Biography

Sweet Savage are a heavy metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The band was originally founded by Ray Haller, Trev Fleming, Davy Bates and Vivian Campbell, now a member of rock band Def Leppard. It has been widely noted that it was the influence of the music of Sweet Savage that inspired members of Metallica, this was reflected in Metallica’s cover of the Sweet Savage track "Killing Time" for their Garage Inc. record and as a single ‘B’ side Sweet Savage’s last record, Regeneration, received critical acclaim on its release followed by touring throughout Europe where further proof of the albums wide appeal was seen, particularly in territories the band had never been before In 2013, Ray Haller was invited at the personal request of Metallica to be present in San Francisco, California for their 30th birthday celebration where he joined Metallica on vocals for a version of Killing Time With a new, fresh approach to both the sound and songwriting, Sweet Savage have taken a huge step forward with their soon to be released new record, Bang! The record is ahead of the game in terms of sound within the metal genre with Simon McBride & Ray Haller producing. Bang mixes modern heavy metal guitar riffs along with the inclusion of industrial sounds and technology to produce a record very much at the top of the advancing, new sounds within heavy metal The current lineup is - Ray Haller - Bass/Vocals Simon McBride - Guitar Phil Edgar - Guitar Marty McCloskey - Drums