Following up on our recent news story on a competition being run by Coldroom Studios – with free recording/mixing/mastering and rehearsal time on offer – the shortlist has now been drawn up of potential winners.

It’s being put to the public vote – there are eleven finalists, and three prizes on offer. Voting opened today at 10.00 am and will continue until midnight on Sunday 31 March.

The finalists are as follows:

• Ioneye
• Duchess
• Overlord
• Rectifier
• Beaver Fuel
• Stem
• Strength Of The Bear
• Stroke Of Luck
• The Method
• Punch Drunk Monkey Club
• dropout

Want to do a local band a favour and help them to win? Get yourself over to the competition page on the Coldroom website, where you can find information about all of the bands as well as a sample track from each. Hell, there’s even a picture to go with each one, in case you’d like to base your voting decision on looks alone.

Good luck, bands!