News
MARCH 2010 - BEAT FOR PEACE @ 'DE WERELD DRAAIT DOOR'
Together with these great drummers: Bram Hakkens (Kyteman), Tim van Delft (De Staat), Norman Bonink (Blof), Rob Sneijders (Aqua D'aniqie), Rob Klerckx (Moke) and Bart Nederhand (Peter Pan Speedrock) I played a 'beat for peace' @ Holland's famous TV show 'De Wereld Draait Door'. Check out www.sudan365.org to read what it's all about.
FEBRUARI 2010 - BAGGA BOWNZ VIDEOCLIP!
Check out the brand new Bagga Bownz videoclip!
JANUARI 2010 - REVAMP DRUMRECORDINGS
I recorded the drums for Floor Janssen's new band ReVamp @ Waldstreet studios, check this little video:
SEPTEMBER 2009 - BAGGA BOWNZ INDONESIA REPORT
Check out this videoreport from our trip to Jakarta, where we rocked the 'Java Rocking Land' Festival! >>
JULI 2009 - BAGGA BOWNZ TO INDONESIA!!!
We will be performing at the Java
Rockin' Land festival in Jakarta, Indonesia on friday, august 7 and sunday,
august 9. Other artists are a.o. Mr. Big, Melee, Mew and Ozomatli.
Yeah!!!!! =]
JUNE 2009 - NEW BAND: 'I CHAOS'
Check out my new band I CHAOS! > www.myspace.com/ichaoscommunity
MAY 2009- CYMPAD!
Check out www.cympad.com,
Simple concept > BIG effect!
MARCH 2009 - AUSTRALIA CALLING FOR BAGGA BOWNZ!
Peter Merrett, Music Manager for PBS 106-7 FM Melbourne Australia sent us the following message:
"Thank-you for your amazing cd "Done With The Pain". Wow, finally we have a new sound to save us from the repetitive Hip-Hop and Metal coming from the other side of the world! You are forging a path into the new frontier of music, powerful, demanding, overpowering and in your face confronting the listener. Your blurring of boundaries of styles adds to the gritty but stylish sound on this cd. Do l like what l hear? The answer definitely is yes , the vocals are outstanding as are the compositions and l am sure our listeners will do so too! Congratulations go to you and all concerned with the producing of this cd."
JANUARI 2009 - UPDATE
Christmas Metal Symphony was awesome!
Even though I injured my thumb 10 days before the show, I managed to play the set normally. Thumb is improving now, let's hope I can play some blastbeats again soon ;)
Anyway, the complete setlist was as follows:
01. Blood Of Kingu (THERION) (feat. Mats Levén, Marcela Bovio)
02. Victim Of Changes (JUDAS PRIEST) (feat. Mats Levén)
03. Son Of The Staves Of Time (THERION) (feat. Mats Levén, Marcela
Bovio)
04. Passion (STREAM OF PASSION) (feat. Marcela Bovio)
05. Out In The Real World (STREAM OF PASSION) (feat. Marcela Bovio)
06. Enter Sandman (METALLICA) (feat. Ian Parry)
07. Paranoid (BLACK SABBATH) (feat. Ian Parry)
08. Breaking The Law (JUDAS PRIEST) (feat. Doro Pesch, Ian Parry)
09. All We Are (DORO) (feat. Doro Pesch, Floor Jansen)
10. I Rule The Ruins (DORO) (feat. Doro)
11. Souls Of Black (TESTAMENT) (feat. Chuck Billy)
12. Return To Serenity (TESTAMENT) (feat. Chuck Billy, Mats Levén)
13. More Than Meets The Eye (TESTAMENT) (feat. Chuck Billy, George Oosthoek)
14. Arise (SEPULTURA) (feat. George Oosthoek)
15. Mountains Of Madness (ORPHANAGE) (feat. George Oosthoek, Floor Jansen)
16. A New Level (PANTERA) (feat. George Oosthoek)
17. Cain (TIAMAT) (feat. Johan Edlund)
18. Brighter Than The Sun (TIAMAT) (feat. Johan Edlund, Marcela Bovio)
19. When The Smoke Is Going Down (SCORPIONS) (feat. Johan Edlund)
20. My Pledge Of Allegiance No. 1 (AFTER FOREVER) (feat. George Oosthoek,
Floor Jansen)
21. Equally Destructive (AFTER FOREVER) (feat. Floor Jansen)
22. The Evil That Man Do (IRON MAIDEN) (feat. Floor Jansen)
23. Intro Based on "The Odyssey" (SYMPHONY X) (orchestra only)
24. Evolution (The Grand Design) (SYMPHONY X) (feat. Russell Allen)
25. Paradise Lost (SYMPHONY X) (feat. Russell Allen)
26. Dawn Of A Million Souls (AYREON) (feat. Russell Allen)
27. Phantom Of The Opera (NIGHTWISH version) (feat. Russell Allen, Floor Jansen)
Pictures:
http://metal-ways.com/album/154
http://www.llukygallery.nl/cms281208.php
There are already lots of videos on YouTube, Blabbermouth put most of them
together, check the article HERE.
Therion's 'Blood of Kingu' with Mats Leven and Marcela Bovio:
OCTOBER 2008 - CHRISTMAS METAL SYMPHONY
On Sunday December 28 - 2008, one of the finest metalvenues in the Netherlands, 013 in Tilburg, will present the first edition of a new metal conceptshow with a (Christmas-)twist named CHRISTMAS METAL SYMPHONY!
Vocalists and musicians like DORO, CHUCK BILLY (Testament), RUSSELL ALLEN (Symphony X), MATS LEVÉN (Therion), JOHAN EDLUND (Tiamat) IAN PARRY (Consortium Project), MARCELA BOVIO (Stream of Passion), FLOOR JANSEN (After Forever) and GEORGE OOSTHOEK (Orphanage) have already confirmed their presence, while more names will be announced shortly. They will be musically backed up by a 6-piece band and a 30-piece classical orchestra will perform the finest metalsongs of all times. This unique show will contain songs from all metalgenres from progmetal to rock, from death to speed and from industrial to NWOBHM....you name it...it’s all in the show!!
The heavy backbone of the show is a fantastic metalband, handpicked by Joost and contains some of the finest Dutch metalartists: KOEN HERFST (Drums / Epica), MARCEL COENEN (Gitaar / Sun Caged), JOHAN VAN STRATUM (Bas / Stream of Passion), JEFFREY REVET (Keyboards / Stream of Passion ) and Joost van den Broek (Keys / After Forever).
SEPTEMBER 2008 - Anna Phoebe / 'The Comeback' / Bagga Bownz on Japanese
and American Radio!!
Hey all,
The recordings with Anna Phoebe went really well. We had a great time in the studio and last week we had a little party with the whole band to hear the end result; it sounds killer! Of course I will let you know when the album will be available.
Line up of the band:
Anna Phoebe (Trans-siberian orchestra, Oi Va Voi): violins
Joost Van Den Broek (After Forever): producer, piano/keyboards, programming
Koen Herfst (Bagga Bownz, Xenobia): drums
Sander Gommans (After Forever) : guitars
Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion): bass
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Next week I'll be in the studio again for 'The Comeback': "a concept album, including a dark graphic novel (comic). The story follows a rockstar inside his mind as he lays comatose in the hospital."
The diverse list of guest musicians on this recording is as follows:
* Drums:
Koen Herfst (BAGGA BOWNZ)
Sander Zoer (DELAIN)
Martijn Peters (NOVACT, BACKWATER)
* Vocals:
Sander v/d Thillart (THE SATURNINE)
Eddy Borremans (NOVACT)
Floortje Donia (CARDAMON)
* Bass:
Patrick Velis (MAN MADE IVORY)
Hans Pieters (RORSCHACH)
Guitar:
Eric Hazebroek (STREAM OF PASSION, THE SATURNINE)
Koen Romeijn (DETONATION, CARDAMON)
Danny Tunker (FUELBLOODED, DETONATION, THE SATURNINE)
Recordings will take place at Excess Studios in Rotterdam under guidance of Hans Pieters. Studio reports and other teasers will be made available through the project's MySpace page. (www.myspace.com/thecomebackgroup)
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The coolest news is that some American and Japanese radio stations are now playing Bagga Bownz songs!!!!! For more BB news, keep checking www.baggabownz.com
AUGUST 2008 - Entering the studio with Anna Phoebe!
This month I will be recording drums for Anna Phoebe's solo-album, and I'm
really excited about it! She's a GREAT violinplayer and plays in the
Trans-siberian Orchestra
and Oi Va Voi.
Check her out at myspace.com/annaphoebe!
I will also be giving workshops at the annual 'DrumDrieDaagse':
three days of drumming with 72 students and all these teachers: Ton
Dijkman, Juan van Emmerloot, Cesar Zuiderwijk, Bruno Meeus, Ruben van Rompaey,
Stef Broks, Ernst van Ee, Mark Eeftens, Matthijs de Ridder, Dennis Boxem,
Gerben de Bruijn, Fred Cohen, Sarah Feenstra, Koen Herfst, Olaf Fase, Rudi
Sibma, Erk Willemsen, Johan Witt.
MAY 2008 - BAGGA BOWNZ DEBUT ALBUM FINALLY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!
BAGGA BOWNZ' official debut album 'DONE WITH
THE PAIN' is finally out and available everywhere!!!
Benelux: All recordshops, iTunes and BOL.com
Rest of the world: CD
BABY
Check out the songs on MySpace
or Last.fm!
Digipack inside:
Booklet/Poster:
Recording the song 'Losing Again':
For more Bagga Bownz videos, check out our YouTube
account.
MARCH 2008 - XENOBIA E.P. OUT NOW!
As you can see the new XENOBIA EP is out!!!!
Click HERE to go to our Myspace and check the songs.
Click HERE to go to our website and order it FOR ONLY 5 EURO PLUS SHIPPING!!!
Februari 2008 - New videos!
I added a bunch of videos of the European tour with Epica to the
video section. Thanks to drumtech Bas Goolen for
filming!
