Delain

[Serena]

Live @ MFVF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54WBP0NLsLw

Are You Done With Me (Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mnM91RxPM

[Serena]

Walk with me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDXIUy19UH0&

Are You Done With Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEv5qjkXSW4

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No Compilance @ MFVF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJzB4SiMVUM

Restless @ MFVF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty4AtJmLSC4

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Show especial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nE_hYKGpyc

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We are proud to announce the release date, cover art and tracklist of our new record: The Human Contradiction
We are really excited about the new tracks and can't wait to share them with you! Keep an eye on this website for more news about the new record, including which guest musicians you can expect to hear. More information is coming soon! You can check the cover art, and read the tracklist below.

The Human Contradiction will be released on the following dates:
Germany/Austria/Switzerland, April 4, 2014
UK, Rest of Europe: April 7, 2014
USA and Canada: April 8, 2014
Japan, ANZ, South America, Russia: TBA

The Human Contradiction

1. Here Come The Vultures

2. Your Body Is A Battleground

3. Stardust

4. My Masquerade

5. Tell Me, Mechanist

6. Sing To Me

7. Army Of Dolls

8. Lullaby

9. The Tragedy Of The Commons
 

[Serena]

We are very pleased we can announce more shows for our upcomming album within the next days. To start close at home, we can announce these shows:

21-03-2014 Hedon, Zwolle, Netherlands, (special show)

30-03-2014 Mezz, Breda, Netherlands, (special show)

03-05-2014 HMH, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (with Within Temptation)

24-05-2014 Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands

06-06-2014 Luxor, Arnhem, Netherlands
 

[Serena]

Delain in Spain 2014
While we're busy completing our upcoming album, we are also adding more and more shows for 2014 and 2015.
One of them we will announce right now is "Leyendas del Rock" (August 7 -9 ) in Spain, Alicante this summer. See you there!

[Serena]

We are returning to Moscow and St. Petersburg in May!

16.05.14 RU - St. Petersburg / Backstage Club
17.05.14 RU - Moscow / Moscow Hall

[Serena]

Proudly announcing the first guest vocalist for our upcoming album The Human Contradiction:

Alissa White-Gluz

We are really excited about Alissa’s addition to our new record! Alissa needs no introduction: we love her great, versatile and powerful vocal style and after spending time on the road with Alissa on our tour with Kamelot last fall, we simply needed her awesomeness Both Alissa’s clean vocals and signature screams are featured on the record’s finale “The Tragedy Of The Commons”. We can’t wait to share the song with you!

Alissa states: "After a couple days of touring with Delain, I HAD to go buy a cd or two. This band blew me away with their intelligent songs, energetic yet extremely precise live show and overall charisma. Sure enough, after buying an album at their merch table and listening to it on repeat while working out, my suspicions were confirmed: DELAIN IS AN AWESOME BAND! I'm very flattered and honored to participate in their upcoming album. I see Delain going very far, I wish them nothing but success and I'm glad to contribute my share!”

[Serena]

Proudly announcing the second guest vocalist for our upcoming album “The Human Contradiction” Marco Hietala [Nightwish] We are very excited about the much anticipated return of vocal force Marco Hietala on our upcoming record. After our collaboration with Marco on our first two albums we can’t help but hearing his voice in some of the songs we write! We love his contributions on The Human Contradiction: Marco adds greatly to the power of “Your Body Is A Battleground” as well as to the melancholia of “Sing To Me”. Marco states: “I´ve done quite a few visitations on select albums during my career. Delain and their albums are among the most frequent. If you listen to their stuff, you´ll know why. Martijn and his group seem to have plenty to say both musically and lyrically. Keep it up mates!”

[Serena]

And yet another guest performance for our upcoming record "The Human Contradiction". We're proud to announce the return of:

George Oosthoek

The collaboration between DELAIN and George goes way back! He already performed with us on our debut Lucidity and has often joined us at live gigs over the years. His brutal grunts don't find their equal easily, and since our upcoming record "The Human Contradiction" in many ways reflects back on our earlier work that featured his grunts, we are very excited about this reunion!

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Dutch symphonic metal band Delain have come a long way since their debuting record. Having toured the globe and carved their niche within the genre, the band is now preparing for the release of their upcoming fourth studio record. DELAIN have proudly revealed the front cover and track listing of their upcoming record “The Human Contradiction” that is scheduled for a release in April 2014 by Napalm Records. At this point, it is time to let you in on some of the juicy details!

"The Human Contradiction" is DELAIN’s fourth studio album, and the highly-anticipated follow-up to the 2012 release "We Are The Others", which saw the band touring the globe and entering charts across Europe. Against the backdrop of this massive touring and releasing their special record "Interlude" which was introduced to the masses less then a year ago, DELAIN find themselves at top productivity with their upcoming 2014 release of "The Human Contradiction", which is set to meet and exceed expectations set by its predecessors.

If anything, this productive flow of creative juices comes from DELAIN taking matters into their own hands for the creation of "The Human Contradiction". Besides relying more heavily then ever on the team effort of DELAIN’s writing team consisting of DELAIN founder and keyboardist Martijn Westerholt, singer Charlotte Wessels and their long time musical partner Guus Eikens, DELAIN takes matters in their own hands by having Westerholt back in his trusted producer chair. He states: "It was a very special and inspiring experience, to create this new album together with Guus, Charlotte, my other bandmates Timo, Sander, Otto. This was fantastic teamwork! I think this is the heaviest albums we made so far. Also thanks to the mixing team of Fredman, and our guest artists. And I’m so much looking forward to present it to our fans!"
The record was mixed by Fredrik Nordstrí¶m and Henrik Udd at the legendary Fredman Studio’s (In Flames, Soilwork, Amon Amarth) and mastered by Grammy Award winning Ted Jensen of Sterling Sound, whose impressive credits include everything from Madonna and Billy Joel, to Muse, Marilyn Manson and Slipknot. The result is a massive sounding collection of songs in which you will be able to recognize DELAIN’s recent sound, but which forefronts the more dark symphonic approach of their earlier work. Elaborate orchestral sounds and the return of prominent grunts are prevalent on the album which features longer, elaborate tracks, with dark edges.

These dark edges run along both the instrumental and lyrical world, of which Wessels states: “The title "The Human Contradiction" is taken from one of my favorite books; Octavia E. Butlers trilogy Lilith’s Brood. A post-apocalypse story, in which the fact that humanity did not last is explained by our two most contradictory qualities; the fact that we are as a species both intelligent and hierarchic. This human contradiction causes an ‘us versus the others’ mentality, which in the book - as well as one could argue, in reality - proves to be a most self-destructive attitude. in a way, "The Human Contradiction" presents a broadening and deepening of the lyrical concept of We Are The Others: ‘otherness’ and how people relate to this, has had my interest for years. Whether it is otherness within our species, so towards people who are perceived as ‘different’ by other people (which was "We Are The Others" main focus) or in our attitudes towards non-human ‘others’, which is the lyrical addition made by our new record.”

One of the signature trades of DELAINs records has been the presence of guest musicians, and "The Human Contradiction" is no exception. Prominent is the much anticipated return of vocal force Marco Hietala on the powerful number "Your Body Is A Battleground" and the melancholic "Sing To Me". The band states “After our collaboration with Marco on our first two records we can’t help but hearing Marco’s voice in some of the songs we write. We love his contributions on The Human Contradiction”. States Marco: "I´ve done quite a few visitations on select albums during my career. Delain and their albums are among the most frequent. If you listen to their stuff, you´ll know why. Martijn and his group seem to have plenty to say both musically and lyrically. Keep it up mates!"
Another surprise is the appearance of iconic screamer Alissa White-Gluz on the epic album finale "The Tragedy Of The Commons", showcasing both her clean vocals and her impressive signature screams. About the collaboration, Alissa recalls: "After a couple days of touring with Delain, I HAD to go buy a cd or two. This band blew me away with their intelligent songs, energetic yet extremely precise live show and overall charisma. Sure enough, after buying an album at their merch table and listening to it on repeat while working out, my suspicions were confirmed: DELAIN IS AN AWESOME BAND! I'm very flattered and honored to participate in their upcoming album. I see Delain going very far, I wish them nothing but success and I'm glad to contribute my share!”
Returning to the roots of their debut record Lucidity, "The Human Contradiction" also features George Oosthoek laying down some brutal grunts on the heavy Tell Me, Mechanist.

DELAIN will return to the road to introduce "The Human Contradiction" to the world, starting with Dutch club shows in March, continuing in April when they join Dutch rock force WITHIN TEMPTATION on a full fledged European tour, followed by a festival season that will see its finale in a grand USA tour with SONATA ARCTICA and XANDRIA in September. Keep your eyes on this site for tourdates and more information about the upcoming record.

"The Human Contradiction" will be released on the following dates:
Germany/Austria/Switzerland, April 4, 2014
UK, Rest of Europe: April 7, 2014
USA and Canada: April 8, 2014
Japan, ANZ, South America, Russia: TBA

The Human Contradiction

1. Here Come The Vultures
2. Your Body Is A Battleground
3. Stardust
4. My Masquerade
5. Tell Me, Mechanist
6. Sing To Me
7. Army Of Dolls
8. Lullaby
9. The Tragedy Of The Commons

[Serena]

Teaser Your body is a battleground

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Revelado el tracklist del bonus cd de "The Human Contradiction"

1. Scarlet (Nueva canción)
2. Don't Let Go (Nueva canción)
3. My Masquerade (Live)
4. April Rain (Live)
5. Go Away (Live)
6. Sever (Live)
7. Stay Forever (Live)
8. Sing To Me (Orchestra version)
9. Your Body Is A Battleground (Orchestra version)

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Martijn about being back in the producer chair for "The Human Contradiction": "It was a very special and inspiring experience, to create this new album together with Guus, Charlotte, my other bandmates Timo, Sander, Otto. This was fantastic teamwork! I think this is the heaviest albums we made so far. Also thanks to the mixing team of Fredman, and our guest artists. And I’m so much looking forward to present it to our fans!"