Last night Holding Absence kicked off their extensive tour of the United Kingdom at the Phoenix in Exeter. Rather than embarking down the well-trodden path of visiting Manchester, Glasgow and London and calling it a tour, the Welsh rockers are admirably hitting up some of the UK's less-toured areas this January and February.
Alongside their friends in Void Of Vision, the Live & In Monochrome tour will visit 16 towns and cities across the UK including Hull, Colchester, Lincoln and Carlisle. And you better believe Holding Absence are treating their fans to a knockout setlist – from In Circles to Like A Shadow to the frankly epic Afterlife.
If you're heading down to one of HA's shows on this tour, here's what's in store...