Textures
Arguably the Netherlands' brightest new hope in extreme metal,
Textures formed around 2001, the members coming together
from various Dutch bands to form a new group initially in
the progressive metal mold.
Eventually, though, the band turned to harder, more extreme
forms of metal, but still with the prog ethos of experimentalism
and tight musicianship.
By 2002 a stable lineup emerged and in 2004 their debut album,
Polars, was released.
Meshuggah
is clearly the prime influence here, with choppy, off-beat
staccato riffing, odd time signatures, and Jens Kidman-inspired
vocals the dominant features here.
But the band isn't afraid to wander off in completely different
directions either, with the minimalist ambience of
"Effluent" and "Heave"
and the 17+ minute title track (tackling all
manners of prog metal as well the Meshuggah-isms) proving
that the band isn't content to dwell on just one style.
For an debut album, this is incredibly complex, mature, and
professional -- Textures is already near the top of the class
for inventive extreme metal.
They released their second album,
Drawing Circles,
in April 2006.
Current Members
Daniel de Jongh
vocals
Bart Hennephof
guitars
Joe Tal
guitars
Remko Tielemans
bass
Uri Dijk
keyboards
Stef Broks
drums
(Exivious)
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Former Members/Guests
Pieter Verpaalen
vocals
Eric Kalsbeek
vocals
Jochem Jacobs
guitars/vocals
Dennis Aarts
bass
Richard Rietdijk
keyboards
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Discography
Polars
2004
Listenable
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- Swandive
- Ostensibly Impregnable
- Young Man
- Transgression
- The Barrier
- Effluent
- Polars
- Heave
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- Pieter Verpaalen
- Bart Hennephof
- Jochem Jacobs
- Dennis Aarts
- Richard Rietdijk
- Stef Broks
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Reviews: Chronicles Of Chaos
Lords Of Metal
Metal Observer
Drawing Circles
2006
Listenable
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- Drive
- Regenesis
- Denying Gravity
- Illumination
- Stream of Consciousness
- Upwards
- Circular
- Millstone
- Touching the Absolute
- Surreal State of Enlightenment
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- Eric Kalsbeek
- Bart Hennephof
- Jochem Jacobs
- Dennis Aarts
- Richard Rietdijk
- Stef Broks
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Reviews: Sea Of Tranquility
Lords Of Metal
Metal Underground
Metal Observer
Silhouettes
2008
Listenable
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- Old Days Born Anew
- The Sun's Architect
- Awake
- Laments of an Icarus
- One Eye for a Thousand
- State of Disobedience
- Storm Warning
- Messengers
- To Erase a Lifetime
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Reviews: Lords Of Metal
Metal Underground
Dualism
2011
Nuclear Blast
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- Arms Of The Sea
- Black Horses Stampede
- Reaching Home
- Sanguine Draws The Oath
- Consonant Hemispheres
- Burning The Midnight Oil
- Singularity
- Minor Earth, Major Skies
- Stoic Resignation
- Foreclosure
- Sketches From A Motionless Statue
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- Daniel de Jongh
- Bart Hennephof
- Jochem Jacobs
- Remko Tielemans
- Uri Dijk
- Stef Broks
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Reviews: Metal Critic
Angry Metal Guy
