Band:

Bliksem

Biografie

A Brief History 2010-2014

In 2010, the band enters Antwerp's Little Big Studio to lay down five tracks. The result is a stunning EP of powerful thrash metal garnished with heavy prog elements. The EP gets rave reviews in numerous magazines/e-zines such as RockHard Germany, Aardschok NL, Lords of Metal, RockHard France and RockTribune Belgium as well as alternative-oriented press. Critics, both metal as alternative media, praise the quality thrash and some go as far to declare Bliksem the best thing to happen to the genre in years. Bliksem quickly establishes a strong live reputation playing dozens of youth centers and local metal and rock festivals around Belgium and soon moves up to bigger stages.
In 2011 Bliksem expands their horizon, playing many gigs in the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, along with a fiercely convincing performance at Slovenia's Metalcamp festival. Highlights are Holland's Paaspop w/ Hell, Enslaved and Accept as well as Dutch chart toppers, and the renowned Eindhoven Metal Meeting (with Exodus, Heathen, Immortal and other metal greats). The momentum continues, and Bliksem is asked to support Channel Zero, Angel Witch, Vanderbuyst and Prong and requested for after shows for Mastodon and Megadeth. In 2012, Trix Music Centre in Antwerp chooses Bliksem as the first-ever metal band to be its new "Artist in Residence," an honor previously bestowed on highly successful Belgian bands such as Triggerfinger. Festival appearances include Waterpop in the Netherlands, a perennially popular and varied event that draws some 20,000 visitors, and Torhout's heavy-duty Masters@Rock Festival alongside Soulfly, Clawfinger and Channel Zero. Hereafter the band enters the studio to record "Face the Evil," the long-awaited debut album. Combining blistering tandem guitars, thrashing drums, pounding bass and furious vocals, the resulting eight songs not only explore themes including revenge, oppression and madness but also celebrate the timeless glory of metal. The debut album has been released February 25th 2013 through the Spanish Alone Records. It got rave reviews in many important magazines like Aardschok(Netherlands), RockTribune (Belgium) and RockHard (Germany).

Hereafter BLIKSEM played both headlineshows as well as support gigs for wellknown bands such as Enslaved, Orange Goblin and Death Angel and appeared at the annual Roadburn Festival. The band had an extremely succesful performance at the prestigious GMM 2013 in Dessel where Peggy Meeussen afterwards was even mentioned alongside DOWN's Phil Anselmo and Slipknot/Stone Sour 's Corey Taylor as most remarkable artists of the festival. They were featured on national Belgian Television on TV8 and the band was in the top 10 as most active/travelling Belgian live bands. 

Quelle: http://www.bliksemmusic.com/Discografie

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