Callenish Circle

Callenish Circle, the story continues…The roots of Callenish Circle go back to the autumn of 1992 when vocalist Patrick Savelkoul and (ex)guitarplayer Jos Evers decided to form a Death Metal-band, with which they started playing covers from their favourite acts like Death, Pestilence and Bolt Thrower. Some line-up changes followed and it wasn't until early 1994 when the first serious line-up was formed. From that line-up Ronny Tyssen (guitars), Gavin Harte (drums) and Patrick Savelkoul...

Callenish Circle, the story continues…The roots of Callenish Circle go back to the autumn of 1992 when vocalist Patrick Savelkoul and (ex)guitarplayer Jos Evers decided to form a Death Metal-band, with which they started playing covers from their favourite acts like Death, Pestilence and Bolt Thrower. Some line-up changes followed and it wasn't until early 1994 when the first serious line-up was formed. From that line-up Ronny Tyssen (guitars), Gavin Harte (drums) and Patrick Savelkoul (vocals) still form today's core of the band.The band immediately started writing own material and in 1995 they finally entered the famous Beaufort Recording Studio where they recorded their legendary "Lovelorn-demo". The demo was celebrated by the (underground)scene all over the world and it quickly sold out with 1.000 copies. The Lovelorn-demo is nowadays a much-sought collector's item.With the success of the Lovelorn-demo also several record-companies started showing interest in the band and early 1996 the band signed up with the young Dutch metal-label Hammerheart Records. The band entered the Beaufort-studio again where they recorded their debut-album "Drift of Empathy" with producer Han Swagerman sr. (known for his work with The Gathering on their legendary "Always"-album). The album also received great reviews worldwide but due to un-experience of both label and band they couldn't make the big step they hoped for. The album is sold out now with 2.000 copies.To close the gap to the 2nd full-length album the band entered the Beaufort-studio once again where they recorded the "Escape" mcd, released on mini-label Polar Bear Records in 1998. The response towards the mcd was excellent again and although the release lacked a descent distribution 3.000 copies were sold so far. Then the band decided to switch studios as their sound developed into a more aggressive and powerful direction. So they recorded their 2nd album "Graceful… yet Forbidding" in Franky's Recording Kitchen with God Dethroned-mastermind Henri Sattler. The album was mixed by producer Bertus Westerhuis, known for his work with bands like God Dethroned, Severe Torture & Altar.The band gained interest from not less than 8 record-companies and eventually the band signed a deal for 2 albums with DSFA Records (a.o. Within Temptation, Trail of Tears and Orphanage). Finally a bright future was waiting for the band as DSFA Records was known for the huge promotion and support of their bands. But how different things turned out eventually. DSFA Records got into serious financial problems and the album could only be released officially in the Benelux-countries. Therefore the band claimed back the legal rights of the album and started searching for a new label to release Graceful… yet Forbidding in the rest of the world as well. For Europe the band closed a license-deal with the Norwegian label EdgeRunner Records. EdgeRunner Records will re-release "Graceful… yet Forbidding" with the whole Escape mcd as a bonus.Although the band again faced a lot misfortune with the troubles on DSFA Records they are back on track again. Nowadays they are preparing their 3rd full-length album, that will be recorded during 3 weeks in Germany-based Stage One Studio with producer Andy Classen (former guitarist of German cult-band Holy Moses and producer of bands like Rotting Christ, Krisiun and Die Apokalyptischen Reiter). Release for the new album is planned for late 2001 and after the release Callenish Circle will be playing a European support-tour. Sales-points "Graceful… yet Forbidding"- an original and unique mix of various metal-styles filled with aggression, melodies, atmosphere and catchy guitar-riffing. Death, Black, Doom, Thrash, even some ordinary Heavy Metal…it's all on this album.- European release featuring the 4 track "Escape" MCD as bonus, total playing-time almost 70 minutes. All for the price of a regular CD.- Guest-performance on "Forgotten" by God Dethroned-mastermind Henri Sattler.- So far released the Drift of Empathy-album and the Escape-MCD, both receiving tremendous response from the international metal-scene.- A very respected live-act; over 80 live-shows and festivals played so far with bands like The Gathering, Arch Enemy, Orphanage, God Dethroned, Within Temptation, Ancient, Macabre, Trail of Tears, Ancient Rites, Mortician and many, many more.- Superb sound-quality; produced by God Dethroned-mastermind Henri Sattler at Franky's Recording Kitchen.- Mixed by producer Bertus Westerhuis (God Dethroned, Severe Torture & Altar).- All recordings digitally re-mastered by Bertus Westerhuis at Franky's Recording Kitchen.- Sublime cover-artwork by Belgian artist Kris Verwimp (Arch Enemy & Marduk).Future:- 3rd full-length album to be recorded at Stage One Studio (Germany) with producer Andy Classen (Rotting Christ, Krisiun, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter) soon.- European support-tour planned after the release of the new albumPress-reviews in Benelux:- Aardschok Magazine : 84 / 100 (5th position in soundcheck)- Mindview Magazine : 6 / 7 (2nd position in soundcheck

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