The Iron Roses – Self Titled

When is a debut album album not a debut album? Well, maybe the initial release from The Iron Roses is the answer to that question. Originally a touring band that hit the road as Nathan Gray & The Iron Roses, but with Nathan Gray (Boysetsfire / I Am Heresy) no longer taking centre stage in the band’s moniker, this symbolises that this is no longer Gray’s solo project, but rather a collective where everyone is an equal contributor. Nathan Gray, who has since professed to be pansexual and nonbinary, is an obvious draw for fans but The Iron Roses are a very different beast to the previous solo and collective outings they have released. Nathan Gray is joined in The Iron Roses by co-vocalist Becky Fontaine, guitarists Philip “Eugenius” Smith and Pedro Aida, bassist Michael Espinos...

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