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| 22-02-2007, | Callenish Circle calls it quits !!! |
| “After nearly 15 years we have decided to lay our precious CALLENISH CIRCLE to rest. We will play our last show on Saturday the 10th of March at De Azijnfabriek in Roermond, The Netherlands. This was not the easiest decision to make, but in the end, we all agree that CALLENISH CIRCLE has now run its course. We have accomplished everything that we set out to do and even more but now the time has come to move on. We are all very proud of our latest album [Pitch.Black.Effects] and feel that now is a good time to call it a day. After all those years the inspiration to keep CALLENISH CIRCLE going was slowly fading away. We always aimed to deliver the goods with the highest quality possible and we simply do not want to continue a band that can’t give the essential blood, sweat & tears anymore. We prefer to burn out on a high note now, rather than just slowly fade into obscurity. Some bands linger on for years past their expiration date but CALLENISH CIRCLE will definitely not become one of those bands. Over the past 15 years, CALLENISH CIRCLE have left their mark on the worldwide metal scene with 5 albums released, toured with many great bands and played lots of great shows & festivals. It was definitely an interesting journey for all of us, and we look back at our past with absolutely no regrets, only with pride. When we started this band in the early ‘90-ies we were just a bunch of kids who thought it would be fun to play some cover tunes of our favourite bands at the time, just think of influential bands like Death, Pestilence, (old) Paradise Lost & Bolt Thrower. Back then we never could have imagined that, almost 15 years later, we would have released 5 full-length albums of which the last 3 released worldwide on the highly acclaimed Metal Blade Records and that we would have played over 200 shows & festivals all over the world, being our Mexican Tour 2006 one of the definite highlights in our career. So many of you from all around the world have gotten into our music, and for us musicians playing in a band, that is really what it is all about. Having people from all over the world tell you that they have genuinely been moved by your music is definitely a great thing. We are very pleased that you enjoyed what we created. Those words were always an inspiration to us and we can truly walk away from CALLENISH CIRCLE with our heads held high at this point, no doubt about that. But as always... all good things come to an end and we would like to thank every one of our fans across the globe for their never ending support. You are the main reason why we stuck around for so long. Thank YOU! And ofcourse thanks to everyone else that had a role in making CALLENISH CIRCLE what it is today. You all know who you are. Not much more really needs to be said. We hope to see some of you at our last show in Roermond on the 10th of March. Dutch fellow thrashers Engine of Pain will release their debut album that night and the opening slot is filled by State:Chaos (the new band of former CALLENISH CIRCLE bassplayer Rocco). This will definitely become a night to remember.” Wim, Muuk, Gav, Ron & Pat / Callenish Circle. |
| 04-01-2007, | Callenish Circle special guest on release party Engine of Pain! |
| Callenish Circle is invited to appear as special guest act on the cd-release party of Dutch Thrashers Engine of Pain, for which Pat recently recorded some guest-vocals. The release party will take place on Saturday the 10th of March at De Azijnfabriek in Roermond, The Netherlands. | |
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| 28-12-2006, | Pat recruited for Sander Gommans (After Forever) new project HDK! |
| After Forever guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans has recruited Callenish Circle vocalist Pat Savelkoul to handle some of the extreme vocals for his HDK project. HDK-s musical direction was previously described by Gommans as modern Thrash/Death metal with a lot of melodic influences. The following musicians are currently involved with the project: Sander Gommans (AFTER FOREVER) – Guitar & Vocals / Ariën van Weesenbeek (GOD DETHRONED) - Drums / Peter Vink (STAR ONE, AYREON) - Bass / Mike Scheijen (37 STABWOUNDZ) - Vocals / Pat Savelkoul (CALLENISH CIRCLE) - Vocals. For rough music samples, videos and updates, click the link below! | |
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| 10-12-2006, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Kaltenbach Open Air! |
| Callenish Circle is confirmed for Kaltenbach Open Air 2007! The festival takes place on 13.07 + 14.07 in Spital am Semmering, Austria. Callenish Circle is scheduled to play on Friday 13.07 between 20.10 en 21.00. Other bands to appear on the festival are a.o. The Haunted, Vader & Dark Funeral. | |
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| 02-10-2006, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Green Christmas Festival in Estonia! |
| Exciting news... Callenish Circle is confirmed for the Green Christmas Festival 2006! The festival takes place on 15.12 + 16.12 in Rakvere, Estonia. This will be the first show ever for Callenish Circle in the Baltic States and it speaks for itself the band is looking forward very much to play this festival. More info soon! | |
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| 26-09-2006, | Last minute news... Callenish Circle plays Death Attack Festival! |
| Some last minute news... Callenish Circle will replace Obscenity as headliner on the Death Attack Festival, scheduled this upcoming Friday (29th of September) in Coesfeld (Germany). The other acts on the bill are Pandemia (CZE) and the 4 German bands Laid in Ashes, Karkadan, Gomorrah and Path of Golconda. Spread the news! | |
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| 23-08-2006, | New endorsement deal for Gav! |
| Next to Gav s endorsment by Adams / Drumworld, he proudly announces to be on the artist list of Balbex drumsticks. Balbex is a European firm (Czech Republic) of all sorts, types and sizes drumsticks. According to Gav: Especially the durabillity, good grip and the variety in size, from regular to very extreme, made me choose for Balbex sticks. Balbex is distributed in the Benelux countries by PatSticks. | |
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| 14-06-2006, | Tonights show in Weert with Exodus cancelled! |
| We just got the unpleasant news that tonights show in Weert with Exodus is cancelled due to flight-troubles of Exodus in the UK. The Bosuil venue is looking for an alternative date to postpone the show to the next coming weeks. More news soon! | |
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| 12-05-2006, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Graspop Metal Meeting! |
| Great news again this week... Callenish Circle is confirmed for Graspop Metal Meeting 2006! The festival takes place between 23.06 - 25.06 in Dessel, Belgium. Callenish Circle will play on Friday 23.06 in the Metal Dome between 18.20 - 19.00. So make sure all you Thrashing maniacs are present to witness our deadly cocktail of intense and groovy Death/Thrash on LSD! | |
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| 09-05-2006, | Callenish Circle exclusive support act for Cradle of Filth! |
| Last minute news... Callenish Circle are invited to support Cradle of Filth on their exclusive Benelux club show. The show will take place on Thursday 1st of June in the main hall of the new Effenaar venue in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Cradle of Filth will embark on a festival tour and this will be their only Benelux club date on which Callenish Circle will play as exclusive support act. Doors open at 19.30 and the programme starts at 20.00. | |
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| 29-03-2006, | Pat records guest vocals for Engine of Pain! |
| Yesterday Pat recorded some guest vocals for the new album of Dutch Thrashers ENGINE OF PAIN. Other guest contributions on the album will be made by Dennis Schreurs (SEVERE TORTURE), Sander Gommans (AFTER FOREVER) and Joost van den Broek (AFTER FOREVER & STAR ONE). The album is titled I Am Your Enemy and will be released later on this year. | |
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| 23-03-2006, | Devil Days Festival cancelled! |
| The organisations statement: we feel so sorry, but we have to inform you about the cancelation of Devil Days Festival! Short-term we got problems with our former location, we did all to get a new one. It seems that too many people in our country are against Metal-Music and their followers! | |
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| 22-03-2006, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Bloodstock Open Air! |
| Callenish Circle is confirmed for Bloodstock Open Air 2006! The festival takes place on 14.07 & 15.07 at Catton Park, South Derbyshire in the UK. Some other bands on the bill so far are Metal Church, Ensiferium & Atheist. Two headliners are still to be announced. Callenish Circle will play on Saturday 15.07 on the mainstage. The exact playingtime is still to be announced. | |
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| 01-03-2006, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Devil Days Open Air! |
| Callenish Circle is confirmed for Devil Days Open Air! The festival takes place on 09.06 & 10.06 at Sankt Leonhard am Forst in Austria. Some other bands on the bill are Entombed, Behemoth, Naglfar & Grave. Callenish Circle will play on Saturday 10.06. The exact playingtime is still to be announced. | |
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| 20-02-2006, | Shows in Belgium announced! |
| Callenish Circle will finally play some shows in Wallonie (the French speaking part of Belgium). On Saturday the 18th of March we will play as headliner on the LL Metal Festival at MJ Rouge Brique in Lodelinsart (with 9 more acts programmed). One day later, on Sunday the 19th of March, we will do a club-show at Le Factory in Liege with support of Mystica and Innerfire. Then on Saturday the 8th of April we will do another club-show at Magasin 4 in Brussels, supported by Mystica and Garden of Decay. | |
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| 08-02-2006, | Shows in Spain confirmed! |
| Callenish Circle will finally play some club-shows in Spain again. On Friday the 10th of March we will do a show in Murcia at Sala Gamma with support of Bloody Clerks. One day later (Saturday the 11th of March) we will play in Riudarenes-Girona at Sala Vietnam supported by the band Sarcorp. We are really looking forward to play Spain again after the great shows in 2002 (Barcelona, Irun & Madrid), the Piorno Rock Festival in 2004 and last but not least the Revoltallo Festival last year August. And be sure this time we will play a full headline-show so be prepared for a devastating Dutch Thrash attack! | |
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| 23-01-2006, | Tour-report... Callenish Circle goes Mexico! |
| A few months ago we got an offer to support Paradise Lost on their 3 Mexican dates. An offer we didn’t have to think about twice since Paradise Lost is one of the bands that initially inspired us to start playing this kind of music. As some people still might remember Callenish Circle originally started as a cover band back in the early 90’ies by playing covers of bands like Death, Pestilence, Bolt Thrower and yes… Paradise Lost. So it speaks for itself we were very proud we now (almost 14 years later) got the chance to support one of these bands. After months of preparations and taking care of loads of paperwork we finally left home on Wednesday 05.30am to catch our first flight in Brussels. The flight from Brussels to Atlanta and from Atlanta to Mexico City went pretty smoothly and at the airport in Mexico City we were already welcomed by promoter Rodrigo (Inferno Productions) and the roadcrew. Soon after that we were picked up by the touring car that would transport us (and fellow countrymen Asrai) during the next 3 days of our trip. During our travel to Monterrey (where the first show was booked) we were first pulled over by the Mexican border patrol who inspected the touring car but not very thoroughly if I may say so. But then, just 2 hours before our arrival in Monterrey, we got a very unpleasant inspection from the national migration service who claimed the paperwork (working visas) were not ok. These f#ckers really gave us a hard time ‘cause we had to drive back for almost an hour to their nice little office to get everything sorted. After more than 2 hours of endless waiting at the migration station and Rodrigo paying them a shitload of ca$h we were finally released so we could continue our trip to Monterrery where we arrived pretty late in the afternoon. All in all we travelled nearly 40 ! hours (by car, plane & bus) to the first show that was scheduled on Thursday-evening in Club Iguana. After a quick meeting with the 2 other bands (Paradise Lost & The Birthday Massacre) and Carlos (the other half of Inferno Productions) we went to the hotel for a few hours of very welcomed sleep. Despite the exhausting travel our very first show on Mexican ground went pretty well and also the audience seemed to like our stuff a lot as they responded in a very enthusiastic way. Unfortunately the (vocal) monitoring on stage was really bad so I forced my voice a little bit too much but all in all it was a nice show and a good warming up for the 2 other shows still to come. When headliner Paradise Lost entered the stage we were kinda curious how the band would sound in 2005. Most of us hadn’t seen the band for quite a long time but all of us were positively surprised by their tight performance that night. The band played a superb show and also the newer material sounded really great live. Well… maybe a classic like ‘As I Die…’ will never be written again but still the band really caught our full attention and so we decided to watch their entire set even though we were extremely tired of the exhausting travel. After the show the club was quickly transformed into a techno/house club and it looked liked a nice party was going to be started but unfortunately we had to leave early that night as another long trip was waiting for us. So immediately after the show we went back to the hotel for a quick shower and right after that we continued our trip to Guadalajara, where we were scheduled to play at the well-known Hardrock Live Club on Friday-evening. After a long bus trip of nearly 12 hours (again without too much sleep) we finally reached Guadalajara and it was a very cool venue with a big stage. When we arrived at the venue the first fans were already waiting outside for signatures, photographs and a friendly chat… a sign of what was still to come later on that night. Right after our show we had some mixed feelings ‘cause we made a couple of big fuck-ups in our set due to the extremely bad sound on stage. For example Gav (drummer) wasn’t able to hear anything of the rest of the band… and that makes playing together pretty difficult I can assure you. On the other hand the fans went completely nuts during our show by screaming out the lyrics, banging their heads like maniacs and going completely crazy in the big slamming pit… hell yeah, that’s the way we like it! After our show we went back into the venue where we autographed tons of cd’s & concert-tickets and got caught on photo-camera by an insane crowd. A lot of fans even told us they just came to see Callenish Circle, which was really a big surprise because upfront we thought Callenish Circle was still pretty much unknown in the Mexican territory… how wrong we were! On the last (Satur)day we travelled back to Mexico City which was an adventure on its own. Mexico City is a huge (the biggest in the world?) city with not less than 26 million inhabitants. That’s 10 million people more than the whole population over here in The Netherlands. It takes more than 3 hours of (highway) travelling to drive through the entire city. People who have been there know what I am talking about I guess… this city was like a big frightening monster swallowing everything and everybody around. So after almost 2,5 hours cruising through the city we finally arrived at the Gran Forum venue. The venue itself was pretty huge and outside the first fans were already waiting for our arrival. Outside there was also a little metalmarket with all kinds of bootlegged merchandise. Our show went really great again and this time without the major fuck-ups of the day before. The audience went totally crazy once again and even though we were exhausted from the intense travelling we gave our last drop of energy to the insane crowd. What happened after the show I still find hard to believe… as soon as we left the backstage area we were surrounded by an almost hysterical crowd who all wanted autographs, pictures, guitar picks, drumsticks, set lists, even our wet clothing was demanded… maybe they thought we were some kind of popular boy-band… hahaha. But with this show we unfortunately also reached the end of the tour and so it was time to pack our bags and travel back to the airport again. We said goodbye to the lads of Paradise Lost (and their crew) whom all turned out to be very friendly guys after all. At the airport we also got ripped off for nearly 500 euros by the official money exchange office. So everybody travelling to Mexico City beware of these thieves! After a long and totally exhausting travel we arrived back home on Monday morning… back to normal life ‘cause on Tuesday our regular jobs were waiting again. Looking back I can say this was not just a musical experience but definitely a lifetime experience that we will remember the rest of our lives. So hereby we want to thank Carlos & Rodrigomo Mejia (Inferno Productions), the rest of the Mejia family and the entire roadcrew for doing a great job and making this all possible for us. And last but not least all the fans for coming out to the shows… be sure we will be back soon! Muchos gracias amigos !!! |
| 22-01-2006, | Finally online again!!! |
| Well, after some strange happenings around our website, we finally managed to get things online again. From here on we will be expanding the site piece by piece. For now, check out our MySpace-environment! | |
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| 01-12-2005, | Callenish Circle supporting Paradise Lost in Mexico! |
| Callenish Circle has been confirmed as the opening act for PARADISE LOST on their Mexican tour in January 2006. Check out the [shows] section for the dates. | |
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| 23-11-2005, | Japanese release date for [Pitch.Black.Effects] announced! |
| The Japanese release for [Pitch.Black.Effects] has been set on the 25th of January 2006. The album will be released through Metal Blade Records Japan. The Japanese edition will feature 4 exclusive bonus (live)tracks, recorded during our Munchen/Germany-show (part of the European Bonded by Metal-tour 2003 with Exodus & Nuclear Assault). | |
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| 22-11-2005, | Official North American release date for [Pitch.Black.Effects]! |
| Our new album [Pitch.Black.Effects] will be released on the 10th of January 2006 in North America through Metal Blade Records USA. | |
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| 13-11-2005, | New track online!!! |
| A brand new track from our new album (‘Guess Again‘) has been posted online on: www.myspace.com/callenishcircle. Check it out! | |
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| 11-11-2005, | [Pitch.Black.Effects] out now in Europe! |
| Finally the long wait is over... our brandnew album [Pitch.Black.Effects] is released and available through European stores and mailorders. Make sure you get the luxury digipack CD/DVD edition including a full DVD with loads of interesting footage. It is strictly limited so hurry up if you want to get hold of a really cool collectors item! Enjoy the music! | |
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| 10-11-2005, | New design, stripped website! |
| So, here we go with a new website in the design of the artwork of our newborn album [PITCH.BLACK.EFFECTS]. Upcoming days we will add more pages, downloads and other stuff to this stripped version. For more info including a sample track of the new album check Callenish Circle @ MySpace. | |
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| 07-11-2005, | Show at J.C. Elektra in Sliedrecht cancelled! |
| Unfortunately we had to cancel the upcoming show at J.C. Elektra in Sliedrecht (12.11). The organisation was not able to fulfill earlier made aggreements and contractual obligations. |
| 05-10-2005, | New track online!!! |
A brand new Callenish Circle track (‘Ignorant‘) has been posted online on: www.myspace.com/callenishcircle This track will be featured on the bands upcoming album titled [Pitch.Black.Effects], to be released on the 14th of November in Europe and on the 10th of January 2006 in North America... both released by Metal Blade Records. |
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| 06-09-2005, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Aalborg Metal Fest! |
| Finally... for the first time in our almost 13 years history we will play Denmark. Dont ask us why but so far we havent made it to the land of Lego and great football players yet... and it speaks for itself that we are very excited to play Denmark for the very first time. Playingtime is scheduled on Friday 04.11 between 19.55 - 20.40 right before Deicide and Six Feet Under. So all you Danish maniacs... be prepared! | |
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| 05-09-2005, | New album ready! |
| We finally finished the recordings of our new (and meanwhile 5th) album titled [Pitch.Black.Effects]. It was recorded at aRe U Recordings in Holland under supervision of producer Gail Liebling and the final mix was done at the well-known Antfarm Studio in Denmark with Tue Madsen (a.o. The Haunted, Illdisposed & Mnemic). Mastering duties were handled again by Peter Neuber at Mega Wimp Sound in Germany and last but not least the complete artwork was created by Danish art talent Mircea Gabriel Eftemie at Cadaverman Media. Official statement from guitar player Ron on the new album: This time we decided to record, mix and master the album on different locations. We recorded the album over here in Holland with our long-time (live) sound-engineer Gail Liebling and the final mix was done in Denmark with Tue Madsen at his Antfarm Studio. Last but not least the mastering was done by Peter Neuber at Mega Wimp Sound and this turned out to be a perfect combination. The sound is absolutely killer! Gail, who is also responsible for all digital/wacky sounds on ‘My Passion//Your Pain’, was also involved in the writing process now. Result is that the amount of digital sounds increased, also being more integrated in the music, which turned out great. I think we made a big step forward regarding production and song writing and we’re very anxious to hear what the fans and press think of it. What we think… groovy as hell, catchy as Justin Timberlake and heavy as fuck! You’ll be surprised, that’s for sure!!! |
| 13-07-2005, | Studio report take VI : mixing at Antfarm Studio (by Gail) ! |
| After 22 days of gruelling long hour studio sessions in a dim lighted basement studio I was happy to finally see some decent daylight again. Or at least, I thought so (hahaha). Ron booked us a 13 hour night-train trip to Aarhus, Denmark where we arrived at around 10 in the morning to be picked up by Tue and be shipped straight into his Antfarm studio again. So much for sightseeing. Tue was just anxious to see what I had put together on the hard drive I guess. After we checked the recordings and adjusted everything to his studio set up I saw him relax. And yes... he did ask if we were tired. After that we started discussing where I wanted to take this production. How I had recorded certain stuff and why. Especially the vocals needed some explanation since Pat and I really went out of our way to get some wacky shit going with the vocals. Luckily Tue and I think in a very similar way, so there was no need for lengthy elaborations about anything. Everything needed only half a word. Nice!!!!! That makes this job so much easier and I think you can hear it in the mixes. It’s really turning out to be a heavy hitting, glueing you to the wall and biting your ass album. Really worth all the effort we put into it. And an effort it was. I worked the guys really hard to get the right feel and tightness. I think it was especially hard for Maurice stepping in on such short notice and having to record a lot of parts more or less on the fly (a lot of them were made up just minutes before recording) and having me push him to f**king rape that bass guitar for 12 to 14 hours a day. He sometimes looked as though his head was gonna explode. I gotta hand it to you body... respect! At this point I think I have to let you in on a secret. Ron and I spent a lot of time together these past months. I mean... 18 out of the 22 recording days him and I were together. Plus the train trip and sharing a room here in Denmark. It kinda creates a bond you know. When we decide to marry I promise we´ll anounce it here first, ok? (sorry about that Kim, but this trrrrue loooove... LOL). But seriously. We spent lot of time together. First playing guide while laying down the drum tracks, then recording 36 rhythm tracks and on top of that a lot of melody and clean guitar tracks plus helping out with the recording and creating of the bass tracks. And now here in Denmark, making sure Tue and I don’t go for a Britney Spears sound (yeah as if...). You kinda expect we’d start to annoy each other somehow, right? Not!!! I’d do it all again baby. Basically I think this coop was brilliant. Thanx for the trust and letting me do my thing guyz. Actually the only time I really got asskicked was when Kaleen heard the final edits of her vocal stuff. She made me record it all over again in the very last days to make it stick better to the rest of the music. I must admit though... it’s way better now. Thanx honey (Ich tanze ja nutzlos in der Sonne). Next up is the mastering stage. Really looking forward to hear what the finishing touch does to this already killer record. I guess the underlying message of this last part is... GO OUT AND BUY THE FRIGGING RECORD AIGHT !!!!! |
| 04-07-2005, | Studio report take V : vocal recordings (by Pat) ! |
| At last it was my turn in studio. On day 1 we started with the song ‘Sweet Cyanide’. This one is most in line with the faster songs on MP//YP, containing a very catchy chorus. Next up was ‘This Day You Regret’. Since this will be the opening song it needed some extra attention. Gail (producer) and I worked out some really great vocal lines and experimented with different vocals styles and cool effects. On the 2nd day we recorded ‘As You Speak’, ‘Blind’ and ‘Behind Lines’. Even though it was a very long recording day everything went pretty smooth. Now I had a couple of days off. A very welcome break cause after 2 days of intense recordings my vocal cords got slightly irritated and needed some rest. On day 3 we started with ‘Guess Again’ and this turned out to be the most intense, extreme and over the top vocals I ever recorded. Luckily the other song that day was less intense cause I am not sure if I would have succeeded to record another song in the vein of ‘Guess Again’. For \'Black Sear\' I only had to record the couplets since the choruses will be sung by Kaleen (Gail of God). Again a few days rest and again a welcome break cause one of the last songs I needed to record was only finished during the last few rehearsals and even partly in the studio. So also the vocal lines for this song still needed to be worked out for the biggest part. Nevertheless ‘Ignorant’ turned out to be a killer song. Last song in the schedule of day 4 was ‘Self-Inflicted’, by far the slowest song on the album. All in all I can say I am extremely satisfied with the vocal recordings and also the cooperation with producer Gail went absolutely great. We really worked out some amazing vocal lines and also experimented a lot with different vocal styles (no clean vocals, don’t worry!!!) and great sound effects. Gail definitely has some great ideas when it comes to recording vocals. Next week Ron and Gail will head to Denmark to mix the album with Tue Madsen at his already legendary Antfarm Studio. |
| 28-06-2005, | Update from the Callenish Circle live front ! |
| Hereby we announce that Callenish Circle is confirmed for the following festivals : Brutal Assault Festival on 12.08 (CZE), Revoltallo Festival on 19.08 (SPA) and last but not least Arnhem Metal Meeting on 26.11 (NL). For more detailed info check the gig section! |
| 23-06-2005, | Studio report take IV : bass recordings (by Maurice) ! |
| Hi there folks... you probably expected some lines from Rocco here, so first let me introduce myself. My name is Maurice Brouwers, bassplayer from Dutch Thrash band Engine of Pain. Just a couple weeks ago I got a quite suprisingly and unexpected phone call from the Callenish lads if I wanted to play bass on their new album... and ofcourse I wanted to do that! So after a couple of very intensive rehearsals and long days working together with Ron and Gav we managed to create some really cool bass lines. Before we actually started recording we had to find a suitable bass sound and in order to get that sound we borrowed some equipment here and there. Thanx and appreciation go out to Junior (Desentisised) & Pol (Morning)! We tried a couple of different set ups and finally found a very heavy and bad ass sound. The first very long recording day went pretty well and we recorded almost 5 songs. I only had some sound problems with my bass, so we decided to record with my other bass which sounded much heavier. The second day was again a very long working day and it was more difficult since these songs were quite new song to me. Some of them were re-written/arranged in the studio, so also most of the basslines had to be re-written/arranged in the studio. But together with Gail (producer) and Ron I managed to record them and they really sound killer. Next week I will record some minor stuff that we didnt have time for this time. Next up is Pat to record some shredding vocals... go for it! |
| 20-06-2005, | Studio report take III : bass & wacky sounds (by Gav) ! |
| Hi all, here a small studio-update again. Past days our session bassplayer Maurice Brouwers (Engine of Pain) had to pull off a few stringz. Only four weeks ago he started rehearsing the songs with us and creating basslines (from point zero). The first results are a fact and he did a really cool job. Almost 6 tracks are finished now and he did some really suprising things. Today he is finishing the last tracks. Another thing that kept us awake and buzzy were the wacky sounds we are experimenting with. Gail Liebling (Gail of God), our producer and live sound-engineer is absolutely killer with synths and stuff. So last couple of days we spend quite some hours brainstorming and experimenting with the final wacky sounds extras on the new album. So also from that corner, some suprising stuff is to be expected! Thats all for now, but we will keep you posted in the next few days... |
| 14-06-2005, | Studio report take II : guitar recordings (by Ron) ! |
| After playing guide guitar in order to help Gav getting the drums on tape, it was up to Gail (producer) to do some editing on the recorded tracks. After that I was the chosen victim to show my abilities on the six stringed axe. The first day we spent a couple of hours trying to find the guitar sound we had in mind. After trying some different set-ups and guitars, we definitely succeeded finding exactly what we wanted. I started recording the first of the 36 guitar tracks (9 songs with 4 basic guitars per song). I must say this went pretty smooth, so after 3 days of a little blood, minor sweat and just a few teardrops I finished the basic tracks of one guitar. For the other guitar’s basic tracks we had to find another sound fitting to the already recorded one. Again we tried several set-ups before we were satisfied. And satisfied we were! The sounds match perfectly and are causing a big smile on my face every time I hear it. Playing the other guitar parts again took 3 looooong days. Respect to Gail and Rene (assistent studio engineer) for making such an amount of studio hours a day. Now it was time to play the clean, acoustic, melodic and solo guitars. The solo guitars were partly recorded by Muuk. After 3 (again long) days of experimenting with sounds, riffs, little extra’s and listening the songs over and over again we finally got to see some daylight again. With all guitars on tape, knowing it shreds big-time, I can get some decent sleep for the first time in weeks. But hearing the result, it must say it was definitely worth it. Next up is Maurice (Engine of Pain) recording the basslines. Maurice replaces Rocco (who is not a member of Callenish Circle anymore) in the studio. More news about that soon... |
| 30-05-2005, | Studio report take I : recording drumtracks (by Gav) ! |
| Well well, it was about time that we started recording our new album. After setting up my drumkit and doing a soundcheck on Wednesday-evening (25.06) we started recordings on Thursday. First on was the song Sweet Cyanide but after almost a day of recording we decided that the drumsound still was not satisfying. So I rushed to the drumstore, bought & borrowed some stuff, put the drumkit back together and started recording again. Maybe it was because of the tension on Thursday (with the drumsound and all that) but on Friday everything went much smoother and the recordings were more tight and with the right drive. So we decided to re-record Sweet Cyanide and somehow Friday seemed to be my lucky day cause 4 more tracks were recorded and goooood! One track on the album has a real ambient feeling with quite some wacky sounds so on Saturday my mission was to provide some functional basic drumming for this song. I was quite surprised how this turned out. By Sunday we still had 2 days left for three more tracks. Shouldn´t be that hard, right? Despite of all this it took quite some time to get some really satisfying recording today. I guess the long days of recording and studio work made me pretty tired. It seems much heavier than my daytime (being a computer nerd) job. Monday was my last scheduled recording day. We left the hardest tracks for the last, but non the less, it needed to be finished today. Luckily the recordings went much better than on Sunday so everything was finished nicely in the planned schedule. Now it is up to the other fellows to do their thing. |
| 18-01-2005, | Pat records guest vocals for Legen Beltza! |
| Recently Pat recorded some guest vocals for the concept song 'War of Wars' of Spanish Thrashers LEGEN BELTZA. Other guest contributions will be made by a.o. Jeff Waters (ANNIHILATOR), Johan Lindstrand (THE CROWN), Andreas Sydow (DARKANE) and Victor Smolsky (RAGE). The album is titled 'Dimension of Pain' and the release is scheduled during the summer of 2005. |
| 22-09-2004, | Forbidden Empathy 2-CD also officially released in the United States! |
| Good news for our US fans. Candlelight Records USA (distributed by Caroline Distribution) will release the Forbidden Empathy 2-CD officially in the United States. The release-date is set on the 25th of January 2005. Promotion will be taken care of by Manic Music Agency. | |
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| 20-08-2004, | Gav behind the drumkit on the Dismember mini-tour! |
| Due to personal circumstances session-drummer Spike can't play the 4 gigs (supporting Dismember) with us in September. Instead Gav will take over his duties behind the drumkit again... so everything's back to normal and we can steam ahead with full force. Please notice these 4 shows will be the last shows we play 'til the new album is recorded in spring/summer 2005. More info about the recordings soon! |
| 30-06-2004, | Callenish Circle - Forbidden Empathy 2-CD ! |
| Callenish Circle will re-issue their complete pre Metal Blade Records history on a 2-CD titled 'Forbidden Empathy' through Dutch label Karmageddon Media. This release contains the Graceful... yet Forbidding album ('99), the Escape EP ('98), the Drift of Empathy album ('96) and the Lovelorn demo ('95)... all packed on a 2-CD with brandnew artwork from Niklas Sundin (Cabin Fever Media) and all recordings digitally remastered by Berthus Westerhuis at Franky's Recording Kitchen in Holland. Release-date for Forbidden Empathy is set on the 20th of September. | |
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| 25-05-2004, | Additional show added to Dismember mini-tour! |
| An additional Thursday-show is added to the DISMEMBER mini-tour, scheduled for halfway September. On Thursday 16.09 we will play at the P60 club in Amstelveen. For a complete overview check the concert-section. |
| 21-04-2004, | Callenish Circle supporting Dismember again! |
| In September (17.09 - 19.09) Callenish Circle will do a short Benelux mini-tour again with the Swedish oldschool Death Metal legend DISMEMBER. 2 shows in Holland and 1 show in Belgium are confirmed. Other bands on the bill are Dutch Thrashers OCCULT and the Swedish band HEARSE (= the new band of former Arch Enemy-vocalist Johan Liiva). JUDGEMENT DAY will open up the package each night. For exact dates and more details check the gig-section on this site. |
| 16-03-2004, | Callenish Circle in writing mode for 5th album! |
| Good news... we started writing material for our upcoming, yet untitled, 5th full-length album. The new material will contain the usual Callenish Circle-ingredients but being a bit more groovy and besides enriched with wacky soundscapes, delivered by Gail of God-mastermind and soundwizard Gail Liebling. We are planning to enter the studio early next year for a worldwide release on Metal Blade Records in spring 2005. |
| 15-03-2004, | Callenish Circle recruit session drummer! |
| Latest news is that we recruited a session drummer in the person of Stormrider-skinbasher Spike, also formerly active in Form and good old Speedica. Spike will take over Gav's duties for the rest of the year at the live-front. First rehearsals with Spike are scheduled early April. Gav will be back in 2005 to rejoin the Callenish-forces! |
| 27-02-2004, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Moona Metalfest! |
| Callenish Circle is confirmed for Moona Metalfest in Munster, Germany. The festival takes place on 11.06 and 12.06. Some other bands on the billing so far are Gravedigger, Tankard and Dew Scented. Callenish Circle will play on Saturday 12.06. The exact playingtime is still to be announced. | |
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| 05-02-2004, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Noc Plna Hvezd - Night Full of Stars Festival! |
| Here we go, here we go again... Callenish Circle is confirmed for the Noc Plna Hvezd - Night Full of Stars Festival in Czech Republic. The festival takes place on 25.06 and 26.06 and it is the biggest Rock/Metal Festival in Czech Republic with nearly 20.000 fans. Callenish Circle will play on Saturday 26.06 at the mainstage A. The exact playingtime is still to be announced. | |
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| 28-01-2004, | Callenish Circle playing-time at Piorno Rock Festival! |
| Callenish Circle is scheduled to play the Piorno Rock Festival on Saturday 28.02 from 18.25 - 19.15 at the C. ALHAMBRA-stage so make sure all you Thrashing maniacs don't miss our furious and ass-kicking cocktail of Death/Thrash on LSD!!! | |
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| 06-01-2004, | Antwerps Haunted Ball Festival postponed! |
| We just received the information that Antwerps Haunted Ball at Hof Ter Lo (initially scheduled on 21.02) will be postponed to a new (t.b.a.) date. |
| 21-11-2003, | Billing Antwerps Haunted Ball Festival complete! |
| The billing for Antwerps Haunted Ball is complete. The following bands will play on the festival: Cruachan (Ire), Callenish Circle (NL), Oceans of Sadness (B), Panchrysia (B) and Butcher (B). The festival will take place on Saturday the 21st of February in Hof ter Lo in Antwerpen. |
| 05-11-2003, | Callenish Circle starts rehearsing again for upcoming shows! |
| Only having a few weeks break, Callenish Circle started rehearsing again for the upcoming headline-shows scheduled late 2003 and early 2004. The band will perform an extended live-set; actually being the longest in the bandhistory ever. Ofcourse lots of new stuff but also some older songs from the early days will be included in the setlist. For more info and upcoming tourdates check the tour-section on this website. |
| 23-10-2003, | Callenish Circle dropped off the Bonded by Metal Tour! |
| After already being kicked off the No Mercy - Easter Festivals last April for questionable reasons, Callenish Circle got droppped from the Bonded by Metal Tour last Monday 21.10 (right after the show in Innsbruck). The tour was a financial fiasco from the start on and Callenish Circle had to pay the ultimate price for that. Even though a huge amount of money was paid to get this support-slot Metallysee Tour Agency decided to kick the band off the bill together with 2 other bands. Hereby the band sincerely appologizes to their fans in Switserland, Italy, Spain and Portugal for not playing the scheduled shows. The band hopes to play these countries soon under better conditions. |
| 26-09-2003, | Ralph Roelvink replacement for Rocco on European Tour ! |
| Ralph Roelvink will replace bassplayer Rocco on the upcoming European "Bonded by Metal over Europe" Tour. Ralph is a very experienced musician, being the formerly originator, guitarplayer and main composer in Dutch Thrash band Genetic Wisdom. With that band he released 2 albums on Mascot Records (in 1993 and 1994). Besides Ralph has a shitload of live-experience, so we are all very confident that he will be the right man to clear this difficult job. As we have no time to loose (the tour already starts in a little bit more than 1 week!) we will start practising with Ralph immediately. |
| 12-09-2003, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Antwerps Haunted Ball Festival! |
| Callenish Circle is confirmed for Antwerps Haunted Ball Festival. The festival will take place on Saturday 21st of February 2004 in Hof ter Lo in Antwerpen (Belgium). More bands to be announced soon! |
| 03-09-2003, | Billing of the Bonded by Metal Tour complete! |
| Lithuanian band Prospect is the last addition to the bill of the European Bonded by Metal-Tour. This makes the billing complete : Exodus, Nuclear Assault, Agent Steel, God Dethroned, Grave, Mortician, Callenish Circle, Occult & Prospect. For all tourdates check the tour-section on this site. | |
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| 25-08-2003, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Piorno Rock Festival! |
| Callenish Circle is confirmed for the Piorno Rock Festival. The festival will take place on Saturday 28th of February 2004 in Granada (Spain). Other bands on the billing so far are Kamelot, Destruction, Evergrey, Tankard and Epica. More bands to be announced soon! | |
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| 19-08-2003, | God Dethroned replacement for Behemoth on the Bonded By Metal Tour! |
| God Dethroned will replace Behemoth on the European Bonded By Metal Tour. The current billing is as following: Exodus - Nuclear Assault - Agent Steel - God Dethroned - Grave - Mortician - Callenish Circle - Occult. One more band (replacement for Carnal Forge) will be announced soon! | |
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| 04-08-2003, | Callenish Circle playing-time at Summer Breeze! |
| Callenish Circle is scheduled to play Summer Breeze Festival on Saturday 23.08 from 15.40 - 16.10 at the PAIN-stage so make sure all you Thrashing maniacs don't miss our furious and ass-kicking cocktail of Death/Thrash on LSD!!! | |
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| 14-07-2003, | Callenish Circle playing-time at Wacken Open Air! |
| Callenish Circle is scheduled to play Wacken Open Air on Saturday 02.08 from 14.30 - 15.15 at the W.E.T. stage so make sure all you Thrashing maniacs don't miss our furious and ass-kicking cocktail of Death/Thrash on LSD!!! | |
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| 02-06-2003, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Wacken Open Air! |
| Hell yeah... there were already some strong rumours around this topic but today Callenish Circle was officially confirmed to play at Europe's leading metalfestival Wacken Open Air. The festival takes place from 31.07 - 02.08 and the band will play on Saturday at the W.E.T. stage. Other great bands playing Wacken this year are Testament, Slayer, Soilwork, Nile, Iced Earth and many many more. Hope to see you all Thrashing maniacs out there!!! | |
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| 01-05-2003, | Release-date new album in North America delayed! |
| The release-date of the new album in North America is delayed untill the 20th of May! | |
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| 23-04-2003, | Album of the Month in Norwegian Scream Magazine! |
| Today we got the great news that our new album My Passion//Your Pain was chosen to be best - Album of the Month - in Norwegian leading metal publication Scream Magazine. |
| 15-04-2003, | New album also officially released in Japan! |
| The new Callenish Circle album "My Passion // Your Pain" will also be officially released in the land of the rising sun. The album will be licensed by Japanese recordlabel Soundholic Records (Soilwork, Gravedigger, Marduk). Release-date is set on the 25th of June. | |
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| 05-03-2003, | Benelux mini-tour with DISMEMBER in May! |
| Halfway May (15.05 - 18.05) Callenish Circle will do a short 4 days Benelux mini-tour with the Swedish oldschool Death Metal legend DISMEMBER to promote the new album "My Passion // Your Pain". 3 shows in Holland and 1 exclusive show in Belgium are confirmed. Dutch Thrashers FLESH MADE SIN will be support-act on all 4 dates. For exact dates and details check the gig-section on this site. |
| 03-03-2003, | Production of our new album finally finished! |
| Last week we finally finished the long and exhausting production of our new album "My Passion // Your Pain". The album is recorded and mixed at Stage One Studio in Germany by Andy Classen. Niklas Sundin made some extremely cool artwork again and together with Andrea Beckers we managed to produce a quite interesting photo-shoot (...am I going insane here or what!?!?). Last but not least the album was mastered by Peter Neuber at Mega Wimp Sound and for this job he used some very interesting studio-equipment. The result is absolutely KILLER. Soon there will be some samples of the new album on this site! |
| 27-02-2003, | Callenish Circle on European tour with EXODUS & NUCLEAR ASSAULT! |
| Finally some good news from the touring-front! Callenish Circle is confirmed for the European Tour with U.S. legendary Thrashers EXODUS & NUCLEAR ASSAULT. Other bands on the bill are Agent Steel(USA), Behemoth(Pol), Mortician(USA), Carnal Forge(Swe) and Occult(NL). The festival will tour under the "Bonded By Metal Over Europe"-flag and it will do 20 shows all over Europe in the month October. More info soon! | |
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| 20-02-2003, | CD release-party for My Passion // Your Pain on 02.05! |
| The CD release-party for our new album My Passion // Your Pain will take place on Friday 02.05 in J.C. Fenix in Sittard. Special guests this night will be: Morning, Chaos Control, Flesh Made Sin and Stormrider. More info soon! |
| 15-01-2003, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Summer Breeze Festival! |
| Callenish Circle is confirmed for the Germany-based Summer Breeze Festival. The festival takes place from 21.08 - 23.08 and has rapidely grown out to one of the bigger festivals in Germany. Other cool bands on the billing so far: Children of Bodom, In Flames, Napalm Death and many many more. | |
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| 14-01-2003, | Press-statement of Metal Blade Records! |
| CALLENISH CIRCLE are now officially off the No Mercy - Easter Festivals!!! They got dropped off the tour from Metallysee Agency because there are too many bands on the bill and the distances between the venues are too far. Well, next time someone should think of that before a band gets its confirmation. But that´s something neither CALLENISH CIRCLE nor Metal Blade Records are responsible for... |
| 14-01-2003, | Release-date new album set for the 5th of May! |
| After all the touring bullshit there is also good news to tell. Metal Blade has set the release-date of our new album "My Passion // Your Pain" on the 5th of May. |
| 13-01-2003, | Callenish Circle off the No Mercy - Easter Festivals! |
| Callenish Circle will not play the No Mercy - Easter festivals, scheduled for April. Metallysee Agency droppped the band because there were too many bands on the bill and the distances between the venues too long. Even though Callenish Circle was confirmed together with the first few bands on the tour, Metallysee still decided to drop Callenish Circle. Official statement of the band: "Hereby we appologize to all our fans even though it is not in our hands. At the moment we are checking other touring-possibilities with our recordlabel Metal Blade Records so hopefully more news soon!" |
| 04-01-2003, | Recordings for new album start on the 9th of January! |
| So... after months of writing, composing, rehearsing and sweating in our rehearsal room (a.k.a. "The Loodz") it's finally time to record our new (and meanwhile 4th) full length album "My Passion // Your Pain". 8 brandnew tunes and a coversong (from legendary Dutch band Pestilence) will be recorded at Stage One Studio in Germany, together with producer Andy Classen again. The recordings will last for about 5 weeks, so we hope to give some MP3 previews soon. Be prepared for some f*ckin' ass-kicking Death/Thrash on LSD!!! | |
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| 17-12-2002, | Callenish Circle cancels show X-Mass Festival! |
| Due to personal family circumstances we decided to cancel our appearance at the upcoming X-Mass Festival in Tilburg (22.12). |
| 09-12-2002, | Death Angel and Darkane added to No Mercy / Easter Festival Tour! |
| Latest news of the touring-front is that Death Angel (USA) and Darkane (SWE) have been added to the bill of the No Mercy Easter Festivals in April 2003. The complete billing now consists of: TESTAMENT, Marduk, Death Angel, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Nuclear Assault, Pro Pain, Malevolent Creation, Darkane and CALLENISH CIRCLE. For the tourdates check the gigs-section! |
| 25-11-2002, | Photoshoot for the new album done! |
| Yesterday we did the photo-session for our upcoming album "My Passion // Your Pain". This time we decided to work with Andrea Beckers, who also does a lot of live-photography for bands like After Forever, Within Temptation a.o. As always we had some pretty "crazy" ideas in mind and the first results were already very...ehh... "over the top"? |
| 05-10-2002, | Callenish Circle confirmed for the No Mercy / Easter Festivals 2003! |
| Last week we got the killer news that Callenish Circle will play the No Mercy / Easter Festivals 2003. The following bands are confirmed so far: TESTAMENT, Marduk, Pro Pain, Nuclear Assault, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Malevolent Creation, Graveworm, Callenish Circle and Arkhon Infaustus. Furthermore there will be another (big) co-headlining band on the bill. Rumours are speaking about MORBID ANGEL or DARK ANGEL. |
| 08-08-2002, | Plans for new Callenish Circle album! |
| There are plans in the make for a new Callenish Circle-album. After discussing the band's future with Metal Blade Records we plan to record the new album in January 2003. We will head to the Stage One Studio for 4 weeks to record our new (and meanwhile 4th) full-length album, together with producer Andy Classen again. Niklas Sundin will be responsible for the artwork. The upcoming half year we will not book any new live-shows so we can fully concentrate on writing new material. Ofcourse we will play the festivals/shows that were already confirmed. |
| 28-07-2002, | Stonehenge Festival big success for Callenish Circle! |
| Yesterday we played the Stonehenge Festival in Steenwijk. It was the first show with our new bassplayer Rene Rokx and according to the public's response it was a big success. So hereby we want to thank you all for the massive support. |
| 17-07-2002, | Primordial - Callenish Circle - Mercenary Benelux mini-tour confirmed! |
| Hereby we confirm the Benelux mini-tour with Primordial (IRL), Callenish Circle and Mercenary (DK) at the end of September. The following dates have been booked. Thursday 26.09 in Arnhem (Goudvishal), Friday 27.09 in Rotterdam (Baroeg), 28.09 in Geel-Belgium (JH De Bogaard) and Sunday 29.09 in Groningen (Simplon). |
| 10-07-2002, | First rehearsal with new bassplayer Rene Rokx! |
| Last week we had our first rehearsals with new bassplayer Rene "Rocco" Rokx. He studied the material very well and it was like Rene was playing in the band for already a couple of years. So we are very confident he will be 100% ready for the first upcoming show at the Stonehenge Festival in Steenwijk. |
| 02-07-2002, | Here we go, here we go again... Czech Republic here we come! |
| As you might know Callenish Circle will play the ultra-cool (cult?) Brutal Assault Festival again (3rd time!) late August (23.08/24.08). Just like the last time we will organise a bustrip for the people that want to travel with us. Some of the confirmed bands so far are Tiamat, Ancient Rites, Sear Bliss, Danse Macabre and Callenish Circle ofcourse. More info on the bustrip will follow soon on these pages. Here we go, here we go again... Czech Republic here we come! |
| 01-07-2002, | Callenish Circle show at No Mercy X-Mass festival Antwerpen cancelled! |
| The planned show of Callenish Circle at the No Mercy X-Mass festival in Antwerpen (21.12) has been cancelled due to unknown reasons of the organiser. |
| 27-06-2002, | New bassplayer for Callenish Circle! |
| Hereby we announce Rene Rokx to be the new bassplayer of Callenish Circle. Some of you might remember him as guitarplayer of Chemical Breath (already some years ago!). In fact Chemical Breath was one of the influences of Callenish Circle in the very early days. After that he also played in bands like Stormrider and Form. Rene will make his debut on the Stonehenge festival in Steenwijk (27.07). |
| 24-06-2002, | Line-up change in Callenish Circle! |
| Unfortunately we had to decide to continue our path without bassplayer Roland Schuschke. It was a tough decision but for the future of the band it was inevitable. Several reasons can be mentioned for this departure but we decided not to speak about details in public. Anyhow we wish Roland all the best for the rest of his musical career and also in his personal life ofcourse. |
| 07-06-2002, | Callenish Circle special guest on the No Mercy X-Mass festivals in Benelux! |
| Callenish Circle will play as special guest on the No Mercy X-Mass festivals in the Benelux. The following line-up is confirmed so far: Six Feet Under, Exodus Marduk, Dying Fetus, Impaled Nazarene, Macabre, Immolation and Ragnarok. Callenish Circle will play as special guest in Hof Ter Lo - Antwerpen (B) on Saturday 21.12 and in 013 -Tilburg (NL) on Sunday 22.12. |
| 22-05-2002, | Time change in programm Ozzfest! |
| The playing-time of Callenish Circle on Ozzfest has changed from 18.00-18.45 to 16.45-17.30. A good thing because all you metalmaniacs can first see Callenish Circle and after that mighty Slayer. | |
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| 15-05-2002, | Callenish Circle plays Ozzfest!!! |
| Today we got the great news that Callenish Circle got a well deserved spot at the Dutch Stage of the Ozzfest. So hope to see you all on 01.06 in Nijmegen. Callenish Circle plays from 18.00 - 18.45. Thanx to all those who voted for Callenish Circle, without you guys/girls this would not have been possible. Cheerz from the whole Callenish-crew! | |
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| 02-05-2002, | Callenish Circle supporting Dimmu Borgir! |
| On Sunday 25th of August Callenish Circle will support Dimmu Borgir on their only Benelux clubshow in Hof ter Lo - Antwerpen (Belgium). More info soon!!! |
| 09-04-2002, | Callenish Circle at Ozzfest!? YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!!! |
| Callenish Circle made it through the pre-selections for this new festival and now it is up to YOU to get us there!!! We really need your help. Besides we will give away some cool Callenish Circle merchandise (cds, shirts, picture-discs, posters) for free among the people that vote for us. SO VOTE NOW FOR CALLENISH CIRCLE AND WIN GREAT PRICES! For more instructions follow the link on the main-page. Please notice this is not only for people in Holland, everybody around the globe can vote for us and win in our contest. |
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| 03-04-2002, | Limburgian Metal Fest cancelled! |
| Unfortunately we had to cancel our show at the Limburgian Metal Fest due to Gavin's holiday in that period. Our sincere excuses to the organisers. |
| 24-03-2002, | Callenish Circle featured in weekly magazine AKTUEEL! |
| This week Callenish Circle is featured in weekly magazine AKTUEEL. Aktueel is known as a magazine with various topics and a ofcourse because of the nice women (naked!). The magazine hardly covers any music, not even to speak of metalmusic so we are very honoured to have a nice story in this publication! Luckily they didnt request any nude pictures of the bandmembers! |
| 15-03-2002, | Limburgian Metal Fest postponed! |
| The Limburgian Metal Fest, initially scheduled for the 21st of September, is postponed till the 26th of October. Same place, same bill! |
| 10-03-2002, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Limburgian Metal Fest! |
| Callenish Circle is confirmed as headliner for the 2nd edition of the Limburgian Metal Fest on the 21st of September. The festival will be held in Zaal Terlogt in Diepenbeek (B). Other bands featuring the bill are Aborted, In-Quest, Celebrant, The Quiescent, Culpable Homicide. |
| 04-03-2002, | CD release-party big success! |
| The cd release-party last Friday in Fenix was a big success. Although we dont have exact figures yet between 300 and 350 people visited the show. A big thank you to everybody that showed up, hope you guys had a great time just like us! Also thanx to the other bands that supported us on this show: Chaos Control, Defcon One and Sectarian. For upcoming Callenish Circle-shows check the gigs-section! Cheers, Pat. |
| 27-02-2002, | Defcon One stand in for Burial! |
| Defcon One will take over the spot of Burial on the cd release-party coming Friday in Fenix. Program: Doors open at 20.00 - Chaos Control (20.30 - 21.00) - Defcon One (21.15 - 21.45) - Sectarian (22.00 - 22.30) - Callenish Circle (22.45 - ??). Entrance only 3 euro! |
| 25-02-2002, | Burial not on the Callenish Circle release party! |
| Unfortunately we have to announce that our friends from Burial cant play at the Callenish Circle release-party coming Friday. Reasons for cancelling are serious physical problems of both drummer and bass-player of Burial. Hope you will recover soon guys! At the moment we are working on a replacement. More info soon! |
| 25-02-2002, | New live-shows added! |
| Since the planned mini-tour with Skyfire was cancelled we are working very hard on booking some additional live-shows in the Benelux to promote the new album Flesh_Power_Dominion. Keep an eye on the gigs-section. New updates almost every day. |
| 23-02-2002, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Noordschok Festival! |
| Callenish Circle will play the Noordschok Festival on Sunday 31st of March in the Oosterpoort in Groningen. Other bands playing on the festival are a.o. Vader and God Dethroned! |
| 14-02-2002, | God Dethroned & Callenish Circle live-package! |
| Callenish Circle will play some additional live-shows (in the Benelux) with Dutch labelmates God Dethroned before the European Tour starts on the 23th of April. The package will tour under the name "Dutch Metal Blade Assault". For more information or booking get in contact! |
| 12-02-2002, | Flesh_Power_Dominion out now in the US! |
| Flesh_Power_Dominion will be released today officially in the US. The US-version will be the same as the normal European edition. Packed in a jewelcase and featuring one bonus-song (Death - Pull the Plug). | |
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| 11-02-2002, | Flesh_Power_Dominion out now in Europe! |
| Today our new and 3rd full-length album "Flesh_Power_Dominion" will be officially released in Europe. Check out your local recordshop for the album. There will be a limited edition (5.000 copies) first, packed in a luxury digi-pack and including 2 bonustracks (both the Death and Golden Earring-covers). The normal edition will only have 1 bonustrack and besides it will be packed in a normal jewelcase. So make sure you get your copy now! | |
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| 05-02-2002, | Benelux Tour with Skyfire cancelled! |
| Because of problems with the booking-agency that was supposed to organise the Callenish Circle/Skyfire mini-tour in the Benelux at the end of March, we had to cancel these shows. If we would have continued with these shows it would have ended up in one big chaos. A situation that would have been bad for both bands and also for the fans. So from now on we will do all our live-bookings ourselves again. So anyone interested in booking Callenish Circle just get in touch and mail us! |
| 03-02-2002, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Stonehenge Festival! |
| Callenish Circle is confirmed for the Stonehenge Festival (27.07). In 1997 Callenish Circle already played the festival as opening-band. Stonehenge has become one of the most pleasant festivals in Holland with a really great "cult" atmosphere. More festivals to be confirmed soon! |
| 01-02-2002, | Additional band on the European Tour! |
| Today we got the news that one more band was added to the bill of the European Tour. Diabolical from Sweden (yes another Swedish band!) will open up the package. So the final billing consists now of Amon Amarth (Swe) - Vomitory (Swe) - Callenish Circle (Hol) - Sins of Omission (Swe) - Diabolical (Swe). |
| 01-02-2002, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Brutal Assault Festival! |
| Callenish Circle will again play on the Brutal Assault Festival in Czech Republic (16.08 & 17.08). So far we already played on the 1998 and 2000-edition of this "cult" underground-festival. The festival made a big impression on the band in 1998 so in the summer of 2002 we decided to travel with a big touring-car, including 50 crazy metalheads from Holland supporting us. This year we will organise a bustrip again. More information soon! |
| 26-01-2002, | Callenish Circle confirmed for Party San Open Air Festival! |
| Callenish Circle will play this years edition of the Party San Open Air Festival (09.08 & 10.08) in Bad Berka (Germany). Other confirmed bands are a.o. The Crown (Swe), Necrophobic (Swe), Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (Ger), Aeternus (Nor) and Sinister (NL). Callenish Circle will play on Friday 09.08. More festivals to be confirmed soon! | |
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| 24-01-2002, | Changes in tourschedule! |
| There have been a few changes in the tour-schedule. See the gigs-section for the latest update on the tour. |
| 19-01-2002, | Promotion-campaign Flesh_Power_Dominion running smoothly! |
| The promotion-campaign for "Flesh_Power_Dominion" is running very smoothly so far. Tons of interviews are scheduled and the interest in Callenish Circle seems bigger than ever. For the first reviews on the new album check out the review-section of this site. |
| 09-01-2002, | Rock Hard Magazine Germany presents the European Tour! |
| Today we got the news that Germanies biggest metal publication Rock Hard will present the European Tour with Amon Amarth - Vomitory - Callenish Circle - Sins of Omission. |
| 01-01-2002, | Happy Newyear! |
| On behalf of the whole band I want to wish you all a happy newyear! After a break of 3 months we finally will start rehearsing again to get in the right shape for the upcoming live-shows. Due to work-obligations of Gavin and some physical problems of Ronny we decided to have this little break. Not a bad thing afterall because in fact this was the first real break since our existence. Cheers, Pat. |
| 29-12-2001, | U.S. release-date Flesh_Power_Dominion set on 12.02.2002! |
| The US-office of Metal Blade Records will release Flesh_Power_Dominion overseas on 12.02.2002... one day after the official European release. | |
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| 23-12-2001, | CD-release party Flesh_Power_Dominion on 01.03.2002! |
| We will have our CD release-party for Flesh_Power_Dominion on the 1st of March 2002 in the Fenix-club in Sittard. Support-acts this night will be Chaos Control, Burial and Sectarian. Doors open at 20.00 and the first band starts at 20.30 so be there in time! Entrance only 3 lousy EURO. |
| 19-12-2001, | Promotion for Flesh_Power_Dominion started. |
| This week the promo-cds were mailed out by the promotion department of Metal Blade Records. The pre-response from the press has been really good so far. More details later!!! | |
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| 20-11-2001, | Dates European Tour set! |
| Today we got the great news that most of the Amon Amarth - Vomitory -
Callenish Circle - Sins of Omission tour is booked. We are gonna visit a lot of cool countries and cities we have never been before so we feel very
excited about this tour. We will definitely present you a kick-ass
metalshow. So hope to see you all there... Check the gigs-section for the tour dates! |
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| 09-11-2001, | Flesh_Power_Dominion mastered at Wisseloord Studios |
| Today we went to the famous Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum to master the new Flesh_Power_Dominion-album. It was a great experience to work in a studio where legendary bands like Judas Priest, Metallica, Queensryche and many more recorded their albums. After the mastering the sound of the album is even more massive and powerful... so it was definitely worth the money. |
| 25-10-2001, | Photo-shoot for the new album finished. |
| Today we did the photo-shoot for the new album at our rehearsal-room. The photos were done by Jack Tillmanns, who is also responsible for the promotion-pictures on the former album. We have a very cool concept in mind and we are very confident that Jack is the right man for the job. You will be suprised!!! |
| 18-10-2001, | Callenish Circle signs with METAL BLADE RECORDS!!! |
| Hereby we proudly announce that CALLENISH CIRCLE has inked a worldwide
recording deal for 4 albums with legendary recordcompany METAL BLADE
RECORDS. All in all over 10 recordlabels showed their interest but the band
finally chose to sign up with Metal Blade because they simply offered the
best conditions and because of the rich history of the label (notice even
Slayer released their early albums on the label!!!). The first album under the Metal Blade-banner will be entitled FLESH_POWER_DOMINION and the release is scheduled for the 11th of February 2002. More about the new album in the "Disco..." section. |
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