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Martijn Westerholt has today posted the following statement… Delain Goes Back to its RootsFor the last year or so, the collaboration within the band ceased to work as well as it once had. Some of us were no longer happy with the current roles in the band. We all tried …

Rock act DELAIN are delighted to announce a string of headline shows in England for February 2020. Support acts will be revealed in due course. The band have been hard at work writing their sixth studio album, the follow-up to 2016’s ‘Moonbathers’, so fans should expect to hear new tunes …

Delain’s new release, “Hunter’s moon” was orignally envisaged as an EP, but grew to be a lot bigger. The EP part is the four new studio tracks, but what was then added to it is basically a full live album – ten live tracks. The live tracks were recorded at …

DELAIN are pleased to share a brand new song and video. The dramatic, cinematic track ‘Masters Of Destiny’ is the first single from DELAIN’s upcoming live album + Blu-Ray, titled ‘Hunter’s Moon’. It is one of four brand new studio tracks that are part of the stunning release, due out …

Dutch rock sensations DELAIN have today announced the February 22nd release of ‘Hunter’s Moon’. ‘Hunter’s Moon’ is the final part of a trilogy, that also includes DELAIN‘s EP ‘Lunar Prelude’ and album ‘Moonbathers’. The release includes four brand new studio tracks, ten live songs, and a Blu-ray disc of those …

Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event has announced Def Leppard, Slipknot, and Tool, as its 2019 headliners, plus SEVENTEEN of the world’s most exciting bands in rock, pop punk, hardcore and metal. The three-day festival takes place on 14 – 16 June 2019 at the spiritual home of rock …

Tonight’s gig is sold out, and fans are there early – as I arrived the queue stretched off way into the distance, and it’s no surprise. Delain are growing in popularity and have steadily moved up to bigger venues, and after selling out Koko twice recently I think it’s likely …

Tonight’s show was a special show from Delain to mark 10 years as a band.  The setting for the show was the beautiful and legendary Paradiso venue in the heart of Amsterdam.  An old church it’s a great venue with two balconies and raised areas near the bar which mean …

I spoke to Charlotte Wessels and Martijn Westerholt from Delain a few hours before they played their headline show at London’s Koko venue. Your latest album, Moonbathers, came out in August.  How has the reaction been from the fans? Martijn: Really bad, nobody liked it.. Charlotte: They said to go …

Kobra and the Lotus had the job of opening tonight’s strong lineup.  The Canadian band played their first every UK show almost exactly seven years ago playing to a dozen or so people, and have toured a lot since then, building up a support base the old fashioned way – …

I am lucky enough to be able to review my first ever Delain album and what can I say.  This is most certainly an album which really packs a ‘Suckerpunch’. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Delain (you are about to be introduced to a slice of heaven) they …

This weekend is going to be a bit exciting to say the least. Finland’s premier metal event, Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, starts tomorrow and we have just reached our comfortable apartment in Helsinki, a fifteen minute walk from the arena. Friday’s schedule has an incredible line up and I am …

I spoke to Delain singer Charlotte Wessels at Download to talk about the band’s first time at the festival, and their new album due later this year.    

Battered, muddy, tired and weary, but the Download faithful are still up and about for the final day early. And guess what? Despite not being forecast until the evening, the rain starts before the bands. Joy of joys. That said, there’s a little group on the Dogtooth stage called The …

DELAIN have just announced they return to the UK and Ireland in November 2016 to support the upcoming album release scheduled for the summer 2016!!! Make sure to catch the band and their energetic live shows on the following dates! With Special Guest EVERGREY and support KOBRA AND THE LOTUS: …

With Tuska Open Air Metal Festival almost 3 months away, we decided to put together a PlanetMosh Playlist of all the acts confirmed to play at Suvilahti on the first weekend in July. We’ve included a few songs from each of the headliners, Avantasia, Ghost and Children Of Bodom as …

Kris caught up with Martijn Westerholt from Delain to talk the upcoming release Lunar Prelude and the Suckerpunch show this week. Kris – Really big thank you for this for me and PlanetMosh today, we really appreciate it. Martijn – No problem, my pleasure. Kris – Firstly I wanted to …

DELAIN Release Details Of Brand New EP! Title, Artwork, Track Listing & Release Date Unveiled! DELAIN seem to be restless spirits: Their latest album ‘The Human Contradiction‘ was released in 2014 on Napalm Records and gained high praise from both fans and the press alike. DELAIN followed up the release …

Up today I have Phantasma’s upcoming release The Deviant Hearts for review, ‘Phantasma is a project sprung from the collective energy of Georg Neuhauser (Serenity), Oliver Philipps (Everon) and Charlotte Wessels (Delain)’ When this project was announced there was a lot of excitement amongst the Symphonic Metal Music fans, and …