SOULBURN ink deal with Testimony Records
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Testimony Records proudly announce that SOULBURN have signed with the label. We gladly welcome the Dutch blackened death stalwarts to our roster! SOULBURN will release their fifth studio album via Testimony Records in the near future.
SOULBURN comment: "We, as Soulburn, are very pleased to work together with Testimony Records in future", guitarist Eric Daniels declares on behalf of the band. "Committing to Testimony Records gave us extra motivation and it has been a smooth process to prepare the release of our forthcoming new album. It's a perfect match!"
Testimony Records state: "We are thrilled to announce the signing of Soulburn", label manager Thomas Strater writes. "I've long been a fan of Eric Daniels and his signature buzz-saw guitar tone, as well as the other projects connected to the members of Soulburn, such as Asphyx, Graceless, and Legion of the Damned. They are the perfect fit for our roster and I am very much looking forward to release their new album – I can already promise a massive surprise."
SOULBURN rose from the ashes of ASPHYX in 1996, one of the times when the Dutch death metal pioneers fell apart before reuniting sooner or later. This involved some back and forth until guitarist and mastermind Eric Daniels, drummer Bob Bagchus, and PENTACLE frontman Wannes Gubbels firmly settled under the new band name.
Their acclaimed debut album " Feeding on Angels" (1998) doubled up as a statement of musical intent as it contained a stripped down but deadly concoction of doom-laden black metal, which quickly established them as a devastating musical force.
Following an extended period of consolidation, SOULBURN gradually coalesced into solid core with Daniels, Bagchus, GRACELESS guitarist Remco Kreft, and former LEGION OF THE DAMNED member Twan van Geel (also GOTT) as vocalist and bass player. This manifested physically into the sophomore full-length "The Suffocating Darkness" that was released in 2014 and again widely praised, particularly for its ostensive old school ethics.
Finally, SOULBURN were on track, pushing forward hard, and only two years later followed up with the vicious third album "Earthless Pagan Spirit" (2016) and cemented their growing reputation with the two-track EP "Carpe Noctem" (2018). The following switch from Bagchus to GRACELSSS drummer Marc Verhaar could not stop this deadly bullet-train either.
Building upon their – by then – well-established fanbase, SOULBURN emphasised the old school and raw aspect of their sound, which was seamlessly joined with a wide range of metallic influences across genres, with the next full-length "Noa's D'ark" (2020).
The Dutch also established themselves firmly as a sought-after live act performing across Europe as well as overseas. Highlights include sharing stages with UNLEASHED, ASPHYX, and GOD DETHRONED as well as touring in South America with MORK and in Germany with SODOM.
