Delain is certainly a hard-working band! In addition to putting out new albums every two years, they constantly tour around the world to the delight of their fans. They recently celebrated a huge milestone in their career with their 10th Anniversary Concert in Amsterdam last December and have been heavily touring last year’s new album…
The recent North American Delain/Hammerfall coheadlining tour was a big deal for fans of both bands. For North American Delain fans, it was not only their first chance to see the band perform a full headline set, it was also their first chance to see all six members perform together… two things that the band’s…
In the past several years, the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain has been on an extremely busy touring schedule throughout the world. This has been great for their fans, especially here in North America. North America frequently gets low priority with a lot of bands from Europe and concert tours here can be few and…
For those of you that read my review of Nightwish’s recent North American Tour, you know that I was really impressed with the show. This was due not only to Nightwish’s performance itself, but also due to the high quality of the shows provided by the support bands on the tour: Sonata Arctica and Delain;…
It’s always a good day when I get to interview Charlotte Wessels of Delain… because I always know I’ll get a big hug and a genuine smile… as well as a great conversation. It had been about eight months since I last interviewed Charlotte, and, although it was a great interview… there were several things…
As many times as I’ve seen Delain… and that number is now up in the double digits… the show never gets old. Every time I’ve seen them, Charlotte’s vocals have been stunning and the musical production has been great. It’s always an energetic and fun stage show as well. But being from North America, every…
Every once in a while, touring magic happens when two or more of your favorite bands get scheduled to go on tour together. This happened for me twice last year with the Delain/Within Temptation European tour and the Amaranthe/Within Temptation North American Tour! (see my previous reviews). I attended three shows each for those tours!…
Since its inception over a decade ago, the Dutch symphonic metal band, Delain, has been an ever growing presence in the music world. While remaining true to their original sound, the band has progressively evolved in a heavier and darker direction with each album they released. It has been a year since the release of…