Year : 2026 (Digipak Edition)
Style : Progressive Metal , Metalcore
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 112 mb
Bio:
In 2003, the year of the launch of TEXTURES’ debut album Polars, the first reactions start to stream in: “This is the best metal album that’s ever come out of the Netherlands” according to the Dutch music magazine Oor. The standard is set. TEXTURES, once just a promising up-and-coming band from the South of the Netherlands, has now emerged, 3 albums later, as an established name in the worldwide metal scene.The band’s fourth album Dualism -- on the band’s new home Nuclear Blast -- is groovier, catchier, and the production even grander than its 2008 predecessor Silhouettes. The band’s trademark mix of expertly crafted brutality, melody, freaky, innovative rhythms and catchy vocals is still intact, with Bart Hennephof and Jochem Jacobs’s expertly crafted sonic… um… textures and the unruly heavy-hitting of drummer Stef Broks creating the perfect metal cocktail. The climaxes of the songs on Dualism have been elevated to a higher level, partially due to the contribution of their new keyboard player, Uri Dijk and new frontman Daniel de Jongh (ex-Cilice) who, as far as his sound goes, is every bit the talent as his predecessor Eric Kalsbeek.Once again, the band took total control of every facet of the album. Everything was recorded at Split Second Sound, the new Amsterdam-based studio belonging to Jacobs, who produced the album. The band also handled all their own artwork and merchandising, which was designed by bassist Remko Tielemans.The last album, Silhouettes, received worldwide acclaim from the international press. Everybody from Europe to the U.S. to India could sing along to the song “Awake,” which received strong support from online metal communities and got prime time airplay on Radio 3 fm (NL), Radio 1 (UK) and Triple J (AU). The video clip got airplay on MTV in Europe and Russia, and VH1 in India. In the Netherlands TEXTURES reached the Album Top 100 for the very first time. The band played at Graspop in Belgium, the Great Escape in the UK, Tuska in Finland, Hellfest in France and Lowlands in their home country the Netherlands and also toured with Arch Enemy and All That Remains, among others.In 2009 the band flew to Bangalore to play India for the first time -- where they’d just been featured on the cover of India’s most prestigious rock magazine The Rock Street Journal – and delivered an explosive headline performance for over 5,000 fans. Exactly a year later they return for another festival, dazzling the University of New Delhi where the band was welcomed by throngs of thousands once again.With two new band members, a new record label and a new album TEXTURES will be hitting the road once again, touring all over the world in support of the album and going places where they’ve never been before, both literally and metaphorically.
Album:
Dutch progressive giants Textures arrive on Kscope with their first new album in six years.When TEXTURES announced their disbandment in 2018, it marked the end of an era for progressive metal. Their absence was felt across the world - by fans, by peers, and by a scene they helped define. Now, six years later, the Dutch innovators return with Genotype - a monumental resurgence to the forefront of modern progressive music and a powerful reaffirmation of everything that made them a force in the first place.Serving as the conceptual counterpart to 2016’s acclaimed Phenotype, Genotype is not a continuation but a rebirth. For nearly a decade, fans speculated about its existence, but what arrives now is not a relic of unfinished ideas - it’s something entirely new, written from scratch and self-produced. Genotype distils the essence of TEXTURES’ DNA into eight new songs, mixed by Forrester Savell (Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus). Lyrically, the album speaks to the unheard - introverts, outsiders, and those navigating internal worlds that often go unseen, standing as an ode to authenticity and resilience.Featuring the singles Closer To The Unknown, At The Edge of Winter (featuring Charlotte Wessels) and Vanishing Twin, the record balances technical precision with powerful songwriting - the hallmarks that have made TEXTURES one of progressive metal’s most respected names over their 20+ year career.TEXTURES have built a passionate global following over this time. In India, they rose to headline festivals and perform for thousands of devoted fans. In Europe, they became a staple at major events such as Hellfest, Wacken Open Air, Graspop Metal Meeting and Brutal Assault. Their electrifying performances cemented their reputation as one of progressive metal’s most unmissable live acts - and now, they are set to reclaim that stage on the upcoming European Tour supporting Jinjer, that runs from January till March 2026.With Genotype, TEXTURES join the ranks of the legendary progressive label Kscope, home to some of the most innovative and influential artists in modern progressive music such as TesseracT, The Pineapple Thief, Tangerine Dream and Gong.
Line Up:
Daniel de Jongh - Vocals (2010-present) - See also: Karmaflow, ex-Ethereal (live), ex-CiLiCe
Joe Tal - Guitars (2013-present) - See also: Illucinoma
Bart "Bastærd" Hennephof - Guitars (2001-present) - See also: Brutus
Remko Tielemans - Bass (2007-present) - See also: ex-Isle of Man, ex-Postmortem Fabulae, ex-37 Stabwoundz
Stef Broks - Drums (2001-present) - See also: ex-Empty, ex-Exivious, ex-Kong (live)
Uri Dijk - Keyboards (2010-present) - See also: HDK, Karmaflow, ex-Ethereal, The Ulex, ex-Mortar
+ guest:
Charlotte Wessels - vocals on track 2
Tracklist:
01. Void
02. At The Edge Of Winter (ft. Charlotte Wessels)
03. Measuring The Heavens
04. Nautical Dusk
05. Vanishing Twin
06. Closer To The Unknown
07. A Seat For The Like-Minded
08. Walls Of The Soul
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