De Van - Shine

 

Swedish "De Van" is a completely new acquaintance for me, a while ago I ran into Eric De Van and Joakim Janthe from the band, after some verbally transfer about music in general, I got their story told, which was incredibly interesting, the whole thing ended up that I returned home with their début album "Planet Botox" in my hand, a lot of interest for the record was built up already at place during the story telling and once I arrived home and sat down on the couch to listen to the record, first words of "Another Perfect Day" starts the record in an interesting, but in a subtle way, until the first chord kicks in and the musical nerve spins directly, what a swing these gentlemen have, I believe that this is perhaps a little too heavy to be played at on an commercial radio station, but on the other hand, it could work considering Eric De Vans more popish way of singing.

Planet Botox is a very melodic record with great melodies mixed with heavy riffing that really grabs the listener by the balls and shakes around as an oiled condom. The lyrics are very characteristic and if you listen a little closer you will discover that each song has its own story. If your song is Melodic Metal with well-crafted lyrics, tight band and a pleasant vocals, this is a perfect record for you. Unfortunately, this is not released on Vinyl, but you can not have everything in this world.

Some background: De Van´s journey began when Eric De Van met producer Tord Bäckström and Stefan Åberg in 2007. Eric had been hired to do the vocals for a theme song for a show to be aired on MTV. The young singer´s impressive potential was immediately recognized by Bäckström and they decided to team up.

The song writing duo soon realized that they had some truly great material and the idea to form a band grew stronger for each song. Together they eventually started to scan Stockholm for talented musicians, which fortunately were not hard to find. After all Stockholm is the most vibrant music city in northern Europe.

In the summer of 2008, bass player Cee was the first to join the band. Then, in a period of ten months, followed Greg Andersson on rhythm guitar, lead guitarist Mike Lavér, keyboard player J. Adler and drummer Joakim Janthe.

De Van played their first live gig in early spring of 2009 only three weeks after the band had been completely solidified. The gig nevertheless received rave reviews and the raw energy they displayed that night assured everyone involved that this band is set for greatness. With strong and memorable songs, the seasoned veterans that complete De Van are determined to conquer metal loving music fans worldwide

Todays tune "Shine" is taken from the debut album "Planet Botox", a new record is in the pipeline, waiting for my copy of it :)




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