"I was afraid that it would be really depressing and when people started saying it was very emotional I was a bit worried. I didn't want to put anyone through something very harrowing. People have been saying it's uplifting so I'm really happy with that."
Wheeler tells us how the passing of his father George inspired his solo record Lost Domain, out now.

Wheeler delves into detail on the slew of collaborators featured on his LP and the response his Ash bandmates had to such a personal album.

"They found it hard to listen to, I know it had Rick crying," he says.

Solo endeavours aside, Wheeler chats about new music from Ash on the horizon and calls the follow-up to 2007's Twilight Of The Innocents "a pure rocking record."

Find out when to expect the next Ash album and more in the new Hot Press, out now.