Persistense (NL), Brutal, intense, yet groovy Metal
With Deity Down Records from 2008-Present
BIOGRAPHY:
Persistense, a contraction of the words 'to persist' and 'intense' was
founded in the year 2000 in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. With a distinct style
called “Swingthrash” and a self-titled six-track EP that received great
response all over, vocalist Stefan van Vugt and his band mates played a lot of
shows. Yet, due to continuous line-up struggles Persistense fell apart at the
end of 2005.
Determined
to not let go, now sole member Stefan began to search new blood for new
beginning until he finally assembled a group of musicians with the same passion
for metal that he possesses. Persistense was ready to be taken to a next level.
The band’s musical direction changed from “Swingthrash” to a more powerful,
dynamic, groovy and diverse kind of metal, influenced by a wide variety of
styles.
The mind
set in which Persistence composes, is to put the song above all the rest. A
song needs to be recognizable, needs to have a decent structure and last but
not least, needs to have meaningful lyrics. With this in mind the band set
their sight to the recording of a three-track promo, which was released in
2008. Again the reviews were great, and all of this enabled the band to climb
onto stages all over the Netherlands and beyond once more, wrecking them in the
meantime.
In the
past years Stefan managed to arrange more than 50 gigs for his band.
Persistense went on a small tour along with Dimension 7 in their “Infinite
Madness” era and shared stages with the likes of Devious, Dead by Dawn, Xystus,
Demia, Pleurisy, The Dying and Mythlorian. In 2009, the icing on the cake was
to open for Testament at the famous Dynamo Club in Eindhoven, Netherlands
shortly before moving into the Excess Studios in Rotterdam, Netherlands in
order to record their full-length debut album “In Blood And Heart” for their
newly found label Deity Down Records.
“In
Blood And Heart” will take the band to yet another level. At this point, the
future is looking bright for Persistense!!!
Left to Right: Bram Trommelen
(Drums), Jacques Maas (Guitars), Stefan van Vugt (Vocals), Mark de Haas (Bass),
Ralf van der Horst (Guitars)
DISCOGRAPHY:
2004: Persistense EP (Self-released).
2008: Promo EP (Self-released).
2009: In Blood And Heart (Deity Down Records)
TRACKLIST:
01 Intro
02 Further
03 The Reality
04 Infinite Madness
05 Overcome
06 Progress
07 Doomsday
08 In Blood And Heart
09 Sick World
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