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CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album)

The Official Chromium Myspace - www.chromium.co.za

About Me



Chromium... started out as nothing more then a studio project by Jared Gunston & Matthew Engelbrecht. They decided to get together and write some material just for the fun of it in Studio. Jared bringing the "Modern Metalcore" into the picture and Matt bringing the "Old School Thrash" combined their influences and abilities to create was is now known as Chromium. It was never seen to be taken as far as it’s come today, but the dream was always behind it.
After getting a lot of interest for a track called “Set Me Free” which was sent out as a free track on the internet the band caught the interest of Johannesburg based record label ALTER EGO that immediately saw the potential of the band.
November 2006, CHROMIUM relocates to Johannesburg. In this time they also received an Endorsement from Hughes & Kettner (One of the best amplification brands of all time)
During 2007, Chromium relocate to Johannesburg, doing over 100 shows that year alone, and also getting new sponsors/endorses on board. Such as: "Music Connection", "Dean Guitars South Africa" and "Jagermeister"
They’ve been all over the country including various shows in Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, East London, Pietermaritzburg, Durban, Cape Town & Pretoria, also including their new home town Johannesburg.
Some highlights include: “Nightfall Festival, featuring Blind Guardian”; Ramfest (Cape Town), DoorStock, various Zeplins metal fests (Pretoria), Seasons Wither Rock Festival in Johannesburg. Performing live on GoRock (On DSTV) and releasing 2 music videos.
"SET ME FREE"
Taken From Our Debt Album "Intro Spectre"
Video Footage & Editing by Mr.E The Red

"CONTROL"
Taken From Our Debt Album "Intro Spectre"
Video Footage & Editing by Mr.E The Red

Proudly Sponsored / Endorsed By:



Chromium Official Street Teams

USA Street Team
South Africa Street Team
Australia Street Team
UK Street Team

Find us on the following other great sites!
Facebook - OFFICIAL CHROMIUM FACEBOOK GROUP
Facebook - Chromium Group
Facebook - Chromium Fan Group
Facebook - Intro Spectre Group
Facebook Fband
Zazone
PureVolume
Garage Band
Mynoise
Tom-X
ISound
Dark Lyrics

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/11/2005
Band Website: chromium.co.za
Band Members:


Official Chromium Crew

Jean Martin - Sound Engineer (Email)

Bianca Le Cornu- Booking Agent & Representative (Email)

Jared Gunston
Guitar & Melodic Vocals

Matthew Engelbrecht
Guitar & Screamo Vocals

Adrian Basson
Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals

Hannes Matthysen
Drums
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"INTRO SPECTRE"

CHROMIUM SPONSORS & ENDORSERS

Hughes & Kettner Amplification Germany

Dean Guitars South Africa

Jagermeister

Music Connection


Influences: Metallica
Trivium
Iron Maiden
Cradle Of Filth
Killswitch Engage
Chimaira
Soilwork
In Flames
Bullet For My Valentine

And how can i forget... STEWIE!

Sounds Like: We never try to imitate any artist out there, but we have been told we sound similar to...

Trivium

Chimaira

lambofgod

Killswitch Engage

As I Lay Dying

Arch Enemy

In Flames

Six Feet Under

Can't say we personally think we sound like ALL of those, but there may be parts of our songs that reflect similarities, as these are our BIG influences in music.
Record Label: Alter-Ego
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Currently Tracking 2nd Album - Expect something tasty soon!

Hey guys & girls :)We're currently doing are 2nd album in studio, as most of you probably know, which is why we've been a bit quiet lately.In celebration of the process of our album, we're gonna r...
Posted by CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album) on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:43:00 PST

Hughes & Kettner Feature

We're featured in the Hughes & Kettner Newsletter! Go check it out! :)http://www.hughes-and-kettner.com/news.php?mode=1&lang =en&id=380This is so cool!!! MEans the world to us!!!...
Posted by CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album) on Fri, 09 May 2008 04:04:00 PST

Devil Driver in South Africa, November!

It’s just been confirmed, we’re playing JHB and CT Shows, so please try make it to which ever event you can, OR BOTH!!! :)Line up is as follows:JHB SHOW !15:00- Visus15:45- Facing the Gall...
Posted by CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album) on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:26:00 PST

Thank You Music Connection & Hughes & Kettner Amplification

We went to music connection to pick up our Signature TriAmp, which we will be using during the tracking of our 2nd album.The Tone on the Triamp is so controlled, mids are crunchy, bass is warm and the...
Posted by CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album) on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:24:00 PST

Please introduce yourself here...

Just curious... how’d you hear about us? if you don’t mind sharing your story ?Tell us alittle bit about yourselves... wanna get to know our friends a bit better!
Posted by CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album) on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:10:00 PST

Join our new solid mailing list!

http://www.reverbnation.com/chromium?add_email=truePlease visit the site and add your email to our list!
Posted by CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album) on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:30:00 PST

Witchfest & Wacken 2008, please raise your voice for us!

Hey Guys,I think it's worth a shot, please add your voice behind these 2 links, just a comment will do :)Thank you...WACKEN 2008 GROUP: http://hs.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=5827&uid=22049048 38WI...
Posted by CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album) on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:53:00 PST

"SET ME FREE" Music Video

Our latest Music Video should be up within the hour!WATCH THIS SPACE! :)
Posted by CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album) on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:47:00 PST

So what’s been happening? (December)

Hey guys and girls...It's been a while since we've written, thought i'd let you in on what's been happening.1. Why have we been so quiet?Well, as i'm sure you all know, life happens sometimes... we've...
Posted by CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album) on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:32:00 PST

Keeping up with the times... FACEBOOK

It's sad, but it would seem that most friends & fans are now using facebook! So we have to keep up with the times and we've made a CHROMIUM group on facebook, always updated and always sending you...
Posted by CHROMIUM (Currently Tracking 2nd Album) on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:13:00 PST