Nemesea

Nemesea é uma banda de rock alternativo dos Países Baixos formada em 2002 na cidade de Groningen.

História

Nemesea, uma banda holandesa de rock gótico com vocais femininos foi fundada pela vocalista Manda Ophuis e o guitarrista Hendrik Jan de Jong (HJ) em Setembro de 2002 no conservatório de Groningen. Logo se juntaram à banda o guitarrista Martijn Pronk, o baixista Sonny Onderwater, o tecladista Berto Booijink e o baterista Chris Postma.

Em 2003 a banda fez uma tournê abrindo shows para After Forever. E logo ganhou atenção do público e assinou um contrato com uma editora local em Setembro de 2003. A gravação foi realizada em vários estúdios e em Fevereiro de 2004, eles lançaram o seu primeiro álbum, Mana.

Nemesea fez uma intensa tournê, conquistando muita atenção da mídia e fãs dedicados. Durante este período, Nemesea mudou sua formação com a saída do baterista pra a entrada de Sander Zoer, que logo deixou lugar para o actual baterista Steven Bouma.

Em 2006, a banda iniciou sua participação no conceito Sellaband. Em 2 de novembro de 2006, com menos de três meses de participação e superando várias expectativas, Nemesea conseguiu a histórica marca de ser a primeira banda a atrair muitos believers e atingir os U$50.000. Isso fez com que a banda gravasse seu segundo álbum, In Control, lançado em junho de 2007.

Integrantes

Formação atual

Manda Ophuis – vocal
Hendrik Jan de Jong – guitarra
Sonny Onderwater – baixo
Steven Bouma – bateria (2006 – presente)

Integrantes anteriores
Chris Postma – bateria (2002 – 2005)
Sander Zoer - bateria (2005-2006)
Martijn Pronk – guitarra (2002 – 2007)
Berto Booijink – teclado (2002 – 2007)

Discografia
Mana (2004)
In Control (2007)

Nemesea is a Dutch female-fronted alternative rock band with symphonic influences, formed in 2002 in Groningen. Their musical style has been compared to that of After Forever

Biography

The band was founded by vocalist Manda Ophuis and guitar player Hendrik Jan de Jong in September 2002 in Groningen, The Netherlands. In April 2003 the band had their first performance as support act for After Forever, and remained that band's support for a year. They attracted record company interest and signed for small Dutch label Ebony Tears in November 2003. In November 2004 Nemesea released their debut album Mana (meaning 'the magical power of things, given by the gods'), and they later toured the Netherlands and Belgium until December 2005. By this time they were well established in the Nordic European gothic/symphonic metal scene. For their second album, Nemesea had talks with some major record labels, but they later decided to sign up to the Dutch crowdsourcing website Sellaband. They were the first band to raise more than $50,000 from the fans, and the album, called In Control, was released on June 21, 2007. A distribution deal was made with Rough Trade Records to bring the new album to music stores in Benelux on October 26, 2007. Also the band signed a booking deal with Dutch agent AT Productions and found a new manager in David Arden, brother of Sharon Osbourne and former manager of James Brown.

Members

• Manda Ophuis – vocals
• Hendrik Jan de Jong – guitar
• Sonny Onderwater– bass
• Steven Bouma – drums (2006 – present)
• Lasse Dellbrugge- keys (2009)

Former members

• Chris Postma – drums (2002 – 2005)
• Sander Zoer - drums (2005-2006)
• Martijn Pronk – guitar (2002 – 2007)
• Berto Booijink – keyboards (2002 – 2007)

Discography

• Mana (2004)
• In Control (2007)

References

1. ^ Archaic-Magazine.com :: Mana :: Nemesea/
2. ^ John Tozzi (September 10, 2007). "Scoring Money from an Online Crowd". BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
3. ^ Rupert Jones (October 6, 2007). "Power to the fans - profits to the bands". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.

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