Michael Grant & The Assassins release ‘Always The Villain’, their debut album, on Friday 10th July, on which band mastermind Grant plays all the instruments and is today's Track Of The Day. It's a diverse, exciting brand of Hard and Alternative Rock and Metal that explores different textures, genres and influences, such as Prince, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, Guns 'N Roses, David Bowie, Tom Petty and In Flames, resulting in this intense, heavily melodic and anthemic release. Prior to The Assassins, Michael was the driving force behind Endeverafter, a US act that released two albums via Epic before disbanding in 2012. He then served as touring guitarist for L.A. Gunsfor five years and recorded one album with them.