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Delain have transformed into an ambitious supergroup project into a symphonic powerhouse, easily now ranking alongside the Dutch greats of Within Temptation, Epica and After Forever. The band are on a perpetual mission to gain an identity as a great in their own manner, and with each album, they have succeeded a little more. Is ‘Moonbathers‘ the album to fire the band into the stratosphere?
Delain at this point in their career have arguably joined the fine ranks of legendary Dutch symphonic metal. It’s taken a little while to get there, but there has been no stumbling block in their existence, only music that has refined like matured like a good wine. Now comes ‘Moonbathers‘, that has already promised some of the band’s strongest material to date. We chat with keyboardist and composer Martijn Westerholt to explain what makes the Delain machine tick when it comes to making music.
As predicted with the release of the EP ‘Lunar Prelude‘, Delain have announced the title of their brand new studio album as something moon related.
There’s a new album on the way, and Delain have already made plans to make their mark in the UK and Ireland once again!
Delain are wasting no time in making their triumphant return with new music. The band have released some hard-hitting singles over the past few years, and with the release of an EP, it seems they just might be that excited to share some new music with us…
Delain are getting us excited again posting a new track from their upcoming EP, and it’s a great one!
2015 was a busy year for Delain’s frontwoman Charlotte Wessels. More than ever her main band is determined to conquer the world of symphonic metal, and saw a huge stride forward in accomplishing that goal through grandiose shows around the world. In Delain’s infrequent downtime Charlotte somehow managed to conceive of a new ambitious project along with a couple other prolific musicians, and that project is Phantasma, and we look at the curiosities that surround the story-driven concept…
It’s been a pretty epic weekend of live music in London with some huge names passing through, and that doesn’t let up up Sunday evening with the symphonic metal frenzy of Delain + The Gentle Storm.