At the end of 2006 former Bolt Thrower/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. Our debut album '...Of Frost And War' was released in May 2008 and the reactions from both fans and press were quite overwhelming! In the Summer of 2008 the band played a number of festival shows, including Party.San, Summer Breeze and Waldrock and in the Fall we started doing club shows all over Europe. More club shows and festivals are planned for 2009 and at the end of this year the band will start working on their second album...
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www.hailofbullets.com
Band contact: hailofbullets@live.nl
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Thank you for adding Funeral Rain Zine! I hope you're having a good one, and I can't wait to hear the new album. If ever there is any Hail of Bullets news you'd like spread around, let me know. I'll blog it, tweet it, and facebook as well.
A precious weekend as you deserve in the company of The Silent Watcher New EP out : "Mourning Shadow" Cryptic Lyrics for those who can read it up in the picture section. -W-
Greetings from the US guys really love the music its the best always wanted to visit out of state ! Thanx much for the add hope to see yall soon in the states would be very kool !
Thanks to all of you for an amazing time in Antwerp, and for being so welcoming! I really appreciate your kindness, as well as the valuable Dutch lessons. :o) Hope to see you all again soon. Cheers, Alicia
hi there, we were informed that the oldenbang festival on 14/11in oldenburg is cancelled due to two finish headliner bands not performing. thought you and god dethroned were headliner!!?? Can you confirm that the festival is cancelled? thanks beforehand
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