Effective period / Period of releases: 2004 - 2019

Members: Nick Hannon, Stevie. B, Blake (Kidkrusha), Whisperkill

Originally a duo formed in the summer of 2001, Sons of Alpha Centauri are an avant-garde post-metal group based in the Thames Gateway Swale area of London. Founding members Nick Hannon (bass) and Marlon King (guitar) conceived the instrumental project and wrote a large number of tracks together before the decision was made to expand the roster inviting Stevie B on drums and Blake to add "textures and ambience" to the group's sound. The band has also been a rather inclusive project, working and collaborating with a handful of outsiders, including a 2005 project with Australian artist Seldon Hunt who also undertook their debut artwork. A demo was recorded and saw (very limited) release in 2004, but it was not until 2007 that the band would issue its first album, entitled Sons Of Alpha Centauri (released on Sound Devastation Records). Last Day Of Summer (on Underdogma Records) followed in 2009 which was a collaboration with members of Karma to Burn. Later that year Ceremony To The Sunset followed which was a release by the collaborative project Yawning Sons, which features the Sons of Alpha Centauri's King, Hannon, Blake along with Yawning Man guitarist Gary Arce and others. In 2010 the band undertook a significant number of small run vinyl releases such as the Fourteen / 65 split and the Yawning Sons/Waterways split. Over ten years since the release of the debut album the sophomore Continuum was finally released in June 2018 with the collaboration album Buried Memories featuring Justin K Broadrick following shortly after. Chris True - All Music