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Artrach

Progressive Power !!!

About Me

2001, the start of a new Millennium, and for Diëgo Denorme (drums), Guy Commeene (guitars) and Jeroen G. Doeve (bass guitars), the last remaining members of Belgian death metal pioneers Anesthesy, the perfect time for drastic changes and a new beginning.
They decided to cast aside the technical death metal, founded Artrach and started to play a blend of progressive power/heavy metal.
In August, a first complete line-up was achieved, as Glenn Devos (vocals), Filip Delva (guitars) and Christof Colle (synths) had joined, and a first series of songs were composed.
In October, Artrach gathered in the Midas Studios of Tony Deblock to contribute their track "Curse of the Gladiator" to the all-Belgian 'Overdrive 20 Years Tribute' compilation.
Shortly after, both Jeroen and Filip left the band, but their replacements were soon found when Wouter Nottebaert (bass guitars) and David Vandewalle (guitars) had joined. In this new line-up, the first live performance took place in April 2002, headlining at 'Live On Stage 2002' in Lauwe.

In May 2002, the band re-entered the Midas Studios to record 6 tracks for their debut demo-CD 'Through Archways of Dark'. In September, both 'Archways...' and the 'Overdrive' compilation were finally released and after a couple of weeks, the first promisingly positive reviews on both releases started to appear everywhere in magazines, e-zines,...
By the end of 2003, the copies of the 'Archways' demo-CD had sold out, and a series of shows were succesfully completed.

In 2004, Artrach spent the summer recording 'Faceless God' at Midas Studios, and released this second offspring in December, along with a limited re-edition of the 'Archways' demo-CD. One of the new songs, "Dawn of Terror", was also included on the 'Rock Tribune March 2005 Sampler'.
Yet in May 2005, Artrach had to part ways with their singer Glenn Devos. After months of extensive auditioning and selecting the appropiate candidate, Piet Overstijns was found to join the band in September 2005.
Artrach arranged a series of try-outs in local youth clubs to prepare the new line-up for the recordings of the third demo-CD '...And in Fate We Rest', which was recorded in the summer of 2006 in Midas Studios and released in October.

Over the years, Artrach has gathered quite a strong live-reputation and, as we speak, the band is preparing itself for the recordings of a first full-length, yet still in search of an interested record label and, off course, always looking for concert promotors and venues to present our unique style live.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/7/2006
Band Website: Artrach.com
Band Members:

Piet Overstijns
- vocals -

Guy Commeene
- lead guitars -

David Vandewalle
- rhythm guitars -

Wouter Nottebaert
- bass guitars -

Diëgo Denorme
- drums -

Christof Colle
- synths -


Sounds Like:
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Last.fm profile

In addition to MySpace, I will be managing another on-line music profile on Last.fm. Be sure to check out these pages, containing new song previews from all our demo-CD's! Greetings, Christof & Ar...
Posted by Artrach on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:51:00 PST

MySpace restyling

I've put some serious time and efforts in adjusting, completing and restyling our MySpace account. Still unfinished business, but, meanwhile, I hope that you'll be able to enjoy this! Greetings, Chri...
Posted by Artrach on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:43:00 PST

Gig with Evergrey

The gig last saturday at OC De Vonke in Heule (BE) with Evergrey and Savage Circus was superb. We could kick off our set for some 600 attendants, later that evening the crowd would even grow to appr. ...
Posted by Artrach on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:13:00 PST

Reviews on our third promo cd

Check out this blog to discover some reviews of our third promo '...And in Fate We Rest'. Just a couple of links found so far : - http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=8851- http://www.met...
Posted by Artrach on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:13:00 PST

Artrach finally joins the MySpace community

From this day forward, all Artrach info and news will also be available at MySpace. Check our page @ http://www.myspace.com/artrach frequently for news updates, concert dates and new songs... Greeting...
Posted by Artrach on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:32:00 PST