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Biography Stronghold (Death Salvation)
After almost two years of silence Stronghold is back with a new album: Death Salvation, a brutal mix of melodic death- and thrash metal.
In 2007 Stronghold teamed up with sound engineer Harm Giezen to do some serious recording at various studios throughout the Netherlands. After finishing all the recordings Harm joined forces with Hans Pieters (Excess Studio) for mixing and mastering. The result of all this hard labour is Death Salvation, a typical Stronghold album: raw, heavy and catchy as hell!
Death Salvation facts
Tracklist:
Intro
Centuries of Opression
The End of My Emotions
Hate 2.0
Demon Arises
Death Salvation
M.P.S.
State of Mind
40 Eyes
Operation: Afghanisatan
Recorded at: Drums – CKB Underground Studios (Bergen op Zoom) Bass – Old School Studios (Nijmegen) Guitars an Vocals – Bunker Studios (Utrecht)
Engineer / producer: Harm Giezen
Mixed by:
Harm Giezen (GBS studios –Tilburg) Hans Pieters (Excess studios – Rotterdam)
Mastered at Excess studios by Hans Pieters
Guest musician:
Laurens Oerlemans (Vermin, Wish You Were Dead) – guest vocals on Hate 2.0
Stronghold
Stronghold was formed in 1998 by singer Koen Dingemans and guitar player Dominique Franken. Since then the band played numerous gigs in the Netherlands and abroad. Some highlights: playing in the finals of some important band contests, opening for well known (Dutch) metal bands, playing festivals and touring France. Prior to Death Salvation Stronghold released two other CDs: Inside (2001) and Coming Terror (2003).
At he end of 2009 singer and founding member Koen decided to leave Stronghold. After a short search the band found a new singer, Joep Fennema.
Current Line up:
Joep Fennema - vocals Dominique Franken - guitars Maarten Havik - guitars Martijn Ophoff - bass guitars Maurice Jimkes – drums |
