History Of Guns started as a band on Earth in Cheshunt in 1996. Their manifesto was to create a place for free spirits to take refuge until the revolution came to finally sort out war, abuse, hate and all that kind of stuff. A safe space from where to take an unflinching, unironic, sometimes brutal look both inwardly and outwardly: intra (inside their own minds and consciousness), inter (relationships between people), extra (society, the world in general) and extraextra (cosmic and other dimensions) or just simply float away on an adventure.

Always revolving around the creative partnership of Del Alien and Max Rael the band have explored many genres through their own unique industrial lens with a revolving cast of supporting collaborators and band members.

After performing live occasionally since going on hiatus in 2011, History Of Guns returned with a new industrial rock/metal album, Forever Dying in Your Eyes in 2022 with new guitarist Jamu Knight.

However, it is apparent that guns, weapons, torture, slavery and war have not been consigned to the history books and humankind looks as bad as it ever did. So, coming up for thirty years since they formed, what do History Of Guns have to offer now in 2024?

The revolution now seems further away than ever, and History Of Guns feel the weight of time, of age, of keeping going at all costs. The worlds they create in their albums will last for as long as they are listened to, and will continue to serve as a refuge and welcoming place for the desperate, the depressed, the ones that don’t fit in, the ones who just need a break from it all, anyone who just needs someplace to escape for a while.

Their seventh album, ‘Half Light: The Journey to Arcadia’, originally planned as the follow-up to ‘Acedia’, was started and put on hold way back in 2008. It has now finally been completed and will be released on the summer solstice (June 20th) 2024.