Detonation (band)
Encyclopedia
Detonation is a Dutch
melodic death metal
band, with members from the Netherlands
and the United States
. In recent years the band has gravitated towards a melodic death metal
sound.
started out with Koen Romeijn on vocals/guitar
, Mike Ferguson on guitar, and Thomas Kalksma on drums
. In August 1998, Otto Schimmelpenninck joined the band as bass player
. The band's name was changed to Detonation in 1998 and entered a studio
for the first time to record two song
s for the Crushed Skull Compilation
Volume 1 CD
. A month later, Detonation performed live for the first time. The Crushed Skull compilation was released in January 1999 through Skull Crusher Records.
In October of that same year, the band entered the studio for the second time to record the MCD
, Lost Euphoria, which contained four songs. Lost Euphoria was released in January 2000 through Skull Crusher Records. After the release, Detonation played ten shows
as the supporting act for the Dutch
metal
band Orphanage
.
In March 2001, Detonation entered the studio again to record three new songs that were to be released as a promo CD
meant primarily for labels
and venues
. After playing numerous shows, which also included Detonation's first show outside The Netherlands (Open Hell Fest
in the Czech Republic
), the band decided to record their debut studio album
, An Epic Defiance
. The album was recorded within two weeks at Studio Excess and contained twelve songs. The artwork was done by Niklas Sundin
(Dark Tranquillity
) for Cabin Fever Media
.
On October 19, 2002, An Epic Defiance
was self-released and sent to record labels. The album caught the attention of the French
record label, Osmose Productions
and Detonation signed a recording contract
for three albums. An Epic Defiance
was officially re-released worldwide on CD and limited LP
on June 19, 2003. In July 2003, Detonation successfully completed their first foreign tour, playing three shows throughout England
. After promoting the album in the Netherlands, the band again headed to the UK
to successfully complete a ten-day tour throughout the country.
In February 2004, Detonation took part in a thirteen-day Europe
an tour as a support act for Dimension Zero along with Immemorial. In August 2004, the band was forced to recruit a session drummer
due to an arm injury of Thomas. Fedor Tieleman of the Dutch band M-90’s was recruited as the session member.
In December 2004, Detonation entered Excess Studios once again to record their second studio album, Portals to Uphobia
. Due to numerous problems the official release date was delayed until September 12, 2005. Detonation then toured with Decapitated
, Gorerotted
, and Dam
. Over 30 shows were scheduled throughout Europe, but due to a breakdown of the rented tour bus, Detonation had to cancel several shows. The band eventually managed to complete about half of the shows with their own transportation.
In January 2007, Detonation recorded their third studio album, Emission Phase
, which was released at the end of April 2007. The artwork
was made by Eliran Kantor
and the production was taken care of by Bouke Visser and Jochem Jacobs
from Split Second Sound. The release was promoted by an eight-day tour throughout the UK and several individual gigs (festival) in the Netherlands.
On March 17, 2008, the band announced their first ever line-up change. Koen Romeijn who had been playing Rhythmic guitar/Vocals since 1997 decided to lay down his guitar and focus on the vocals. The person they chose to replace him was Danny Tunker from Fuelblooded and The Saturnine
.
On May 3, 2008, Detonation announced that their drummer Thomas Kalksma (who was also a forming member of the band) had decided to leave the band for differences of opinion about the future of Detonation. He left in good terms and mentioned that he would continue his drummer career.
In November 2008, Michiel van der Plicht joined the band as the permanent new drummer, after already doing a couple of shows as session member. Right now, Detonation is working hard on new material for the upcoming 4th studio album, due to be released in 2009. The band is also in search for a new record company for future releases.
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
melodic death metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
band, with members from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. In recent years the band has gravitated towards a melodic death metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
sound.
History
Detonation was founded in 1997 under the name Infernal Dream. The bandMusical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
started out with Koen Romeijn on vocals/guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, Mike Ferguson on guitar, and Thomas Kalksma on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
. In August 1998, Otto Schimmelpenninck joined the band as bass player
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
. The band's name was changed to Detonation in 1998 and entered a studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
for the first time to record two song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s for the Crushed Skull Compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
Volume 1 CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
. A month later, Detonation performed live for the first time. The Crushed Skull compilation was released in January 1999 through Skull Crusher Records.
In October of that same year, the band entered the studio for the second time to record the MCD
Mini CD
Mini CDs, or “pocket CDs” are CDs with a smaller diameter and one third the capacity.-Formats:Amongst the various formats are the* Mini CD single, a small disc. The format is mainly used for audio CD singles in certain regions , much like the old vinyl single...
, Lost Euphoria, which contained four songs. Lost Euphoria was released in January 2000 through Skull Crusher Records. After the release, Detonation played ten shows
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
as the supporting act for the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Orphanage
Orphanage (band)
- History :The band formed in 1993 and released their first demos Morph and Druid . Orphanage then recorded their first full album Oblivion and one year later released their second album, By Time Alone. Then released 1997 the band the EP At The Mountains Of Madness and worked three years on the...
.
In March 2001, Detonation entered the studio again to record three new songs that were to be released as a promo CD
Promotional recording
A promotional recording, or promo, is an audio or video recording distributed for free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available...
meant primarily for labels
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
and venues
Music venue
A music venue is any location used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand or a concert hall to an indoor sports stadium. Typically, different types of venues host different genres of music...
. After playing numerous shows, which also included Detonation's first show outside The Netherlands (Open Hell Fest
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
), the band decided to record their debut studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, An Epic Defiance
An Epic Defiance
An Epic Defiance is the debut album by the metal band Detonation. It was initially issued in October 2002 as a self-financed independent release...
. The album was recorded within two weeks at Studio Excess and contained twelve songs. The artwork was done by Niklas Sundin
Niklas Sundin
Niklas Sundin , is a musician best known as the guitarist of bands Dark Tranquillity and Laethora. He also wrote some of the lyrics for the first three and recent two Dark Tranquillity albums and In Flames' album The Jester Race, and...
(Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene, and are one of the most integral pioneers of the melodic death metal genre of music....
) for Cabin Fever Media
Cabin Fever Media
Cabin Fever Media is a design studio founded in 1999 by the Dark Tranquillity guitarist, Niklas Sundin.Cabin Fever Media specializes in graphic design of album artwork, however, Cabin Fever Media also does various other commissioned work that involves illustration and design such as t-shirt design,...
.
On October 19, 2002, An Epic Defiance
An Epic Defiance
An Epic Defiance is the debut album by the metal band Detonation. It was initially issued in October 2002 as a self-financed independent release...
was self-released and sent to record labels. The album caught the attention of the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
record label, Osmose Productions
Osmose Productions
Osmose Productions is a French independent record label created in 1991 by Hervé Herbaut, after he had spent three years running a small mail order company...
and Detonation signed a recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
for three albums. An Epic Defiance
An Epic Defiance
An Epic Defiance is the debut album by the metal band Detonation. It was initially issued in October 2002 as a self-financed independent release...
was officially re-released worldwide on CD and limited LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
on June 19, 2003. In July 2003, Detonation successfully completed their first foreign tour, playing three shows throughout England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. After promoting the album in the Netherlands, the band again headed to the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
to successfully complete a ten-day tour throughout the country.
In February 2004, Detonation took part in a thirteen-day Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an tour as a support act for Dimension Zero along with Immemorial. In August 2004, the band was forced to recruit a session drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
due to an arm injury of Thomas. Fedor Tieleman of the Dutch band M-90’s was recruited as the session member.
In December 2004, Detonation entered Excess Studios once again to record their second studio album, Portals to Uphobia
Portals to Uphobia
Portals to Uphobia is the second full-length studio album Detonation released on the French label Osmose Productions.The artwork for the album was created by Niklas Sundin of Dark Tranquillity.-Track listing:# "Into Sulphur I Descend" − 5:13...
. Due to numerous problems the official release date was delayed until September 12, 2005. Detonation then toured with Decapitated
Decapitated (band)
Decapitated is a death metal band that formed in Krosno, Poland in 1996. The group comprises guitarist, founder and composer Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, vocalist Rafał Piotrowski and Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner. Decapitated have gained recognition as one of the genre's most widely respected...
, Gorerotted
Gorerotted
Gorerotted was a British death metal band formed in 1997 which split up in January 2008 and reformed with new members as The Rotted. Gorerotted's lyrics and song titles were largely inspired by horror films, and dealt with subjects such as death, mutilation, necrophilia, and later alcohol and drug...
, and Dam
Dam (band)
Dam are an English extreme metal band from London, formed in 1997. The band's music, heavily influenced by early-nineties death metal, can be characterised as a fusion of death metal, black metal, and thrash metal, with some hints of progressive rock and heavy metal...
. Over 30 shows were scheduled throughout Europe, but due to a breakdown of the rented tour bus, Detonation had to cancel several shows. The band eventually managed to complete about half of the shows with their own transportation.
In January 2007, Detonation recorded their third studio album, Emission Phase
Emission Phase
Emission Phase is the third full-length studio album by the band Detonation and was released by the French label Osmose Productions. The artwork was made by .-Track listing:# "Invoking the Impact" − 4:07# "When Stone Turns to Ash" − 4:53...
, which was released at the end of April 2007. The artwork
Album cover
An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...
was made by Eliran Kantor
Eliran Kantor
Eliran Kantor is a Berlin-based artist and illustrator known mostly for creating album covers for heavy metal bands such as Testament, Mekong Delta, Sigh and Anacrusis...
and the production was taken care of by Bouke Visser and Jochem Jacobs
Jochem Jacobs
Jochem Jacobs is a Dutch guitarist, producer and recording engineer, noted for his work as founder, guitarist and producer for Textures. He works at Split Second Sound, a studio in Amsterdam, and is currently working on Textures' upcoming album to be released with Nuclear Blast...
from Split Second Sound. The release was promoted by an eight-day tour throughout the UK and several individual gigs (festival) in the Netherlands.
On March 17, 2008, the band announced their first ever line-up change. Koen Romeijn who had been playing Rhythmic guitar/Vocals since 1997 decided to lay down his guitar and focus on the vocals. The person they chose to replace him was Danny Tunker from Fuelblooded and The Saturnine
The Saturnine
The Saturnine is a melodic melancholic rock band, originally formed in The Netherlands, but currently featuring musicians from The Netherlands, Germany and New York City.- History :...
.
On May 3, 2008, Detonation announced that their drummer Thomas Kalksma (who was also a forming member of the band) had decided to leave the band for differences of opinion about the future of Detonation. He left in good terms and mentioned that he would continue his drummer career.
In November 2008, Michiel van der Plicht joined the band as the permanent new drummer, after already doing a couple of shows as session member. Right now, Detonation is working hard on new material for the upcoming 4th studio album, due to be released in 2009. The band is also in search for a new record company for future releases.
Current members
- Koen Romeijn – vocals (1997 – present)
- Mike Ferguson – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(1997 – present) - Harry van Breda – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2011 – ) - Allard van der Kuip - drums (2011 - )
Former members
- Thomas Kalksma – drums (1997–2008)
- Otto Schimmelpenninck – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(1998–2011) - Danny Tunker - guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(2008–2011) - Michiel van der Plicht- drums (2008–2011)
Studio albums
- An Epic DefianceAn Epic DefianceAn Epic Defiance is the debut album by the metal band Detonation. It was initially issued in October 2002 as a self-financed independent release...
(2002, re-released in 2003) - Portals to UphobiaPortals to UphobiaPortals to Uphobia is the second full-length studio album Detonation released on the French label Osmose Productions.The artwork for the album was created by Niklas Sundin of Dark Tranquillity.-Track listing:# "Into Sulphur I Descend" − 5:13...
(2005) - Emission PhaseEmission PhaseEmission Phase is the third full-length studio album by the band Detonation and was released by the French label Osmose Productions. The artwork was made by .-Track listing:# "Invoking the Impact" − 4:07# "When Stone Turns to Ash" − 4:53...
(2007) - Reprisal (2010)
Other releases
- Crushed Skull Volume 1 (Compilation, 1999)
- Lost Euphoria (MCD, 2000)
- Promo 2001 (Promo CD, 2001)
External links
- Detonation - official website
- Detonation at HyvesHyvesHyves is a social networking site in the Netherlands with mainly Dutch visitors and members and competes in this country with sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Hyves was founded in 2004 by Raymond Spanjar, Koen Kam, and Floris Rost van Tonningen....
- Detonation at Encyclopaedia MetallumEncyclopaedia MetallumEncyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives is a website which lists bands from various forms of heavy metal music...