Update and review.
01-12-2007
Progpower Europe 2007:
The Progpower gig went really well.
After "Mountain King, Jon Oliva" was done soundchecking we rearranged the stage for our soundchecks.
At 13.45 we kicked off with "Legend of the Hollow". Despite the fact that the day was just starting, Sjiwa was already filling up with an enthousiastic crowd.
Yep, we got a great response.
Then we continued with the first song of our upcoming album, entitled "7th sign".
Halfway through the song the power went dead. No more sound, no more light. Daan of course continued drumming - he thought the problem would be resolved within seconds.
Unfortunately he was wrong, and we had to stop for fifteen minutes.
The curtains closed and the stage was quickly filled with Progpower crew members.
The problem was eventually found at the bass amp. This took us about fifteen minutes to find out.
We quickly took a new bass amp, which produced a very dull sound at that point. Nick changed his bass guitar, but the curtains were already open and Robbie started with the guitar part of the song at the point where the power went down.
Nick had to plugin in his bass guitar, but after about three seconds, the complete band could continue the show.
Luckily we managed to regain the drive we had on stage before the power failure so we could complete the rest of the song and the set.
We even had some ideas to release a special Progpower edition of our album, with fifteen minutes of silence in the song '7th Sign' at the point of the power failure... but this would take the duration of the album beyond the maximum length.
The set also contained two fairly long songs: 'The Crypt' and the new 'Inside'.
We would have closed our set with 'Age of Technology' but unfortunately we had to take the 15-minute break off our set length.
There are a few reviews and pictures on the internet:
Metal Discovery
Popfrontal
MTUK
Lords of Metal
Vampster
Aardschok
Festival info
In no time the supply of albums we took with us was sold out. I'm talking about our previous full-length album 'Eternal Dignity'.
The upcomping album is not finished yet, but here is a news update about the progress:
We are one keyboard part away from finishing the recordings of the music. Vocal parts of some songs are still to be recorded - and some lyrics have to be written for the concept of the album to work out.
In the past few weeks we've recorded some remaining guitar parts, and...
because Daan liked his solo point in 7th Sign a lot, he decided to record a drumsolo for that song.
Of course his drum kit is large enough for a drum solo.
... You think?
His own newly found company "Liebregts BMW Parts" provided a wheelbarrow full of car parts to drum on.
The solo was recorded on: an exhaust pipe, a heat shield, license plates, etc.
Pictures of this will follow soon.
Further more, we are rehearsing new stuff as well as our old songs, so we can play a nice set on our album release party!
We'll keep you updated with more news!
Greets,
Day Six
Progpower Europe 2007
31-01-2007
We are very proud to announce that we'll be playing at Progpower Europe 2007.
After our show at Progpower Pre-party in 2004 we will make our return this year on the mainstage!
The festival takes place on Sunday October 7th in Sjiwa, Baarlo (NL)
On the same day when, amongst others, Jon Oliva's Pain, Sieges Even and Circus Maximus will enter the stage.
For now, we're going to work even harder in the studio to make sure our upcoming album is released on time to promote on the festival!
More information on: www.progpower.com
2007!
24-12-2006
Day Six wishes you Merry Christmas and a fantastic 2007!
Starting the guitar and bass recordings..........
17-12-2006
Bouke Visser from Split Second Sound came to our studio to make a good guitar and bass sound we can use for the recordings. Nick uses his SWR amplifier for recording, and the bass guitar will be recorded with two mics and a DI. The guitar will be recorded with a Diezel amp and two Bogner cabinets. We'll be using four mics to record the guitar parts. Every riff will be recorded five times and we will use three different sounds. So that's going to be a huge job, but it's worth it! Check our studio report, pictures and of course studio movies to get an idea of our new album!
De drumrecordings are finished.
29-11-2006
After two intensive weeks of recording Daan may take a rest. His drum parts for our new album have been finished and he has done a real good job! Possibly we'll unpack our mobile studio sometime to record some percussion made by al sorts of instruments. The next coming weeks we'll be editing the drum parts and prepare us for the bas- and guitar recordings. In our "studioreport" you can read how the recordings went.
A new album!
14-10-2006
After a long period of writing songs we finally our going to begin with the official recordings of our new album. Our new album will contain about 10 songs with a total length of more then 70 minutes. We've talked about several different studios and decided we wanted to record as much as we can ourselves. We got in touch with Jochem Jacobs (Textures) and Bouke Visser from Split Second Sound. With them we are going to record our new album. They'll be taking care of some extra studio material and microphones. They will lplace the mics. and make a good sound so we can record everything ourselves. In the end Jochem will be mixing and mastering the album. But "where" to record the album ..Well, the parents of Daan gave us two rooms in their house to use for the recordings. Fantastic! The past week we've transformed those two rooms into a recording area and a control room. The next two weeks we'll be using for the drum recordings. On our website we will place a studio report, pictures and possibly also some video footage. So stay tuned!
Compilation-CD "Music Against Cancer"
29-01-2006
Day Six played at the Music Against Cancer festival in Zwolle in January 2005.
An initiative by Eric Gijsen "Music Productions".
The profits of this festival went to KWF Kankerbestrijding; a great initiative Day Six really liked participating in.
On January 22nd the second edition of this festival took place. To enlarge the profits, this time a compilation-CD has been released. Besides bands like Trail of Tears, Epica, Orphanage, Autumn and several different other bands, Day Six also participated in this project.
The album is being released in cooperation with Universal and The Electric Company.
You can buy the album for only 7 Euro at "Eric Gijsen Music Productions" by sending an email to:
MAC-2006@egmuziek.nl
For more information:
Eric Gijsen-Music Productions
Music Against Cancer
KWF Kankerbestrijding
Day Six signed a French distribution deal!
29-10-2005
A while ago we got in touch with the French record company Musea Records.
They were willing to sell our album "Eternal Dignity" trough their online store.
A few days afterwards they offered us a distribution deal for the French market because they thought our album deserved even better.
So our album will be available in France, November 1st.
To tell you all about this deal and some other news facts we'll be visiting our local radio station "Radio Siris" next Thursday, November 3th.
We'll be guests in the rockshow "The Rock Company" with host Jeroen van den Berg.
He also did an interview with us in the dressing rooms of 013, Tilburg (15-02-2004).
The show starts at 20.00h and you can hear us on the second part of the show.
Radio Siris, The Rockcompany, 107.6 FM or online: The Rock Company
New album in progress!
02-10-2005
Day Six are busy writing new material at the moment, so the gigs are running low for a while. This doesn't mean we aren't doing any gigs at all, but we're trying to keep it under a limit so we have the time to put thousands of ideas into the new songs. The new album will contain a concept, which you can already hear in the songs of our promo album. We will work on the recordings over the first half of 2006, so we can release it somewhere in the fall of 2006.
Further more we have expanded our own studio (with Pro Tools Digi002). We will use our studio to make pre productions and to record parts of the official album. It is not yet decided who is going to record the album, and in which studio, but we'll keep you updated!
Sea of Tranquility...
23-07-2005
A while ago a review about the American release of "Eternal Dignity" appeared on the website "Sea of Tranquility" Immediately some questions for an interview made by Murat Batmaz followed. You can now read the interview online! Check www.seaoftranquility.org
Download our new promo for free!
22-07-2005
Finally you can download our new promo-album for free! The file contains the two new songs "Age of Technology" and " Lost Identity" including the booklet and inlay. This way you can make your own legal copy. Download now!
Day Six wins IJsselpop 2005
05-06-2005
Friday June 3th, Day Six won the final round of the band contest "IJsselpop",
IJsselstein.
Bands from as well The Netherlands as Belgium were participating this contest. Day six won
along with the band Teaser a place on the festival IJsselpop.
This festival will take place on September 17th in IJsselstein. Amongst others, "The Apers"
and "Luie Hond" will play on this festival. For more information check: www.ijsselpop.nl
Gig May 14th postponed
13-05-2005
Due illness of novAct-singer Eddy Borremans the concert planned tomorrow May 14th at MFC,
Coevorden will be postponed to July 9th.
We wish Eddy all the best.
Release date: March 29th.
26-03-2005
At March 29th our album "Eternal Dignity" will be released in America by Progman Records.
The music on the American edition will be unchanged, but parts of the album cover and the
booklet have been redesigned, so you can tell the difference between the European and
American edition immediately.
We hope the Americans like our music.
Reviews will follow soon.
Into the studio...
06-02-2005
The next two months you can find us in the studio. In February we'll start with the
recordings of a Promo-CD in the Harrow
studio, Losser. The MCD will contain two new songs with a total length of 17
minutes.
At first the MCD will only be used for promotional purpose. At the moment we're not sure if
we're also going to use the recordings for other things. We're very busy with the
pre-productions of those songs. Next week we start the recordings of drums and bass in the
Harrow studio. In March we'll finish the recordings in the New Road studio, Wijchen.
And....a few confirmed gigs. Last week 5 new gigs were confirmed. So we think that 2005
also is going a very great and busy year!
For more information: Concerts.
Day Six signed record deal in USA!
20-11-2004
Last week Day Six signed a record deal with Progman Records, an American record company.
Progman Records is a relatively young record company specialized in progressive
rock/-metal. Tom Argo, owner and founder of the company was told about the band during the
Progpower festival in Atlanta. Soon afterwards contacts were made and conversations
resulted in signing the contract for the American market. The album 'Eternal Dignity' will
probably be released in the USA before Christmas. The music on the American edition will be
unchanged, but parts of the album cover and the booklet have been redesigned, so you can
tell the difference between the European and American edition immediately.
And other news: Day Six recently joined 'Shockwave Agency'. Shockwave Agency is a Belgian bookings agency. Other bands who joined the agency are a.o. Epica, Orphanage, Autumn and The Old Dead Tree. The agency, lead by Jean Chermanne, will take care for bookings in Belgium and France in the future. For more information, see www.shockwave-agency.be.
We're looking forward to a great cooperation with these two companies.
Day Six wins Metal Bash!
18-10-2004
Yesterday we've played the Final Rounds of the "Metal Bash 2004" and we won! Many, many
bands signed in for this competition, but only eight bands were selected. Four bands went
to the Final Rounds: Nemesea, Wackmobil, Engine of Pain and Day Six.
All bands were very good, so we are very glad to be chosen as the winner! Beside the
"IGOR" we've also got the possibility to record at the professional studio "New Road
Music", Wijchen, a subscription for the magazines: "Aardschok" and "Music Maker", and the
will be trying to book us for a few nice shows! So stay tuned!
5th Anniversary
05-10-2004
We're very glad with the fact that we have a stabile line-up for over 5 Years now. October 10th 1999, Nick Verstappen completed our line-up as a bass player. In those 5 years we did a.o. more than hundred concerts, participated in three huge projects, visited the studio 7 times, en made two demo's, two project albums and two full-length albums and much more! So we had 5 successful years with above all lot's of fun! Hopefully we'll reach our 10th Anniversary!
To the Final Rounds of the Metalbash 2004
19-09-2004
We made it to the final rounds of Aardschok's Metalbash. Yesterday we've played in the semi-rounds in the Bosuil, Weert. Two bands went to the final rounds, one chosen by jury and the other by the audience. The jury chose Day Six and the audience chose Engine of Pain. The final rounds will be at October 17th at Effenaar, Eindhoven. The other two finalists are: Nemesea and Wackmobil. There also will be performances of the bands: Xystus and Autumn.
New website
30-08-2004
We're very proud to present our new website. Because of some "upload" problems with our old website we've decided to launch this website sooner then planned. The "finishing touch" will follow as soon as possible. Please let us know how you think about it!
In the meantime...
23-08-2004
We're all back from our vacation. In the meantime there happened a lot.
August 8th we did a performance on All American Day, Weert. We had a guest musician on
stage. "Our" nephew Gijs van Heugten (2,5 years old) climbed on stage to play along. Mark
my words, he's going to be a real rockstar! Check some images.
August 20th we've played at Nirwana's Tuinfeest, Lierop. Here we also had some guests on
stage. Dance group "Dance Experience" participated in three songs. Although we were the
opener of the festival, lots of people came early to see our show. The reactions were
great. Check these images.
And there are 3 new gigs confirmed.
We are very proud to announce that were selected for the band contest "Metalbash 2004" organised by a.o. Rock/metal magazine
Aardschok. Saturday September 18th we'll play in the semi-finals in De Bosuil, Weert. The
two other gigs:
08-10-04 - De Popcentrale - Dordrecht
27-11-04 - Saturnus - Scheveningen
So, although we had vacation, our "Day Six-adventures" never stop.
Metal Battle Finalists Package...
25-06-2004
Nearly a month ago we've played with "Another Messiah", "Stronghold" and "See my Solution"
in the final round of Metalbattle 2004. The same evening the idea grow to organise a
metalpackage. We gathered in Utrecht to discuss the ideas, and decided the name of the
package was going to be: Metal Battle Finalists Package. Now were almost ready with the
preparations en de metalpackage can begin! To get more information you can visit the
website: www.metalpackage.nl
Stay tuned for the developments!
Day Six wins Metalbattle 2004
30-05-2004
Day Six wins the national band contest "Metalbattle 2004". Yesterday we've played in the
final rounds of Metalbattle, Atak, Enschede.
The results of the evening: 1. Day Six - 2. See my Solution - 3. Stronghold - 4. Another
Messiah We've won 14 our of recordings at the "Harrow studio", Losser, where we also
recorded our debut album "Eternal Dignity". And next year we'll be playing at the final
rounds of Metalbattle 2005 during the jury-considerations. Because of the high quality of
the bands and the very good atmosphere between them, the idea grow to set up a "Metalbattle
final bands package". Hopefully you'll hear more about that later on. For more info, check
their website.
Resound Bookings Agency...
24-05-2004
Day Six will join Resound Bookings Agency. About a week ago we went Amersfoort to discuss about our cooperation. In the future it will be possible to book us at Resounds, but it's still possible to contact the band for bookings. Together well take care for an enlarged concert agenda. For more information about Resound, check their website.