Soulburn

Soulburn is a doom-black metal band from the Netherlands.

Soulburn
Soulburn
Background information
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Doom metal, black metal, blackened doom metal
Years active	1996 (1996)–1999, 2013–present
Labels	Century Media Records
Associated acts	Asphyx Legion of the Damned Graceless
Website	www.facebook.com/official.soulburn/
Members	Marc Verhaar Twan van Geel Eric Daniels Remco Kreft
Past members	Wannes Gubbels Bob Bagchus

History

Originally Soulburn emerged after a first demise of Dutch death metal band Asphyx in the mid-90s, when founding members Eric Daniels (guitars) and Bob Bagchus (drums) looked for a separate outlet to unleash their mutual obsession with Bathory and Venom. After a demo and the cult Feeding On Angels debut album via Century Media Records in 1998, which featured Wannes Gubbels (Pentacle) on vocals and bass, Soulburn were put to rest when Asphyx returned with “On The Wings Of Inferno” (2000) with the same line-up.[1]

And 16 years after their debut album, SOULBURN resurfaced in their new line-up featuring the core of Eric Daniels (guitars) and Bob Bagchus (drums), teaming with Twan van Geel (Legion Of The Damned) as vocalist/bassist and Remco Kreft (Nailgun Massacre) as second guitarist to create “The Suffocating Darkness”.

Their second album was recorded with Harry Wijering (Harrow Productions) and mixing and mastering duties were taken over by Dan Swanö and Unisound Studios. The front cover was designed by Timo Ketola (Watain, Deathspell Omega, etc.) and additional art was provided by Roberto Toderico (Asphyx, etc.). A video clip for the song “In Suffocating Darkness”, off The Suffocating Darkness, can be seen online.[2]

Most recently, Soulburn released a split 7-inch EP with Desaster in 2015 featuring the new track “The Lats Monument Of God”. Soulburn launched first song off the new album Earthless Pagan Spirit soon to be released, third studio album on November 18, 2016, via Century Media Records.

Following up 2014's The Suffocating Darkness effort, the new album was recorded in The Netherlands at Harrow Studio as well as Double Noise Studio and then mixed and mastered by Magnus "Devo" Andersson at Endarker Studio in Sweden (Marduk, Ofermod, etc.). The album's opening track, “Where Splendid Corpses Are Towering Towards The Sun”, can now be checked out online.

Soulburn vocalist-bassist Twan van Geel made the following comment about the track: “We are proud to present you the opening track from our upcoming album 'Earthless Pagan Spirit'. This song is a classic ode to the supremacy of the blackest of Metal. 'Where Splendid Corpses Are Towering Towards The Sun' ravishes straight through the high hopes of a self-proclaimed righteous people and their plastic vanity. And at the triumph of their death, scorched by the sun of their own divinity, in the serene mist from their ashen skulls, we dance.”

In June 2018, Bob Bagchus departed Soulburn. He was replaced by Marc Verhaar.

Band members

Soulburn 2018

Current members

• Eric Daniels - Guitars (1996-1999, 2013–present)
• Twan van Geel - Bass, vocals (2014–present)
• Remco Kreft - Guitars (2014–present)
• Marc Verhaar - Drums (2018–present)

Past members

• Wannes Gubbels - Bass, vocals (1997-1999)
• Bob Bagchus - Drums (1996-1999, 2013–2018)

Discography

Studio albums

• Feeding on Angels (1998, Century Media Records)
• The Suffocating Darkness (2014, Century Media Records)
• Earthless Pagan Spirit (2016, Century Media Records)

Singles (7-inch)

• Split 7" with Desaster (2015, Cyclone Empire Records)
• Carpe Noctem" 2-track (2018, Floga Records)

Extended plays (12-inch)

• Demo 1996 (2016, Flogga Records)

Demos

• Demo 1996 (1996, self-released)

References

1. Review at Rock hard
2. Review at Powermetal.de

External links

• Interview at Terrorizer