Hamerex was formed in August 2004 by Steve Blower and at the time consisted of Steve Blower, Tom Parkin and Shane Cartwright with Elliot Fleet joining shortly after on bass. Come 2005 the band played their first gig at Pontefract New College without Tom and with Steve on vocals. Chris Moules joined the band after seeing the gig. Hamerex began playing gigs as a 5 piece in Wakefield with their 3rd gig headlining at Bradford Rios. The Hamerex Demo was recorded in August 2005 and released in September at a gig at the Snooty Fox. The end of 2005 saw Elliot leave the band giving Hamerex a fresh start to the New Year.

In 2006 Hamerex released The Best Of Live 2005 as a free gift for the support from the previous year. The band also followed up in April by recording 'The Gates Of Hades Demo' with Elliot back on bass. Rob Butcher joined in June in time to prepare for the 2 week 'Tour Of Insanity' which also featured Hallowed Point and Icarus. Come September Rob left the band which saw Andy Firth step in to help out until a replacement was found. Shane left in November after a Halloween gig in Pontefract and Claire Williams quickly joined with Andy joining in December.

Tom after his long dedication to the band left in January 2007 and filled in for a few gigs when possible. Hamerex started the year gigging heavily with a return to Bradford Rio and a stunning set as a 4 piece at the Snooty Fox. The search for a new guitarist began and Phil White replied and straight away was given a tryout gig to which Phil was announced as the new guitarist. The band continued playing gigs around Yorkshire and from May onwards Claire started to lose interest and announced she was leaving. After a few cancellations Hamerex played the remaining gigs left of the year and played their last gig with Claire in August. Hamerex began recording their 3rd CD in October without a drummer. Darren Kelsall replied to an ad and began rehearsing with the band until eventually joining in November.

Hamerex began 2008 rehearsing until April where they played at the Snooty Fox with Obzidian and Dark Entity. Hamerex continued the year playing gigs in Wakefield, York and even played their first gig in Leeds at The Packhorse while getting a couple of decent reviews along the way. Phil left the band in July leaving Hamerex to continue as a 4 piece again, with the band playing at Leeds Rios and The Jockey in Wakefield. Through August the band began the search for another guitarist. Joe Wilson tried out and after a number of practices the band asked him to join. Joe added a few guitar parts to the almost completed E.P. and the 3 track demo 'If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old' was released in November with the band playing their last few dates of the year including a gig supporting Power Quest.

4th April 2009 saw the release of the bands 1st E.P. Into War that received some very mixed reviews. In November the band signed to Swerve Records and the band finished their year off by playing at their self organized all dayer which saw a number of great bands play including Iron Void and Conquest Of Steel.

Hamerex went into the Studio in March 2010 to record the Lycan E.P. that was released in May and received positive reviews. The band promoted the E.P. while playing numerous gigs and plans started for the recording of the debut album that started in August and carried on in to the New Year.

The band and Swerve Records mutually parted ways in January 2011 and the band played their first gig at the Black Flag in Wakefield which turned out to be one of the bands best gigs in the 6 years of playing live. In between gigs the band focused on completing their debut album, which was completed in September. Also in September the band signed a deal with Casket Records to release the bands first album and began the first leg of the Rites Of Passage Tour 2011/2012. In November the 1st part of the tour came to an abrupt end when the band were in a car accident returning from a show in Hull, forcing the band to pull out of their final date of the year. Fortunately the band received only minor injuries and took the rest of the year off to recuperate.

It was a promising start to the year with the release of 'Rites Of Passage' on Monday 27th February 2012 with the album reviewing well and scoring highly. In May after playing at the Riverside in Selby, Joe announced he was leaving the band due to personal problems and work commitments. In June the Wakefield Music Collective announced that Hamerex would be playing at Clarence Park Festival on Saturday 28th July 2012. The band played to their largest audiences and gave one of their best performances to date leading to the decision that they would remain as a 4 piece for the foreseeable future. Plans were soon underway on a follow up to 'Rites Of Passage' with a new album already written and rehearsed. Recording sessions began in November with the band intentionally keeping quiet progress was underway due to the unfortunate delays of previous releases and giving themselves as much time as was needed to record the new album. In December the band ended their Rites Of Passage tour at two Apocalypse gigs in Wakefield and Sheffield.

The band began the new year with excitement about the new album with recording sessions going extremely well. On Saturday 20th April 2013, Hamerex opened up for Funeral For A Friend which again would see the band rise to the occasion and give another outstanding performance and playing material from the new album which the audience responded well to.

Hamerex will be releasing their brand new album 'IX' on their own label IX Music in September 2013 to coincide with the tour.

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