STMS Studio Stage
Breaking Bands Festival, Bromsgrove - 23/05/25
Breaking Bands Festival, Bromsgrove - 23/05/25


















Formed in the early 1990s in Basingstoke, Intense have honed a darker, U.S.-influenced style of power metal—drawing comparisons to Nevermore, Iced Earth, and Iron Maiden—across four albums and several EPs. Their latest release, Songs of a Broken Future (2020), showcases their evolution with dynamic compositions that merge atmospheric passages and crushing riffs, embodying veterans who still innovate