Detonation (band)
| Detonation | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Zeist , Netherlands |
| Genre (s) | Melodic death metal , thrash metal |
| founding | 1997 as Infernal Dream |
| Website | www.detonation.nl |
| Current occupation | |
| Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije | |
| Koen Romeijn | |
Electric guitar |
Mike Ferguson |
| Matthieu Boer | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Thomas Kalksma |
Drums |
Michiel van der Plicht |
Electric guitar |
Danny Tunker |
Electric bass |
Harry van Breda |
Drums |
Allard van der Kuip |
Detonation is a Dutch thrash metal and melodic death metal band from Zeist , which was founded in 1997 under the name Infernal Dream .
history
The band was founded in 1997 under the name Infernal Dream by Koen Romeijn, Mike Ferguson and Thomas Kalksma. After Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije joined the band as bass player in the following year, they changed their name to Detonation. The group also went to the studio for the first time to record two songs for a Dutch sampler. The first performance was held a month later. In January 1999 the sampler Crushed Skull was released by Skull Crusher Records . Later that year the band went back to the studio to record the EP Lost Euphoria , which contains four songs. A month later the sound carrier was released, also on Skull Crusher Records. After several appearances in 2001, including in April together with Orphanage , the band recorded three new songs in order to release them as a demo. The following year the debut album An Epic Defiance was recorded within two weeks in the Excess Studio in Rotterdam . The album was self-released in October 2002 in the Netherlands. In 2003 Detonation signed a recording deal with the French label Osmose Productions for the release of three albums. The label's debut album was re-released worldwide in June. In the summer and autumn, the group went on tour through Great Britain once . A thirteen-day tour through Europe began in February with the Swedish band Dimension Zero and the Polish group Immemorial. Detonation also occurred in Hamburg , among other places . Then the band went to the Excess Studio to record their second album, which was released in September 2004 under the name Portals of Uphobia by Osmose Productions and in the USA by The End Records . The same month, also appeared at-the-gate -Tribute album slaughterous Souls - A Tribute to At the Gates at Drowned Scream Records , for which the band their version of the song Under a Serpent Sun contributed. In 2005 the band went on another European tour together with Decapitated , Gorerotted and Dãm . The tour included 15 performances in England , the Netherlands, Belgium , France and Germany . In 2006 the band also held a tour of the UK, which consisted of five appearances with the Dutch group Fuelblooded . In January 2007 Detonation recorded their third album Emission Phase at Split Second Sound Studios , conducted by Jochem Jacobs and Bouke Visser . An eight-day tour of the UK was held for the album's release in April. A tour of the Netherlands followed in June to promote the album. In September and October further appearances followed in the Netherlands, where she also played together with Cynic and Paradise Lost . Another small tour of Great Britain followed in December. On February 22, 2008, the band performed at the Avalanche Rock Show , which was part of the Moksha Culture Festival in Delhi , India . Two days later, they performed at the Eastwind Festival , also in Delhi. After ten years, Danny Tunker joined the line-up as guitarist in March 2008, after which Romeijn decided to concentrate completely on singing. A short time later, the drummer Kalksma left the band. Michiel van der Plicht ( God Dethroned , Prostitute Disfigurement ) joined them as session drummer . In 2009 Ferguson and Romeijn wrote new songs for a fourth album. In addition, performances were held in and outside the Netherlands. The following year the album Reprisal was recorded under the direction of Harry van Breda in the Oerknal Studios . Towards the end of the year the band separated from guitarist Tunker and drummer van der Plicht. Allard van der Kuip joined the band as the new drummer and van Breda played bass in the band. After two years of little activity, Reprisal was released in March 2011, with Romeijn taking over both vocals and electric guitar again.
style
On her Facebook profile, the Detonation lists Eucharist , Dismember , Entombed , Iron Maiden , Death , Megadeth , Metallica , Morbid Angel and Pantera as influences. Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia found the band to play melodic death metal in the style of Swedish bands like Dark Tranquility and In Flames . Jan Fleckhaus from Metal Hammer described the music on Emission Phase as modern Thrash Metal, which is melodic and brutal. A red thread can be seen on the album. In addition, the songs are occasionally rocky and psychedelic . In addition, the songs show a "combination of hardness and depth, technical and compositional skills and an unmistakable amount of joy in playing".
Discography
- 1998: Promo 1998 (demo, self-publication)
- 2000: Lost Euphoria (EP, Skull Crusher Records )
- 2001: Promo 2001 (demo, self-published)
- 2002: An Epic Defiance (album, self-published)
- 2005: Portals to Uphobia (Album, Osmose Productions )
- 2007: Emission Phase (Album, Osmose Productions)
- 2011: Reprisal (album, self-published)
Web links
- Official website
- Detonation at Allmusic (English)
- Detonation at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on June 10, 2015 ; accessed on June 8, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d Detonation Reprisal. detonation.nl, accessed on May 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Anzo Sadoni: Dimension Zero + Immemorial + Detonation . Hamburg MarX. In: Metal Hammer . April 2004, p. 121 .
- ↑ Info. Facebook , accessed June 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Eduardo Rivadavia: Detonation. Allmusic , accessed June 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Jan Fleckhaus: Detonation . Emission phase. In: Metal Hammer . July 2007, p. 104 .
