Band Biography :
Ceremony of Opposites was started in 2005 by As, Pascal en Marcel. They didn’t want to wait for a drummer and decided to record a demo in February that year with Sarban (Misanthropia) behind the drums. Unfortunately all recordings of that session have been lost.
Sander (ex-Ground Control) took the vacant place behind the drums and he had to know the complete set within two weeks, because in May the first gigs were planned. After a few months playing together, the band decided to record a demo. In September 2005 “The Fear Within†was recorded in 1 day at the Edisound studio in Tilburg. Mixing the demo also took a day, and in December 2005 the presentation of the demo took place at De Groote Schouw in Tilburg.
In the year 2005 a lot of gigs were played, amongst those 2 gigs in Belgium and 1 gig in Germany. The band shared the stage with a.o. Blo. Torch, Dream of Nebiros (Mexico), Born from Pain and Fuelblooded. Playing this many gigs together, was a major factor in understanding each other better on the musical level and it also contributed to a better stage performance.
The style of the band can be subscribed as death metal with influences from a.o. trash- and black metal. The band went into the studio at the end of 2006 to record her first full length CD, called “Death’s Dominionâ€. The CD was recorded in December 2006 and January 2007 at the Edisound studio in Tilburg where the CD also was mixed and mastered.
The songs on “Death’s Dominion†show the musical development of the band in the last year. The clean vocals are gone and the speed of the songs has gone up, without loosing the melodic parts in the music. Also the structure of the songs is improved and a better sound has been found. “Death’s Dominion†was released privately May 25. The goal of the band for 2007 is playing live as much as possible.
Personal Biography :
In a dark past, before mobile phones existed, the time of LPs (you know, those large black round-shaped things) and the Willem Ruis Loto Show (a Dutch TV-quiz with a very well known presenter, hes dead now), Ive played in the a the time notorious musical underworld of Tilburg.
Some of the illustrious figures Im proud to say Ive shared the stage with are Ruud Jolie (currently Within Temptation) and Joey & Robert (Up the Irons).
At one point in time I lacked inspiration and put a stop to my musical activities. After many years of hibernation I dug up my instrument of torture and made my services available for Ceremony of Opposites.
Gear :
Guitar amp.: Crate GT1200H
Cabinet : Crate G412SL Angled Guitar Speaker Cabinet
Guitar : Ibanez RG 270 DX (black)
Guitar : BC Rich Ironbird (black)
Effect pedal : Behringer Distortion
Wireless guitarsystem : Samson Stage 5 Gt
Ceremony of Opposites live @ Boschkilde (Exoneration)(April 2008)
Ceremony of Opposites live @ Boschkilde (Severe Carnage)(April 2008)
Ceremony of Opposites live @ Boschkilde (Death's Dominion)(April 2008)
Ceremony of Opposites feat. Jeremy live @ De Pul (Wasted years)(May 2007)
Ceremony of Opposites feat. Frans live @ De Pul (The fear within)(May 2007)
