Carnyx

Lead Guitarist / Vocalist Mathijs Ignoul started this band under the name of Experiment 666 in the summer of 2004. He had heard alot of music and thought he could do it too, so he recorded an instrumental cd of half an hour containing some 9 tracks. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- After contacting bassist Greg Leinders the other members followed. Tom "Fons" Langie took on the job of Rhythm Guitarist, and Karel Sanen (longtime friend of both Greg and Tom) did drums. 2 small live performances followed, which had some success, but after that work stopped. Tom (who already insisted that the 666 in the name had to go) couldn't live up to the requirements of playing in this band and was also less attracted to the genre. Karel also had problems with the genre, which formed a problem because Mathijs hadn't even started to create something half as extreme as he had planned on doing. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- Thus it came to a turning point in the history of this band : Dimitri Bongers was recruited as new drummer, and Greg's cousin John Teuwissen would fulfill Rhythm duty's from now on. Mathijs also decided that the band should continue in a more religious course : He wanted to adopt the religion of the ancient peoples that once lived in Europe. Such vast changes had been made in music, attitude and line-up, that Mathijs could not longer continue under the name of Experiment. At this point, more than a year after the founding, the name of Carnyx was born. The Carnyx is the warhorn the Celts used to communicate aswell as frighten the enemy. This name refers to both the religious aspect of the band, aswell as Mathijs' love for his place of birth (Limburg). ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- Line-up changes happened again after that. John left, and after we had found a replacement for him, Dimitri left to, and after a while long-time member Greg did too. Dimitri didn't really feel interested, and Greg couldn't find the time anymore. This leaves Mathijs and Johan as the only 2 members left.