Mangrove

Mangrove was founded by guitarist/singer Roland van der Horst and drummer / keyboardplayer Joost Hagemeijer. They met on secondary school and soon found out that they shared the same passion for progressive and symphonic music. In 1995 they started to write, play and record their own music. This finally resulted in an album titled 'Cold World' (1998), at that time still as a project called Brainstorm.

In the years following gradually the idea took shape to... Meer »

Mangrove was founded by guitarist/singer Roland van der Horst and drummer / keyboardplayer Joost Hagemeijer. They met on secondary school and soon found out that they shared the same passion for progressive and symphonic music. In 1995 they started to write, play and record their own music. This finally resulted in an album titled 'Cold World' (1998), at that time still as a project called Brainstorm.

In the years following gradually the idea took shape to perform the 'Cold World' album live. A band had to be formed. Towards the end of 2000 Eric Holdtman joined them to take care of the vocals. Because of personal circumstances Eric left the band in december 2001. From that time on guitarist Roland van der Horst also became the band's lead singer. In february 2001 bass player Pieter Drost joined the band to reinforce the rhythm section. At that time, they still had to come up with an appropriate name for the band. Mangrove was chosen out of a list of tons of names! In the meantime Mangrove had already finished the recording of the mini album 'Massive Hollowness'. The keyboards on this album were played by Joost Hagemeijer and Hans van der Linden. Finding the right keyboard player turned out to be a hard job, but finally after 7 months Chris Jonker joined Mangrove in september 2001. The four-piece Mangrove was born! They began to write new material together. The music is growing more into the typical symphonic style: the ultimate combination of powerful rock and melody in which the sounds are well-considered. It sometimes refers to the musical approach of bands like Genesis, Pink Floyd and Yes.

The device of Mangrove appears to be: 'music must live!'. Besides the live gigs al lot of effort was put into creating the new full size cd Touch Wood, which was released in February 2004. The release of this album definitely marked a new Mangrove era.

2004 was a great year for the band. A lot has happened since then and the band has redefined it's sound and has matured even further. 

The results of this process can be heard and experienced on their new album Facing The Sunset, released november 4, 2005. Visit our website: www.mangrovemusic.nl!

Mangrove line-up
Joost Hagemeijer - drums, vocals
Pieter Drost - bass guitar
Chris Jonker - keyboards
Roland van der Horst - guitars, vocals

Facing The Sunset  (2005 - full conceptalbum)
1. Facing The Sunset  | 13:53
2. I Fear The Day | 10:12
3. There Must Be Another Way | 12:31
4. Hidden Dreams | 20:58

Touch Wood  (2004 - full album)
 1. Fatal Sign | 9:54
2. Vicious Circle | 5:29
3. Cold World | 6:36
4. Penelope | 7:08
5. I Close The Book | 5:51
6. Help Me | 5:29
7. Wizard Of Tunes | 8:52 
8. Back Again | 5:39
9. City Of Darkness | 8:43
 
Massive Hollowness (2001 - mini album)
1. Freedom | 3:56
2. Zone I | 4:49
3. Zone II | 3:09
4. Zone III | 2:58
5. Time Bomb | 5:02
6. Hollow | 6:25
7. Masque | 3:43
8. My Pain | 5:18 « Minder