current_members website associated_acts years_active alias label article_title past_members background genre origin
leigh oates steve wray aynsley dickinson -lsb- http://www.risetoaddiction.com http://www.risetoaddiction.com] blaze , evile 2004 -- present rta mausoleum rise to addiction
 joel calvert graham john slater harry armstrong rob naylor ben group_or_band heavy metal yorkshire , england
rise to addiction

rise to addiction is a british heavy metal band formed in 2004 by former blaze bayley guitarists john slater and steve wray .
a self-titled ep was released on madman records in 2004 with the help of harry armstrong on vocals rob naylor on bass , and ben calvert on drums , and it was produced by andy sneap .
rta 's full touring lineup rise to addiction was completed in 2005 by ex-ninedenine members leigh oates on vocals , bass player joel graham and drummer aynsley dickinson .
rta released the andy sneap-produced album `` a new shade of black for the soul '' in may 2007 on belgium label mausoleum .
the album was released in the us in october 2007 .
during the same year rta toured as support with us doom band trouble across europe and then later with warrior soul rta were also guests at bloodstock open air -lrb- uk -rrb- and motornalet -lrb- cz -rrb- festivals .
in 2009 guitarist and founder member john slater left the band during the recording of their second album .
on completing the recording on 9 july , the finished album , some other truth is scheduled for release in october the same year .
slater was n't replaced on guitar and rta continued as a four piece and returned to the live scene in august by playing dates in the czech republic and announced a full uk tour for september with the alt/metal band illuminatus .
2009 also saw aynsley dickinson and leigh oates join ashley homar -lrb- guitar -rrb- , stefan blackwood -lrb- guitar -rrb- and ian gaunt -lrb- bass -rrb- to create alt rock band order of voices .
on 16 december it was announced that bassist joel graham was the new replacement in the british thrash band evile for mike alexander who died while on tour in sweden .
in 2012 , leigh oates and steve wray released an ep called `` bury the ones we love '' with the band soldierfield .
