Changements de line-up chez Soilwork

[Everflow]

Leur guitariste originel Peter Wichers se barre, tandis que le frenchie Dirk Verbeuren devient leur batteur permanent.

Guitarist Peter Wichers has left Sweden's SOILWORK. His official statement on the matter reads as follows:

"I have decided to part ways with SOILWORK.

"This has been one of my hardest decisions to make, and SOILWORK has not only been my band but my second family and very good friends for almost 10 years.

"I'm just worn out from all the touring and I have reached a point in my life where touring is just not possible for me anymore. I need a break from the touring so that I can actually begin to build a more solid ground to stand on for the future.

"I have on this journey met so many amazing people, made so many new friends, played in front of thousands of people, and I got to travel to places I have always dreamt of visiting.

"SOILWORK has reached a level I never thought was possible, and I am so proud to have been a part of this amazing band experience and working alongside with such amazing people like I have.

"I know that in order for SOILWORK to reach a new level there has to be even more touring done, and I feel as if its only fair that someone else therefore fills my spot now instead of later.

"I have decided to continue with my second passion in life, which is music production & recording, and in order to achieve this goal I need to put all my time and energy into this.

"SOILWORK and me will remain great friends and I wish them all the success in the future. I also wish to extend a gigantic 'THANK YOU' to all the fans, the label, friends & bands and magazines for the great support and encouragement. I can also say that this is not the end for me in music, but the beginning of something new!"

In other news, drummer Dirk Verbeuren — who played on the band's most recent CD, "Stabbing the Drama", and has been touring with the group as a session drummer — has announced the he will be joining SOILWORK as a permanent member of the group. His statement follows:

"It has been almost two years since Peter first gave me a call offering me to join SOILWORK for their first headlining tour in Europe.

"Many tours and one album later, I feel like a part of the family. Be it on a human or musical level, everything has clicked perfectly since day one, and it has been a truly mindblowing experience. Therefore I am very happy to announce my becoming SOILWORK's official full-time drummer!

"As some of you may already know, I also play in my own band SCARVE, and I will keep on doing so. Schedules will probably be hectic at times, but SCARVE will keep on writing music and touring as much as possible.

"It's a time of many changes, but the future is ours and SOILWORK has many more things to offer. We are all very confident about what lies ahead, and we WILL kick your asses!!!"

Commented SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid:

"Peter's decision came of course as a shock to me and the other guys in the band. I want you to know that we really respect his decision and that we wish him all the luck in the future.

"His decision will not affect SOILWORK's touring, we will continue just as planned. A replacement will be announced in a month or so and i can assure you that we won't make you disappointed even though it's really hard replacing such an amazing musician and a loyal friend.

"I also want to take the time to welcome our amazing drummer and good friend Mr. Dirk Verbeuren on board. He´s been with us for almost two years as a session drummer and has now confirmed his permanent spot in the band.

"We will announce European tourdates in about 2 weeks. This will mainly contain dates in countries that we missed out on the previous headline tour. Tourdates for the U.S. will also be announced in a near future...

"At last, I wanna say that I'll forever treasure every single moment I shared with Peter and wish him all the best, you rock bro!!!"

[Mout Mout]

tandis que le frenchie Dirk Verbeuren devient leur batteur permanent

j'espère qu'il va pas quitter Scarve pour cette parodie de metal.....

[Bib]

Ca ferait bien chier qu'il quitte Scarve en effet... Mais vu l'activité de Soilwork, y'a quand même des risques...

[Everflow]

Speed de son côté tue le temps avec un groupe de blues :

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"I've joined a blues band that I'm jamming with one or two times a week. I've always wanted to try out something like that — no side project; just a jam you can do when you have the time. It was a kick and a challenge to sing something different and I'm sure I can develop my voice playing around with it, singing the blues.. We're playing songs by STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, BUDDY GUY, JOHNNY LANG, CLAPTON etc. Before someone says it, no, I will not turn myself and SOILWORK into a blues band... Just having fun... Other than that, working on a replacement for Peter [Wichers, guitar]... I'm sure we'll make a decision soon."

[Mout Mout]

Et bah c'est du joli.....

[Ad Metal Eternam]

Des news succintes sur leur site qui datent du 29 décembre 2006:

"First of all, we wanna say thanks for a great 2006.
We had a great year and alot of great tours. It was fun to see you all out there. Since the release of "Stabbing the drama" in 2005, we made about 250 shows for that album.
Now its time to take a rest, but also to get focused on the upcoming album.

Right now we´re working on the new songs. We have about seven songs ready and so far it sounds great. It will be a killer album. We will enter the studio at the beginning of march and, hopefully, the album will be out at late summer.
We will keep you updated of the recording progress.

And... regarding the guitarist situation;
Soon it will be decided who´s gonna replace Peter.

So, once again... thank´s for the great support and... see ya in 2007."

Rien de spécial sinon que le groupe a déjà 7 chansons de prêtes, qu'il entre en studio au mois de mars et que l'album sera dispo au plus tard pour cet été (je penche pour la rentrée perso, ce serait un peu casse-gueule de sortir un album durant l'été).

Il reste au groupe à choisir le successeur du gratteux (et surtout principal compositeur du groupe jusqu'alors ) Peter Wichers.

Je trouve ça franchement injuste de qualifier ce groupe de "parodie" au passage...

[Everflow]

Ah ben moi non plus je ne vois pas en eux une quelconque parodie, même si franchement je n'accroche pas des masses à leur orientation actuelle.

Le changement de compositeur ça sera peut-être une bonne chose...

[Le G@SP]

moi je trouve que ce groupe il tue On verra effectivement la tournure des choses suite à ce départ

[Herr Zed]

J'avais moins accroché sur "Stabbing the drama", que sur les précédents, mais en concert c'est quand même du costaud