“We are sad to announce that Ronald Landa (guitar) has decided to part ways with Delain.”
“Ronald has been of great value to the band. We would like to thank him for his everlasting devotion for Delain! We will never forget all the great moments we have shared together and wish him the very best for the future! Ronald will still play our shows in Zwolle and Birmingham and besides that there is a big chance he will appear on stage now and then at one of our future shows. We hope to be able to announce his successor very soon and keep you updated on that!”
Ronald: “Being a part of Delain has always been a tremendous privilege and honor for me. It was so awesome to play live and record albums for you [the fans], guys. You have been so great to us, and to me, and I want to thank you so much for that. However, the time has come to step away from the band, and to pursue a different dream”
“My musical taste has always been very wide, and I wanted to play in a band that plays a different kind of music for a long time. I could never do this because being in a band like Delain requires you to put all of your time and effort into that band. But the desire to play music with different people in different genres doesn’t let go. Therefore I decided to continue my role in Delain as a dedicated fan and friend.”
“I will follow Delain very closely, and do everything I can to still be of value to the band. Besides that, I hope that you’ll check out what I’m doing once in a while, and that you will like my new musical endeavours.”
“I want to thank Charlotte, Martijn, Rob and Sander so much for the fun we had, the great moments we shared, the hard times we conquered, and the beautiful music we played. I also want to thank all our fans so very much! You guys make it worthwhile! Thank you for coming to so many shows, and for making me feel good! I love you all!”
Delain has issued the following update: “Because our bandmate Rob [van der Loo, bass] has a lot of personal stuff going on in December, he will not able to accompany us at our European tour with Sonata Arctica. However, we already found a really good replacement for Rob. Bass guitar player Roel Vink wil take care of Rob’s job at this tour. They know each other from their mutual former band Sun Caged. However, Rob will play the Dutch gigs of the tour.”
Dutch symphonic metal band Delain will be playing a special show at the Broerenkerk church in Zwolle in the Netherlands on Saturday October 31. The event is called ‘Delain: November Rain (The Final Edition)’.
The church will be transformed into a rock temple for this very special event. Delain will be playing songs from their debut album Lucidity as well as from their latest album April Rain. Delain has invited some special guests to this event, incl. Marco Hietala from Finnish metal band Nightwish.
This special event is promoted together with Niek van der Sprong, who is known for his yearly ‘November Rain’ concerts en the Bevrijdingsfestival in Overijssel in the Netherlands. The Delain show in October will be the last ‘November Rain’ event in a series that took place in the Broerenkerk church since 2001.
Delain’s 2nd album April Rain was released in March 2009 and was in the Dutch album charts for 10 weeks. The album entered the charts on #14. After a succesful album release show, Delain joined the Jägerband program, promoted by the Jägermeister shot drink, toured Europe and played various major festivals like the Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium and the Waldrock festival in the Netherlands. Delain will be playing at the Zwarte Cross festival and the Lowlands festival in the Netherlands this summer and do a clubtour in the fall.
Below you see the Delain feature published in the Telegraaf newspaper in NL today. Click the picture to see/read the whole story. Delain is playing at the Waldrock festival in Friesland (NL) tomorrow, together with other Roadrunner artists Killswitch Engage, Heaven & Hell and Trivium. Other great bands at Waldrock are Motörhead, Carcass and Voivod. For a full preview on Waldrock update scroll down!
Heya! Another cool festival in the Netherlands this summer – FortaRock in Nijmegen, check out the line-up on the poster on the right (click for bigger size)! Roadrunner artists Delain and Satyricon, SPV artist Moonspell and Indie Recording artists Keep Of Kalessin will be playing on July 11th at Nijmegen’s Brakkestein park, together with great artists such as Candlemass, Meshuggah, Kataklysm and Death Angel! The FortaRock pre-party will be held on July 10th with the Dillinger Ecape Plan and the mighty Kylesa!
FortaRock provides a combination of various well-known and newcomers in the metal scene. You can expect death, gothic, math, black & everything in between… The festival is a result of the association of FortaRock and the Doornroosje club in Nijmegen. FortaRock is all about heavy music! Tickets to the festival are €32,50 and are available at the Doornroosje website
FaceCulture.com spoke to Charlotte Wessels from Delain about the new album April Rain, Germany, new Delain songs, Radiohead, writing music, On The Other Side, Lucidity and more. Click here or on the screenshot below to go directly to the interview!
Toazted.nl spoke to Charlotte from Delain about the new album April Rain, the songs, the lyrics, their live shows, the upcoming European tour and much more! Click here or on the screenshots below to go directly to the interview!
The music video for Delain’s first single, the title track of their new album April Rain (out March 20 on Roadrunner Records) is available and can be viewed here, or click the screenshot below to watch the video!
Below you’ll find 3 brand new Delain banners available for your website! Feel free to use them! We also have a vertical 122×600 banner available, just send us a mail if you’re interested.
Latest (Roadrunner) artists added to the line-up of the 2009 Waldrock festival are Killswitch Engage, Black Stone Cherry and Delain. The festival takes place in Bergum, the Netherlands on Saturday June 13.
Also confirmed for this years Waldrock festival: (Roadrunner) artist Trivium, (Steamhammer/SPV) artist Motörhead as well as Dragonforce, Carcass, Epica, Heaven And Hell, Papa Roach and Wolves In The Throne Room.
Delain’s new album April Rain will hit the stores March 20. April Rain follows the successful 2006 Roadrunner Records debut Lucidity. Delain will launch the new album in Amsterdam on March 19 at a special event at the Melkweg club. April Rain will also be available as limited edition digipak including bonus content.
Delain has issued the following update:
