DELAIN mastermind Martijn Westerholt – “Delain will not become a studio project”

DELAIN mastermind Martijn Westerholt - "Delain will not become a studio project"

17-03-2022

A year after Delain officially split with its band members, the band’s founder and leader Martijn Westerholt releases a statement. In the statement, he says the band will continue as a band and not as a studio project. He also says the band will wait to announce the full line-up until the first music, for which he and all time co songwriter Guus Eikens are currently in full writing mode, is ready to be released. New music is to be expected later this year.

Watch the statement from Martijn Westerholt below.

The band previously announced the return of former members Sander Zoer (drums) and Ronald landa (guitar). Furthermore former bandmember and current Epica bass player.

Watch the announcement below.

Last year, Delain announced to part ways with all its members, saying in a statement:

“Delain Goes Back to its Roots

For the last year or so, the collaboration within the band ceased to work as well as it once had. Some of us were no longer happy with the current roles in the band. We all tried very hard to find a solution for over a year, but sadly we were unable to find one.

As a result, we will all be going our own ways and pursuing our own endeavors. I am very sad our cooperation has come to end, but at the same time I am very grateful for all the years we were able to work together. Together we toured the world, shared highs and lows, and met with many successes as well as times that pushed us to learn and grow. We all enjoyed meeting our fans and making new friends all over the globe. I would like to thank my fellow bandmates and wish Timo, Otto, Joey, and especially Charlotte the very best for the future. And I hope that will mean onwards and upwards to new musical adventures for each of them!

That being said, Delain will live on. The others have chosen to pursue different paths. I have decided to keep Delain alive by continuing on with writing and producing the music for Delain as I always have. I started Delain as a project in 2002 and for the next album I will take it back to a project form, releasing music with special guests. As it looks now many familiar faces will be returning to join me on this journey.

I can’t express my gratitude enough to all of you Delainers that have supported us over so many years. Your dedication to the music and the community you created for us has been overwhelming. Even though this situation is not ideal, change never usually is at first, I hope you will continue to join Delain on its new journey. This is not the end of Delain. It’s the end of a chapter, but also the beginning of a new one.”

Martijn Westerholt in the meantime has confirmed to be working on a new DELAIN album, which will be released under Napalm Record again. More band members will be announced in the coming months.

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