AMANDA SOMERVILLE Confirms PHANTOM ELITE Will Be The Live Band For HDK
September 15, 2016, 8 years ago
Vocalist Amanda Somerville (Trillium, Avantasia) has checked in with the following update:
"After years of collaborating and two album releases, Sander Gommans and I have been asked quite a bit when we'll do something live with HDK. Well, we can finally give a definitive answer and it's one you'll probably like because of the now-familiarity with who's fronting it. I proudly introduce Phantom Elite Band - based on my lyric in 'Eternal Journey' from our last album, Serenades Of The Netherworld - with Marina La Torraca, who will be the live band for HDK, and they just released a brand new song. Check it out below."
Phantom Elite features intense and powerful vocals by Marina La Torraca (Avantasia live), in-your-face guitars by Ted Wouters and Goof Veelen, unique keys and orchestration by Erik van Ittersum (The Theater Equation), and furious groove-heavy drums by Eelco van der Meer (Stream Of Passion live). These young, talented, and experienced musicians present the lyric video for their debut track, "Siren’s Call"; watch it now.
Released in 2014, HDK's Serenades Of The Netherworld is the follow-up to the band's 2009 debut, System Overload. The tracklist is as follows:
"Revelation"
"Electric Soul"
"Mortal Zombie"
"Serenade Of The Netherworld"
"Return From Tomorrow"
"Let Life Be Done"
"Eternal Journey"
"Witness"
"Book Of Lies"
"Omega"
Audio samples and a studio report are available below:
HDK is:
Sander Gommans - guitars, bass
Amanda Somerville - vocals
Geert Kroes - vocals (Dead Man's Curse)
Koen Herfst - drums (Dew Scented)
Uri Dijk - keyboards (Textures)
Erik van Ittersum - keyboards
Guests:
Mark Burnash - bass (Trillium)Paul Owsinski - guitar (Trillium)
Stephen Pursey - guest solo