At the end of 2006 former Pestilence/Asphyx-singer Martin van Drunen, ex-Houwitser bass player Theo van Eekelen, Gorefest-drummer Ed Warby and both Thanatos-guitarists Paul Baayens and Stephan Gebédi hooked up for a serious drinking session in the city of Amersfoort, Holland. A mutual love for old school death metal bands like Autopsy, Bolt Thrower, Massacre, Celtic Frost and Death resulted in the idea to form a band together. Easier said than done, cause the band members’ other bands Asphyx, Thanatos and especially Gorefest are very active recording albums and playing loads of shows. Not to mention Ed’s studio projects. Nevertheless, all five of us were very enthusiastic about the idea, and we started writing material for this new band. Another problem was finding a suitable name for the band. It seems every possible name had already been taken by bands we never heard of and probably nobody will ever hear from again. After tons of ideas and suggestions we settled for Hail Of Bullets. The metal started flowing and within a couple of months we already had enough material written for a full length album. In July 2007 the band decided to record four songs for a promo CD. Drums and vocals were recorded at the Excess studios in Rotterdam, Holland. Swedish death metal guru Dan Swanö mixed the four songs at his Unisound Studios and the result turned out pretty monstrous. As Swanö himself stated; ,,If this promo doesn’t get you guys a good record deal, I will eat my laptop!” Dan's stomach is still in good shape since Metal Blade Records didn't hesitate to sign the band. We’re ready to record our debut album in February 2008. The as-yet-untitled album is expected to be released by Metal Blade Europe in May of 2008. Hail of Bullets are looking forward to play selected summer festivals in 2008! Stay tuned.
For more information check our MySpace page: www.myspace.com/hailoffuckenbullets
and our official website:
www.hailofbullets.com
Band contact: hailofbullets@live.nl
haha I am sorry to bring that Pest shit up, fuck that shit.. haha.. and our bass player is gay.. I'm just glad the stage was big enough to put him all the way over on that far side from everybody, hahaha
DD had mentioned something to us about helping with Lividity possibly in Columbia Aug. '09.. We have been looking for a nice Columbian trip.. Is that with you guys by any chance?
Lastly, I am so glad to see you fucking crushing with another.. HOB is going to be huge, if not already!! The best guys you have.. And stronger than ever!!!
Please come out and hang with us in April so I can feed you beers and cocktails all night!!! Will be a blast.. We should have all the dates posted in the next 3 - 4 weeks. And I believe we will have aNL show or 2 in the mix!! I always like playing at the Baroeg!!
Martin my brother!! It was sooo cool to meet you, I haven't really came down to earth from that one, but you are the coolest musician I have met.. I hope we get more drinking time together, and my stupid ass didn't pick up any Hail Of Bullets while I was in Germany. But hopefully soon gotta rock out.. I still faithfully listen to the Malefecarum / Consumed.. CD's. Which was a huge part of my musical influence.. I hope some day you let us cover a song from Consumed as it would be an honor.. Lividity style of course.. haha
See you around my friend, say hello to the Devil Doll from us and Cheers!
GPR – Global Pirate Radio – is a free to air Metal/Rock internet radio station. We specialize in rare tunes that you don’t hear on FM radio. You will hear the famous and the not so famous. Wednesdays nights we do a Myspace Night, in which we feature bands from our Myspace friends list who have submitted songs to us for airplay. The station is on air 24 hours a day with frequent live shows hosted by our dedicated on air streamers. We have a chat room attached to the station where you can meet the “GPR Family” Talk about the tunes, make requests or just come and chat to the crew. It is a real time chat room so posting is instant - no waiting around for board replies. Come and check us out … you have nothing to loose but a lot to gain. Kick ass music and heaps of new friends all over the globe.
Hey whats up!! We just added two new songs so please stop by and let us know what you think!! Hope you enjoy the tunes and your weekend too!! Hail Satan!!
Hi Leute War super euch zu sehen, zu hören und kennen zu lernen! Würde uns freuen wenn wir in Kontakt bleiben !! Bilder kommen per Post..... Grüße an alle Tom & Bianca
Guys, longtime fan of all the bands you are in. Still got all my Thanatos demo cassettes from over 20 years ago. Looking forward to seeing you in London in October.
But I got to know the answer to this question: did Martin write the lyrics?
I am a history graduate who specialised in Operation Barbarossa and your CD is just like being back on the Eastern Front.
At the end of 2006 former Pestilence/Asphyx-singer Martin van Drunen, ex-Houwitser bass player Theo van Eekelen, Gorefest-drummer Ed Warby and both Thanatos-guitarists Paul Baayens and Stephan Gebédi hooked up for a serious drinking session in the city of Amersfoort, Holland. A mutual love for old school death metal bands like Autopsy, Bolt Thrower, Massacre, Celtic Frost and Death resulted in the idea to form a band together. Easier said than done, cause the band members’ other bands Asphyx, Thanatos and especially Gorefest are very active recording albums and playing loads of shows. Not to mention Ed’s studio projects. Nevertheless, all five of us were very enthusiastic about the idea, and we started writing material for this new band. Another problem was finding a suitable name for the band. It seems every possible name had already been taken by bands we never heard of and probably nobody will ever hear from again. After tons of ideas and suggestions we settled for Hail Of Bullets. The metal started flowing and within a couple of months we already had enough material written for a full length album. In July 2007 the band decided to record four songs for a promo CD. Drums and vocals were recorded at the Excess studios in Rotterdam, Holland. Swedish death metal guru Dan Swanö mixed the four songs at his Unisound Studios and the result turned out pretty monstrous. As Swanö himself stated; ,,If this promo doesn’t get you guys a good record deal, I will eat my laptop!” Dan's stomach is still in good shape since Metal Blade Records didn't hesitate to sign the band. We’re ready to record our debut album in February 2008. The as-yet-untitled album is expected to be released by Metal Blade Europe in May of 2008. Hail of Bullets are looking forward to play selected summer festivals in 2008! Stay tuned.
For more information check our MySpace page: www.myspace.com/hailoffuckenbullets
and our official website:
www.hailofbullets.com
Band contact: hailofbullets@live.nl
