PICTURE OF THE MOON Introduce New Lead Guitarist
May 11, 2007, 17 years ago
Netherlands based progressive metallers PICTURE OF THE MOON (www.pictureofthemoon.net, www.myspace.com/pictureofthemoon) introduce their new lead guitarist, Alex Rosenhof.
Alex joined Picture Of The Moon for their April tour when original lead guitarist Sjoerd Kolk became ill all of a sudden.
"It was already planned that Sjoerd would leave the band, because of his intensive study program at the University of Twente but now things went a lot quicker than expected" clarifies Michiel Borkent, Picture Of The Moon's singer and keyboardist. "First we auditioned some guitarists who had lessons from guitar virtuosos. But now we have a guitar virtuoso," Michiel proudly says. "Already when Alex had sent us his demo mp3 I felt this was the new guy we should hire. The audition for me was the very confirmation and the next day we called Alex he could join the band. Alex managed to rehearse the complete set of Picture of the Moon material in just a few weeks, which was quite an accomplishment and just in time to replace Sjoerd during the CD Presentation in Atak (Enschede, April 14th, 2007)."A sound sample of Alex' playing can be downloaded here.
Sjoerd comments on his departure from Picture Of The Moon: "It's unfortunate how things can work out sometimes, but there was no other option than to leave the band. Especially at this interesting time when the music is really moving on to a higher level. I wish PotM all the best and will always remain a big fan."
With Alex having a German nationality Picture Of The Moon can now call themselves with right an international band.
"We hope this line up will last for a long time and we're very curious how our music will evolve from here", the members of Picture Of The Moon say.
The release date of their new EP, Ageless Day, is set for June 1st, 2007 and will be released via the Dark Balance label.
