The band received plenty of critical praise,[7] not least from renowned music writer Dom Lawson in his review of 3rd album 'A Way of Life' for Classic Rock magazine.

By this time the band was being lauded as one of the standard-bearers of traditional British metal[15] In March 2008 Fury UK played the Monsters Of Mosh festival at Jilly's Rockworld in Manchester, on stage before Tokyo Dragons, Blaze Bayley and Breed 77.

Only six days after Luke joined, the band played Bloodstock 2008 Open Air Festival, headlined by Nightwish, Opeth and Dimmu Borgir.

Luke was made a permanent member a month later, just as they played at the Rock Of Ages Festival in Birmingham on 7 September alongside Blitzkrieg, Steve Grimmett and more.

[16] After the good ending to 2008 Fury UK seemed to really gain momentum and 106.1 Rock Radio held up the band as "future classics" as determined by public vote.

Fury UK also played tour dates in Greece (including the infamous attack by local youths in Agrinio)[23] and Switzerland towards the close of 2009.

On 10 July, Fury UK played a second successive appearance at SOS Festival in Manchester which proved to be an emotionally charged night because at the end of the band's set Blaze Bayley joined them for a rendition of the Black Sabbath classic "Heaven and Hell" as sung originally by the recently deceased Ronnie James Dio whose birthday it would have been on that exact date.

[30] Fury UK's song "Fall From Grace" from the "A Way Of Life" album is featured as the audio soundtrack to the official Hammerfest IV promo video.

[31] Fury UK began 2012 with a break from live shows until 16 March when they played Hammerfest IV at Prestatyn, North Wales, headlined by Anthrax.

[32] A 24 date European Tour was announced to begin on 6 April including several shows as special guests with Michael Schenker and an appearance at PPM Fest headlined by Accept.

In May 2012, Fury UK members Chris Appleton and Martin McNee formed a new band Absolva, joined by Tom Atkinson and Dan Bate.

The have since re-united as backing band for former Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane singer, Blaze Bayley since 2014,[34] alongside then new Absolva bassist Karl Schramm.