya’s set seemed to pass in the blink of an eye…” “…the crowd are whipped into a frenzy and Nya deliver their music as if it was medicine.” SURFACEUNSIGNED Live at The Brief, Croydon, Mar 09- “Fantastic set from these South London based metal heads..!” ”… Nya are a band we highly recommend you go and see as soon as you can. You will not be disappointed.” NERVECAST RADIO 11 Live at The Purple Turtle, Camden, London, Jan 09- "Like many here tonight i had never heard of these guys before. By the end of their set 'everybody' knew who they were. Their blend of melodic metal is outstanding and they are armed with a very talented drummer called Paul White, who's sheer power and showmanship is a sight to behold. "...they do the best (and highly original) version of Survivors Eye Of The Tiger since CKY." BLOGSPACE