Legion of the Damned kondigt nieuwe gitarist aan
De Nederlandse band Legion of the Damned kondigde enkele weken geleden het vertrek van gitarist Richard Ebisch aan. Vandaag echter kan de band al bekend maken dat Twan van Geel (Flesh Made Sin) zijn plaats zal innemen als volwaardig lid.
Frontman Maurice Swinkels gaf volgend commentaar: ” The day after Richard’s departure, I already had in mind to call guitarist Twan van Geel. I’ve known him for more than 10 years already and I knew he would be the perfect replacement. I called Twan that evening to tell him the situation and asked him if he would be interested in a meeting with Harold, Erik and me. It didn’t really took long before he called me back and said he would be looking forward to it.
After we invited Twan and spoke to him about the ins and outs of LEGION OF THE DAMNED, one week later we met up in our rehearsal room playing ‘Son Of The Jackal’, ‘Cult Of The Dead’ and ‘Death’s Head March’ that he already prepared at home, it truly felt as if the band is complete again. The next day Harold, Erik and me had another meeting with the three of us and decided to take Twan van Geel as a permanent guitar player.
Although it’s sad Richard left the band, we were not planning on finding a second Richard; Twan is a different person with different opinions and other inspirations, which I think will only turn out positive in the musical direction of LEGION OF THE DAMNED. We also want to thank every other person who emailed us for auditions or were able to help us out, we appreciate their input. Thank you!”
Twan van Geel: “It was really a surprise when Maurice called me. We have known each other for some years, but he has never called me on the phone before, so I knew that whatever he was about to tell me had a special meaning. Asking me to be their new guitar player struck me as a bomb.[…] Therefore it didn’t really take me a long time before I decided to take the shot and meet the rest of the gang. Being able to play in LEGION OF THE DAMNED is an offer I can’t refuse, being able to finally play with the big boys, so to speak![…]
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