Artist description Aggressive & Melodic Death/Thrash Metal. DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM OUT NOW!

Music Style Aggressive & Melodic Death/Thrash Metal with lots of variation.

Musical Influences All high quality intense Metal music.

Similar Artists At The Gates, Death, Dissection, The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, Emperor, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Eucharist...

Artist History SUMMER 1997: The band was founded under the name Infernal Dream. The line-up then consisted of Koen Romeijn on vocals and guitar, Mike Ferguson on guitar and Thomas Kalksma on drums. AUGUST 1998: Otto Schimmelpenninck joins the band on bass-guitar. OCTOBER 1998: The bandname is changed into Detonation and they enter the studio for the first time to record 2 songs ("Life In Hell" & "Slaying The Serpent") for the Crushed Skull compilation CD. A month later the band does their first gig with Death Metal band Engorge. JANUARY 1999: The Crushed Skull CD is released through Skull Crusher records. In the April issue of Dutch leading Metal magazine Aardschok the band is said to be the best band on the CD. In the month following the release several gigs are played. OCTOBER 1999: The band enters the studio for the second time. This time to record their first official release, a Mini CD entitled "Lost Euphoria". It contains 4 songs; "Failure To Commit", "Euphoric Loss", "Reflection Of A Torn Spirit" and "Helplessness". JANUARY 2000: "Lost Euphoria" is released through Skull Crusher Records. It is launched by means of a very successful gig in Utrecht. After the release several gigs are played throughout Holland. In October 2000 and the following months the band is offered the chance to play several shows as support-act of well-known Dutch Metal band ORPHANAGE. MARCH 2001: The studio is entered again to record 3 new songs to be released as a promo CD meant primarily for labels and venues. With the promo CD the band hopes to catch the interest of a label to release their first full-length album. OCTOBER 2001: No constructive response has been received on the promo so the band decides to record another 5 new songs in their rehearsal room, to be spread among labels. The wait is on again for a label to be interested in releasing the band's debut full-length album in 2002. AUGUST 2002: The band records their debut album "An Epic Defiance", which they will release themselves and with the album in hand will try to find a label interested in releasing it on a large scale. Recordings take place at Excess studios in Rotterdam, one of the best studios for Metal in Holland. Artwork will be provided by Niklas Sundin of Dark Tranquillity. The album is planned to be released in October 2002.

Group Members Koen Romeijn - Vocals & guitar; Mike Ferguson - Guitar; Otto Schimmelpenninck - Bass-guitar; Thomas Kalksma - Drums

Instruments Vocals, guitar (both distorted and clean), bass-guitar and drums.

Albums For detailed info, go to the Discography section on our website.

Press Reviews For reviews of all of our releases, check the Reviews page on our website.

Additional Info BRAND NEW T-SHIRTS, for details, go to our website or e-mail us at info@detonation.nu.

Location Utrecht, Utrecht - Netherlands

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