Meet Hi-Rise

Built around sound, creativity, and experience. We bring together live production and studio expertise to create polished, immersive work that connects artists with their audiences. From the first idea to the final performance, we focus on detail, quality, and making every project feel exceptional.

What is Hi-Rise?

Hi-Rise is a Metal-Core band from Guildford, which strives for uniqueness and energy. The songs we write are based on getting a massive sound and having fun. We are a mix of High Energy Alternative-Rock, Metal-Core, and Nu-Metal. We take the most inspiration from the bands; Bring Me The Horrizon, Linkin Park, Bad Omens, Polaris, Vower and President. Our songs mostly focus on Specific feelings and, Relationships and life in general. Hi-Rise is the definition of controlled chaos. Our lyrics are meaningful and have connections through our lore or between songs and will have hidden meaning and messages relating to the real world, religion or the lore.

Meet The Band-

Duarte Braga

Singer

Duarte (Dewey) our singer joined our band in April of 2025. He came in new to music yet had a unique voice and a talent for playing guitar. He has improved in unspeakable measures and has since picked up bass to further improve the bands sound and his musical skills. Dewey being part Portuguese and Brazilian has musical influences from his whole family. His favourite band is Pearl Jam and loves old school rock.

Sam Hill-Price

Guitarist

Sam our guitarist is one of the founding members of Refinement. He has an extensive knowledge of music through his trumbone playing and piano skills, and his extremely musical family. He is talented at music theory and writing his own music. He started playing guitar when he was 12 years old and has become very talented. Sam is half welsh but has lived in england his whole life. He plays the most instruments in the band at 7. His favourite band is I Prevail and loves making beats and mixing songs. His music taste is a lot heavier than both Drew’s and Dewey’s.

Drew Reeves

Drummer

Drew our Drummer is a founding member of Refinement. He is the most technology based member of the band focusing on production techniques and mixing and mastering. He has been playing drums since he was 9 years old and been playing piano since he was 15. Drew has lived in England his whole life but has been influenced by music from his family. His favourite band is Twenty One Pilots, as he likes high energy, metaphoric and creative music yet loves heavier songs too.