Delain

symphonic metal

Delain is an alternative/gothic/heavy metal band, formed in Zwolle, Netherlands in 2002. Delain was founded by Martijn Westerholt, former pianist of Within Temptation and brother of Within Temptation co-founder Robert Westerholt. Martijn left Within Temptation in 2001 after contracting Pfeiffer's disease. He started Delain in 2002. The band released a demo entitled Amenity in 2002 and started recording their debut album Lucidity in July 2005, after they had signed a contract with Roadrunner Records. For their first album Lucidity they invited several guest musicians: Jan Yrlund - guitars (Imperia) Ariën van Weesenbeek - drums (ex-Pandaemonium, ex-Imperia, ex-God Dethroned, Epica) Ad Sluijter - guitars (ex-Epica) George Oosthoek - grunts (ex-Orphanage, After Forever touring member) Guus Eikens - keyboards (ex-Orphanage) Sharon Den Adel - vocals (Within Temptation) Marco Hietala - bass, vocals (Tarot, Nightwish) Liv Kristine - vocals (ex-Theatre of Tragedy, Leaves' Eyes) At the end of 2007 Delain stated that they intended to release a second album in 2008, but in November 2008, it was announced that the new album April Rain would be released on February 9th, 2009. In 2009, April Rain was delayed further until March 2009; the title track single, however, was released in February. In February 2010, Delain announced they had started working on their third album, and that bassist Rob van der Loo would leave the band the same year due to time constraints. In March, Otto Schimm...