The Fear Spread Holiday Goodwill With Their New Christmas Time EP!
Video For New Single
"Christmas Time (The Best Is Yet To Come)"
Is Also Out Now
Debut EP "Falling Forward" Is Out Now
Featuring "The End Is The Start"
Coming off the back of the success of their Debut EP Falling Forward, Manchester alt-rock / nu metallers The Fear have got in the festive spirit and whipped up a Christmas release for everyone. The Christmas Time EP features a fantastic new original holiday single, as well as covers of some well loved Christmas favourites including Last Christmas (play The Fear's version and you're safe from Whamageddon).
With new, original, heavier Christmas songs that are worth listeners' time hard to come by in recent years, The Fear have crafted Christmas Time (The Best Is Yet To Come). The title track to their new EP comes to everyone with equal parts festive cheer and memorable riffs. Once the EP lands, listeners everywhere will be able to judge if it is worthy of being the next Don't Let The Bells End!
Check out the video for Christmas Time (The Best Is Yet To Come) below:
The Fear's drummer and producer Benj Ashmead had this to say about their excellent new festive single:
"We wrote Christmas Time to feel like being in a warm room with your best people — drinks up, memories flowing, everyone having a laugh. It’s us looking around and thinking, ‘Yeah, this is what it’s all about.’ The past was a ride, the present’s mint, and the best is still on the way"
The artwork and full tracklisting for the Christmas Time EP is available below:
The Fear - Christmas Time EP
1) Christmas Time (The Best Is Yet To Come)
2) Last Christmas
3) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
4) Feliz Navidad
Christmas Time is available to pre-save on this link.
The Fear frontman Mick Satiar explains how it is an idea that's been brewing for some time:
"This is something I’ve always wanted to do, but figured if we’re gonna do a Christmas EP, we might as well do it our way – loud, brash, and with extra sleigh bells! ‘The Best Is Yet to Come’ is an original, and it’s basically a huge thank you to 2025. Hope this EP crashes a few parties this Christmas, the single has got to be the catchiest tune we’ve ever written"
Christmas Time follows on from The Fear's debut EP Falling Forward. Featuring an excellent collection of singles including recent Metal Hammer track of the week The End Is The Start, Suffering, Satellite and their cover of James' iconic Sit Down, Falling Forward has given The Fear a fantastic start to life as a band.
With the video for The End Is The Start filmed amongst rubble and the wreckage of old buildings, it provides a powerful visual metaphor for the new single and the members of The Fear embarking on this new chapter. Check out the video for The End Is The Start below:
On their new single, The Fear's drummer / producer Benj Ashmead offered this insight:
"The End Is The Start’ has been years in the making, and it only felt right for it to lead the EP. It’s about taking heartache and frustration and turning them into something stronger — leaving the negativity behind and moving forward with purpose."
The release of Falling Forward caps off a very successful first full year as a band for The Fear. They have released several successful singles, participated in major tours with main support slots to Alien Ant Farm and SNOT, and releasing a very well regarded cover of James' legendary Sit Down are just some of the highlights.
The artwork and full tracklist for Falling Forward can be found below:
Falling Forward can be streamed in full on Spotify on this link, and on Apple Music here.
Having recently supported Nu metal vets Nonpoint and the returning Mason Hill in London and Glasgow, The Fear are rounding off 2025's live show with a hometown show in Manchester. They hit the stage at Deaf Institute on December 13th.
Tickets are available from the bands' official website and Ticketweb.
About The Fear
The Fear is what happens when unfinished business refuses to stay buried. Based in the UK, the band features Benj Ashmead (drums), Mick Satiar (vocals), Ad Lucas (guitar), and Adam Smethurst (guitar) — friends who once chased music full-time in various bands, only to walk away when the dream didn’t quite pay off. They didn’t speak for ten years. In 2024, something shifted.
Benj had quietly started writing again after a decade away and a beer with Mick turned into a conversation. The Fear was born — a fresh project fueled by years of experience and renewed drive. Sonically, they fuse the intensity of metalcore with melodic alt-rock sensibilities — drawing from bands like Linkin Park, Underoath, and Papa Roach, while the vocals carry subtle echoes of Mancunian icons Oasis and The Buzzcocks. But it’s the lyrics that truly mark their evolution. “When we were younger, we lived in a band bubble,” Benj explains. “We didn’t have much to reflect on — the words were surface-level, more about moment than meaning. Now, years of real life, loss, and growth have given us deeper stories to tell. Our lyrics carry more weight — confronting dark truths, struggles, and the complexities of outgrowing the past.”
Their debut singles “White Noise,” “Satellite,” and “Moths to Fire” (each with its own video on YouTube) mark the start of this new chapter, supported by a sold out 16-date 2024 UK tour with Alien Ant Farm. With their cover of James' iconic Sit Down and August 2025 sold out tour with SNOT now in the books, The Fear are turning their attention to brand new music for the rest of 2025 with the release of their debut EP Falling Forward.
This isn’t a comeback — it’s a reckoning.
THE FEAR are:
Benj Ashmead - Drummer / Producer
Mick Satiar - Vocals
Ad Lucas - Guitar
Adam Smethurst - Guitar
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