On fri 7th March Throttle played a last minute, unscheduled, 20 minute set at the tavern in Wigan. We were drafted in by merseyrock to repace cancellations in the 1st leg of their battle of the bands competition. with only one rehersal with shep under our belt 20 mins was luckily all we had prepared. Because of our lack of preparation we were simply just hoping to break Shep in and get his first gig with throttle under his belt, however as it turned out Shep was on fire!! He played as if he had been in throttle for over 1 year instead of 1 month and helped us put on a great show in our home town. The result of this was, not only did we progress to the next round in the competition but we actually came 1st in the heat despite stiff competitiion from our good freinds "Odins Blood" and up and comers "My December".

So keep your eyes on our gig section for info on the next round of the Merseyrock Battle of the Bands!!

We would like to officially announce that as of now the remainder of our gigs will be played with Shep on the bass guitar, due to his relentless hard work and progress in learning some of our toughest songs over the last few weeks. Therefore his sheduled debut will be moved forward to play the all day festival in Dee Jays in Leigh on 23rd March 2008.

Since his split form Throttle 2 years ago, we once again had the privalege of sharing the stage with ex lead guitarist, Adam Wardle, as he was kind enough to step in as Marks temporary replacement on bass for our last few gigs. we would like to thank Adam for putting in alot of time and effort to help us stay afloat in our darkest hour as it was much appreciated and we wish him all the luck in the future.

Its official people, Throttle are back to full strength!!

His name is Shep (full name James Shepherd) and as a result of our latest bass auditions he has proved himself metal enough to become Throttles new bassist. Formerly of fellow wigan thrashers "Cerberus" We are fully confident that Shep will provide what throttle need and return us to our best.

However learning throttles extensive set wil probably take the best part of the next couple of months and so shep will hopefully be making his stage debut on the 13th June at the White Heart in Burnly. Up until that time Adam Wardle will continue to stand in for the remainder of Throttles gigs, until Shep is ready.

Once again just as everything seemed to be going right for us we have hit an obstacle. Mark Teasdale announced, just before the new year, that he wanted to leave Throttle, and so now he has. We do have a temporary replacement in the shape of our former lead guitarist Adam Wardle to whome we are very gratefull. However Adam moves to Australia in March and so with giggs booked for this year we urgently need a permanent replacement.

Please keep your eyes open people for anyone you think may be interested and get them to contact us via any of the details on the homepage of this site or via myspace (myspace.com/throttlemetal).

Applicants must be between 16 and 25, have gigworthy equipment and be willing to gig far afield. If your willing to sing, that would also be an advantage. Any other information can be given at the audition. No time wasters please, this isnt something we are rushing into or taking lightly, we want the right man (or woman) for the job.

This is our first news post in a long time, but make no mistake, Throttle are still going strong! This year we have been gigging near enough none stop and what a year its been, playing alot of new venues aswell as some of our old favourites. We have gigged with some great up and coming bands such as Fury UK, Element, Supamodal, Sinnergod, strain and Canadian metallers, Remain to name a few, not to mention the mighty DIAMONDHEAD!! twice. We have also started to support tribute bands for the first time such as Sack Sabbath, Dio Rising and Tallica. Then there was also our first appearance at the Newton Music festival, headlined by none other than DR FEELGOOD. To add to this there was the release of our new album (Forged in Metal), which has recently received a top review from American Rock magazine "Hard Rock Haven" which can be found on our myspace - www.myspace.com/throttlemetal.

Plenty things to look forward to as we draw to the end of the year, including a party for our good freinds and valued fans of the band Big C and Emma, which we have been given the honour to play. Congratulations on your engagement!!

Also giggs booked for the new year already and new songs being written for the next throttle album, so listen out for em at our giggs.

Talks are also being had with Diverta (the distribution company that works with Remain) that will hopefully result in worldwide purchases of Forged in Metal to be made alot easier.

We are still working hard to promote the album and getting it put on a label so get the word out people,
Throttle needs you!!!!