Celestial Season to Perform Solar Lovers in Full at Roadburn Festival 2012

We’re really excited to announce that reunited Dutch doomsters Celestial Season will perform their influential, groundbreaking second album, Solar Lovers in its entirety for the first time ever at Roadburn Festival 2012 on Saturday, April 14th, Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland.

Core members Olly Smit (guitar) and Pim van Zanen (guitar) initiated the idea to perform Solar Lovers in full. Finally, the time has come to give these songs the live treatment they missed back in the day. Soon after the
release of Solar Lovers, Celestial Season underwent a drastic metamorphosis with the arrival of a new singer and the stylistic transitional Sonic Orb EP, thus leaving their original doom metal leanings behind.

Pim van Zanen states: “Now is the time to give Solar Lovers a second chance on stage. To play the album live, start to finish, and make it sound its best is a challenge for all of us.”

Celestial Season will also perform their haunting rendition of Ultravox’s Vienna live on stage for the first time in the band’s existence.

In order to capture the sound and essence of Solar Lovers, Olly Smit and Pim van Zanen have recruited former Orphanage vocalist George Oosthoek. The rhythm section will consist of Jacques de Haard and Rob Snijders, both from the band’s 1998-2001 line-up. Violinist Jiska ter Bals, who appeared on the album, will be joined by cellist Elianne Anemaat to round out Celestial Season‘s characteristic string section.

To get an idea of what Celestial Season sounds like in 2011, the new line-up re-recorded the song Decamerone as a teaser for the upcoming Roadburn appearance. Listen to and download the song for free below.

 

Tags: Celestial Season, doom, Elianne Anemaat, George Oosthoek, Jacques de Haard, Jiska ter Bals, Olly Smit, Pim van Zanen, Roadburn, Roadburn 2012, Roadburn Festival, Roadburn Festival 2012, Rob Snijders, Solar Lovers

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