Forcefeed

Forcefeed is: Lennard – vocals, Bart 'Titties' – drums, Ray – guitar, Johan 'Soan' – bass, Marc 'Sharky' - guitar Bart, Ray and Marc had been friends for years and making music together all that time when early 2001 they descided the time was right for something more serious. They were determined to leave their local amateur bandscene, and they formed a band with high ambitions. Forcefeed was born.The band settles in the town of Tilburg, where Ray and Marc had... Meer »

Forcefeed is: Lennard – vocals, Bart 'Titties' – drums, Ray – guitar, Johan 'Soan' – bass, Marc 'Sharky' - guitar Bart, Ray and Marc had been friends for years and making music together all that time when early 2001 they descided the time was right for something more serious. They were determined to leave their local amateur bandscene, and they formed a band with high ambitions. Forcefeed was born.The band settles in the town of Tilburg, where Ray and Marc had moved for their study at the Rockacademy, in search of a suitable bassplayer and singer. Forcefeed starts rehearsing and performing with various candidates without finding the right people for the jobs. This lasts for a little over a year, until the spring of 2002, when singer Lennard is permanently added to the band. Lennard uses the upcoming months to learn the songs, and in the following september bassplayer Johan, who met Ray and Marc at the Rockacademy, joins Forcefeed.The lineup is complete and the band is ready to get going.The new bandmembers contribute their parts to the existing songs, and help writing new material, making the music exactly what everyone has in mind: very heavy and dynamic music with vocal changes between screamed parts and mellow, melodic vocal lines. The instrumental parts as well change from fast, heavy riffs to catchy grooves and easy going clean bits. The 7-string guitars and 5-string bass provide for the required low-end. The guys themselves describe their music as 'progressive nu-metal', which makes sense considering the combination of influences: their love for the 'classic' nu-metal genre of such bands as Korn, Deftones and Tool and their history as fans of metalbands as Dream Theater, Fates Warning and Pantera. This leads to music that can best be compared with acts as Mudvayne, Slipknot and American Head Charge. On stage Forcefeed creates a heavy, offsetting, in your face show in which the quality of the music remains far from harm. Even the biggest cynic couldn't deny the dynamics.In january 2003 the band puts out the 4 songs containing EP 'Choke on a Mouthful' which reflects the band's versitality very well. With a repertoire that stands for a 75 minutes counting set Forcefeeds hits the clubscene. Reactions to both the shows and the EP are extremely positive, and with more ambition then ever Forcefeed faces the future. « Minder