Uriah Heep (band) so that's how we decided to shape it," Box recalled. Gerry Bron brought in session player Colin Wood, followed by Ken Hensley, a former colleague of Newton in the Gods, who was then playing guitar in Toe Fat. "I saw a lot of potential in the group to do something very different," remembered Hensley. Their 1970 debut album, "…Very 'Eavy …Very 'Umble" (released as "Uriah Heep" in the United States), introduced Hensley's heavy organ and guitar-driven sound, with David Byron's theatrical, dynamic vocals soaring above thunderous sonic backgrounds, although acoustic and jazz elements also featured in the mix. The album's
Very Present Tense the Liverpool European Capital of Culture. He performed the work for the second time with Metal at the Village Green Festival on 29 September 2009, this time working with a group of musicians from Southend. Simpson then worked on recording the work. Very Present Tense Very Present Tense is the debut studio album by British actor Christopher Simpson. In 2008, whilst Simpson was artist-in-residence with creative arts group Metal, he completed the song cycle "Very Present Tense". He wrote it over a number of years in response to the death of his mother. The songs which reference musical idioms, including