Ronald parts ways28-10-2009 10:35 CETWe are sad to announce that Ronald 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! -------------------------------Ronalds Personal statement; Being a part of Delain has always been a tremendous privilege and honourfor me. It was so awesome to play live and record albums for you guys. Youhave been so great to us, and to me, and I want to thank you so much forthat. However, the time has come to step away from the band, and to persuea different dream. My musical taste has always been very wide, and I wantedto play in a band that plays a different kind of music for a long time. Icould never do this because being in a band like Delain requires you to putall of your time and effort into that band. But the desire to play musicwith different people in different genres doesn't let go. Therefore Idecided to continue my role in Delain as a dedicated fan and friend. I willfollow Delain very closely, and do everything I can to still be of value tothe band. Besides that, I hope that you'll check out what I'm doing once ina while, and that you will like my new musical endeavours. I want to thank Charly, Martijn, Rob and Sander so much for the fun we had,the great moments we shared, the hard times we conquered, and the beautifulmusic we played. I also want to thank all our fans so very much! You guysmake it worthwhile! Thank you for coming to so many shows, and for makingme feel good! I love you all! I'll see you soon at a Delain show!Love,Ronald.
Delain introducing Roel Vink 22-10-2009 18:59 CESTBecause our bandmate Rob 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 eachother from their mutual former band Sun Caged. However Rob will play the Dutch gigs of the tour
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We are proud and very happy to announce that we have found a new guitarist to replace Ronald as a fulltime member of Delain.We would like to introduce Ewout Pieters as the newest Delain-member. He will join us live with the Sonata Artica tour which starts this Thursday.We will update our memberprofile page very soon. Untill then click here to see Ewout doing what he does best, showing of his amazingly flexible jaw (we’re still figuring out if there are strings connected from his fingers to his face;)
