History
Ignitor, out of Texas, is the band of former Agony Column man Stuart Laurence and was formed in 2003. The band issued a demo called Take To The Sky in 2004. A single called Reinheitsgebot: Metal Is The Law followed a year later, which was described as a tribute to the Germanic way of thinking. The band’s take to The Sky demo was also reissued through Brazil’s Dies Irae Records.
The band was part of the line-up for Texas Metal Health IV, a tribute to singer David Wayne. The fourth annual benefit for leukaemia research featured Reverend, Azrael’s Bane, Ignitor, Ancient Cross and Drifter. The event was slated for May 13th at Sam’s Burger Joint in San Antonia, Texas. The band announced the addition of guitarist Annah Moore of Red Volution, reportedly a transsexual, as the replacement for Beverly Barrington in 2006. A new demo was recorded for 2007 and picked up by Cruz Del Sur of Italy. A German tour was cancelled earlier ostensibly due to Erika sustaining an injury.
The band signed a deal with Cruz Del Sur which would distribute the band’s Road Of Bones album in the summer of 2007. The band lost its singer and rhythm guitarist in the autumn of 2007. The band was looking for replacements in the Austin, Texas area.
Reviews
IGNITOR - TAKE TO THE SKY
Remember Agony Column? Stuart Laurence of the band has returned to the heavy metal scene with a new band and a new demo. Along for the ride is a former T.A.N.G. colleague. The band heralds its true metal intentions and sounds and it means business too. It is just too bad that two of the members have short hair. Otherwise, the band's leather and studs image would have been perfect.
The band's music is reminiscent of old Riot. Crunchy heavy metal music and the melodic, yet gritty vocals of Erika Swinnich, hits the mark with songs like Demonslayer and Execution. Ignitor even has a song about capital punishment and George W. Bush! The band is from Texas and smack in the middle of the lunacy of that mad man after all. No matter, check the band out at www.ignitor.org or e-mail ignitor_band@hotmail.com for some true blue metal crunch with cool guitar rhythms and lead work. The band's music is still a little rough around the edges, but listen to the cool axe work of The Gray Ghost and the potential becomes clear. - Sheila Wes Det
IGNITOR – ROAD OF BONES – CRUZ DEL SUR 
Heavy metal right out of the ‘80’s (the opening intro clones the riff from Helloween’s Victim Of Fate) coming out of Texas in 2007 is not exactly a statement that one expects to see and perhaps Ignitor’s style is not exactly one expects at all, but nevertheless the quintet have ended up on the Italian label and that might be where they find most of their success. Female vocals and a female guitarist are as much a rarity in this style as well but Erika Swinnich and Annah Moore do well to offer a good amount of variety over the 10 songs, and one intro, here. Listening to Erika’s vocal style and range it is pretty certain that it will be a major issue for a listener’s impression of Road Of Bones. Her screams, in particular, are vintage ‘80’s and for most of the 21st century audience this will be in the love it or hate it category. In summary one can say that Ignitor mix and blend a sampling of heavy metal
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