Salem (UK)

{{Infobox musical artist | name =From Salem (formally Salem (UK)) | image =File:Salem 2014.jpg | caption =Salem at Very 'Eavy Festival, Netherlands, 2014 | image_size = 300px | landscape = Yes | background = group_or_band | label = High Roller Records
Pure Steel Records
Dissonance Productions | origin = Hull, England | genre = Hard rock, heavy metal | years_active = 1979–1983
2009–present | associated_acts = Ethel The Frog, Mayfair, Innersylum, dEAD ENd KIdS, Heavy Metal Kids | website = | present_members = Paul Macnamara Paul Mendham Mark Allison Damian Balthazar | past_members = Paul Tognola
Paul Conyers
Ricky Squires
simon saxby
Adrian jenkinson

Salem is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Hull, England. The band was formed following the split of the new wave of British heavy metal band Ethel The Frog. Salem recorded three demos and a single in the early 1980s; a compilation album of these recordings was released in 2010.

The band re-formed (aka Salem UK) in 2009 and has since released two new EPs "New Tricks" and "X Rated" EP, and the albums "Forgotten Dreams" (2013) and "Dark Days" (2016).

Salem has also filmed two videos and has played numerous festivals and gigs in UK, across Europe and beyond.

A re-mastered and rearranged edition of the 2010 "In The Beginning ..." album was released in July 2015. Album "Dark Days" was met with rave reviews and considered one to the top albums of 2016.

The band released their third studio album "Attrition" 23 February 2018 on Dissonance Productions.

Salem was founded in late 1979 by two members of Ethel The Frog, Paul Tognola (singer/guitar) and Paul Conyers (drums), with Adrian Jenkinson (bass) and Paul Macnamara (lead guitar). The first band met up on 2 January 1980 in The Red Lion pub in Anlaby, East Riding of Yorkshire. After a period of song writing and rehearsal, Salem gigged regularly and built a solid following in the Hull area. They recorded their first demo at Fairview Studios, Willerby in January 1981.

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