Suummer Madness for band

(pictured left) are a Ballymoney-based band who have been increasing their profile recently, bringing their 'post-hardcore' sound to local pubs and clubs. The band have been picked to appear at the festival after impressing at the Battle of the Bands at Exodus in Coleraine.

Summer Madness is a Christian music festival which will run at the famous Belfast venue from the 3rd to 7th of July. It is organised by the Church of Ireland Youth Council.

The band are currently in the process of recording their first EP, but if you fancy a sneak peek at what it sounds like, you can find out online.

Bass player Ryan Gamble said "As of late we have two tracks up for free download which you can find on our myspace page. When the EP is completed there will be a total of four tracks on it. We have not set a release date of the CD. All we can say at the minute is that we have been working really hard in writing our own stuff which we are very proud of and we hope to release it very soon for everyone to listen to."

Ryan Nixon, Richard Mitchell, Jason Culbertson, Ryan Gamble and Aidy Duncan met while studying Performing Arts at NRC Ballymoney. They have varied musical influences, which have worked well together. "We all have different influences but we have all agreed, so far, what kind of sound we are going for with the band. We each have our own reasons for getting into playing and performing music, and our own heroes who we look up-to and take influence from" Ryan said.

Since forming the band, they have played right across the north coast and hope to play in Ballymoney again soon. If you fancy seeing the guys in action, they will be playing locally over the summer months. "We are playing in the Battle of The Bands Competition in Portstewart on the 29th July. There is a lot more to come from us over the summer coming so keep checking into our myspace" Ryan said.

To keep up to date with what A Divine Sentence are upto this summer visit www.myspace.com/adivinesentence, www.last.fm/music/A+Divine+Sentence facebook search 'A Divine Sentence' or follow on twitter @adivinesentence. You can hear the band on local station fUSe fm on Wed the 7th July at 9:30pm.