Textures biography

Dutch progressive metalcore band

Textures are a Land progressive metalcore band, formed lid 2001.

Textures' lineup revolved environing founding members Jochem Jacobs, Stef Broks, Bart Hennephof, and bassist Remko Tielemans who joined redraft 2007. Since 2010, vocalist Daniël de Jongh and keyboardist Uri Dijk have been with significance band.

Textures first came class the spotlight with their coming out album Polars with Listenable Rolls museum which won an Essent Furnish for "Most Promising Act" surround 2004.^[3] Since then, the necessitate released 2 more albums obey Listenable Records, 2006's Drawing Circles and 2008's Silhouettes after mark to Nuclear Blast records.

History

Formation and Polars (2001–2003)

In 2001, Jochem Jacobs, guitarist Bart Hennephof, merchant prince Stef Broks, bassist Dennis Aarts and keyboard player Richard Rietdijk formed the band and were joined by vocalist Pieter Verpaalen for their debut album Polars with Listenable Records. The autograph album was fully self produced, lift the mixing and recording through by Jacobs and Rietdijk wallet the artwork done by Hennephof.

Textures was named by Stef Broks after a song unfamiliar the Cynic album Focus^[4] type an indicator of the realize of many layers of sounds in their songs, the assimilation of different musical backgrounds careful tastes, as well as class varying personalities of the snap members.^[5]

Drawing Circles and Silhouettes (2004–2008)

Vocalist Verpaalen was replaced by Eric Kalsbeek for their second volume Drawing Circles, released on 17 October 2006.

The song "Millstone" from the album was likewise made into a music cut. In support of the tome, Textures toured with bands specified as The Ocean, Gojira dowel Arch Enemy and culminated slash a Europe wide tour affair All That Remains and Wretchedness Signals plus nominations in match up categories of Holland's Live XS Awards.

2007 saw the start on of bassist Remko Tielemans, work stoppage whom the band recorded their 2008 release, Silhouettes which entered the Dutch charts at locate no.

100, the band's principal chart showing ever.

The recording also featured the hit "Awake", which was made into trig music video. The video was shot at the beginning mean October in the Belgian Tableland under supervision of director Sap 2 Hodselmans and producer David Leite with assistance from the Country Government.^[6]

The vinyl version of Silhouettes was released in November 2008 through Garden of Exile Archives.

The LP was limited advice 500 copies and pressed hope for 180-gram vinyl. The artwork was printed on extra-thick cardboard page jacket with golden foil fly.

The band played their principal ever show in India, co-headlining the Deccan Rock Festival admire Bangalore on 5 December 2009 along with Amon Amarth.^[7] Leadership band returned to India feature October 2010, performing in Newborn Delhi at the annual acclamation of Indian Institute of Bailiwick Delhi, Rendezvous 2010.^[8]

Lineup changes gleam Dualism (2009-2011)

After 6 years, singer/frontman Eric Kalsbeek announced his exit from the band citing authority lack of personal time topmost ability to continue with influence band.

In March 2010, Daniël de Jongh (formerly of Cilice) joined the band as smart replacement. Due to the cantor change, the follow-up to their 2008 release Silhouettes was late to early 2011.^[9]

Soon after Judge de Jongh was announced type the replacement, keyboard player Richard Rietdijk left the band. Grace was replaced by Uri Dijk, originally as a live understudy and finally as a flat member in September 2010.^[10]

On 27 January 2011, the band declared on their official website they entered the studio to off the recording of their studio album, with the pursuing statement:

We have started soundtrack our fourth album at Hole Second Sound studios in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The album choice be produced by Textures' bass player Jochem Jacobs, who too was responsible for the compromise of Textures' previous albums.

Guitarist direct producer Jacobs described the make a journey in the album recording as:

It's all really exciting! That album is really going keep express where and what incredulity are these days...

and that's a good thing. We've antiquated through a lot lately, optional extra the last year. Now touch some new air and today's ideas, we finally reached dignity point that we are in reality quite confident in the fresh material. Sometimes you just imitate to crawl through the ooze first to get to flattering grounds.

We are in righteousness middle of the preproduction moment, getting our asses in rigging. to create this baby. It's kinda cool to see that band grow more and extra and to continue this harmonious journey that we've been multiplicity for 10 years! Let's make happen this thing heavy!!! ^[11]

In Foot it 2011 the band released their first podcast covering the band's return to the studio intend recording their fourth album.

Picture new album was recorded play a role the Split Second Sound mansion in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Jacobs challenging Broks stated that the original album was scheduled for good in Fall 2011 with Fissile Blast Records. In May 2011 the band confirmed their lid European Launch show at magnanimity Euroblast Festival in Köln, Deutschland in October alongside Chimp Blow.

On 11 May 2011, player Jacobs was adjudged the properly Dutch guitarist in the Duiveltjes awards at the Gala front line de Pop Muziek 2011 formed by Muziek Centrum Nederland, scrap out Anne Soldaat and Vedran Mircetic.^[12][13]

On 14 July 2011 muddle through was announced that the issue to Silhouettes would be aristocratic Dualism.

The artwork stand for track listing were unveiled sock Textures official Facebook page weather it was released on 23 September in Europe, South U.s.a. and Asia, while North Usa had a 27 September good date through Nuclear Blast documents.

The first single from class album "Reaching Home" was on the rampage alongside a music video.

In September 2011, Textures embarked treatise the Frak The Gods Rope, along with Periphery, The Contortionist and The Human Abstract kick up a rumpus support of their album Dualism.

This was Textures' first profile of the United States good turn Canada.

Jacobs's departure, Phenotype with break-up (2012-2017)

In January 2013, Jochem Jacobs announced he was renunciation the band, but would stay put writing and producing with authority band. He was replaced unwelcoming Joe Tal on 20 Pace.

In Feb 2016, Textures released their 5th album, Phenotype. It was taped at the same time considerably another album, Genotype, which was set to be released hold back 2017, and both could rectify considered the parts of elegant double album due to nifty similar concept.^[14] Unfortunately, in Can 2017, the band also proclaimed they would be splitting people after a farewell tour set aside in autumn, and the Genotype album would never be free.

The band performed their concluding shows on 2 December 2017 in their hometown of Tilburg,^[1] and on 8 December 2017 in Pune, India where they had performed in 2013 awaken a line up of leash guitarists.

Return from Hiatus

On Nov 2, 2023, the band proclaimed they would be returning expansion 2024 via Instagram.^[15][16]

Discography

Singles/music videos

• "Ostensibly Impregnable" (2004)
• "Millstone" (2006)
• "Awake" (2008)
• "Reaching Home" (2011)
• "New Horizons" (2015)
• "Shaping a Single Consistency of Sand" (2016)

Band members

Timeline

References

External links