Vengeance (NETHERLANDS)

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Vengeance - We Have Way To Make You Rock (1986)















Year : 1986
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 120 mb

Bio:

Vengeance is a metal band from the Netherlands formed in 1983.Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the head of Ayreon and other progressive metal projects, played in the band from its formation until 1992, when he left to pursue a solo career.Their guitarist, Jan Somers, who was born on 28 December 1964, died on 28 January 2011 in Mierlo, Netherlands, from a heart attack. He was 46 years old.Brimming with confidence and justifiable pride Dutch rock band Vengeance have announced the release of their latest album PIECE OF CAKE: “People can expect what to my ears is the best Vengeance album to this date,” declares guitarist Timo Somers, “the songs are a nice blend of old school Vengeance (think Arabia) and some more modern sounding songs. This time the instrumental side of the band is really outspoken, it features a lot of nice intros, solos and instrumental pieces. And to top it off, Leon sounds better than ever.”It’s a full thirty years ago that Leon Goewie founded the Dutch rock band Vengeance in the early 1980s; thirty years in which the band went through variably successful times and which had Goewie himself experience the usual highs and lows of life as a musician. Yet: he never lost his inherent optimism nor his basic enthusiasm for Vengeance.At the same time Goewie, whose uniquely expressive voice can be picked out among thousands, cannot deny that his band has developed: “After thirty years in this business, you should mature at least a little,” he grins knowingly, “so in that respect PIECE OF CAKE is slightly more serious than most of our previous releases – but of course only to an extent where we don’t miss out on the fun of it all.” The new album will be out on 28 October2013 on Steamhammer/SPV.Goewie talks about a recording which, in his opinion, is the most professional he’s ever cut with Vengeance.. No doubt about it: PIECE OF CAKE forges an arch between the group’s glorious past – documented by the return of the legendary band logo from the cult recordings We Have Ways To Make You Rock , Take It Or Leave It and Crystal Eye and their future-oriented present.The album’s sensational cast is just as spectacular as the new material: alongside original vocalist Leon Goewie, PIECE OF CAKE features drummer John Emmen (JEB), guitarist Timo Somers (Delain), and bassist Barend Courbois. “More than ever before, this is a band which consists of friends,” comments Goewie. And Vengeance are eager to rock their audience as soon as possible: an extensive tour has been scheduled for spring 2014, only a few weeks after the release of their album. Goewie: “We can hardly wait to play numbers from PIECE OF CAKE live at last, along with our classics. I promise that we will pull out all the stops 100% every night!

Album:

Second full-length album from 1986 year.Having made a name for themselves by supporting their debut album with an extensive array of highly memorable and successful gigs, their next step was to record a follow-up. And with the freshly recruited John Snel on drums, it sees an inspired band growing in confidence, as well as musical diversity. The production has been greatly improved. There is a balanced mix that captures the live-energy of the band, where the more prominent role of Bijlsma's pounding bass gives the music a luscious, dynamic groove.Metal influences are now almost obsolete, paving the way for impressive melodic hard rock, captured beautifully in the solid up-tempo rocker Power Of The Rock, featuring their trademark of fast shreds, thundering melodies, soaring guitars and powerhouse vocals. Catchy choruses (I'll Come Running) and bombastic eruptions (Love Lies Bleeding) add further variety, while the slow transition towards party rock, as shown in the AC/DC-influenced We Shall Rock and the opener She's The Woman, adds variety.May Heaven Strike Me Down opens quietly with violin, before gliding into a competent hard rock mode (Y&T) with eruptions of Van Halen, while the anticipated, obligatory, slow-moving ballad (Only The Wind) contains an melancholic solo reminiscent of The Scorpions. These show the compositional growth and strength of Vengeance most elegantly.The solid, Dio-inspired performances of Dreamworld, especially in the vocal department, and the fast-paced tempo changes in Second To None round-off a very powerful and successful record, that can easily compete with many contemporary international bands such as Stryper and Wasp.

Line Up:

Leon Goewie - Vocals
Arjen Lucassen - Guitars
Oscar Holleman - Guitars
Jan Bijlsma - Bass guitar
John Snels - Drums

+ guests:

Backing Vocals – Hans Vermeulen, Okkie Huysdens
Cello - Sam Nijveen
Violin – Benny Behr
Keyboards – Robert Jan Stips

production:

Photography [Cover] – Rens Plaschek
Producer – John Sonneveld

Tracklist:

01. She's The Woman 4:10
02. Dreamworld 4:44
03. Power Of The Rock 4:42
04. May Heaven Strike Me Down 4:47
05. I'll Come Running 4:23
06. Second To None 3:55
07. Only The Wind 4:31
08. Love Lies Bleeding 3:33
09. We Shall Rock 3:26
10. Deathride To Glory Live 3:44 (Bonus Track)
11. Down And Out Live 6:53 (Bonus Track)
12. Tonight, Tonight Live {5:01 (Bonus Track)




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Vengeance - Take It Or Leave It (1987) (Pseudonym Records Limited Edition 1998)















Year : 1987 (Pseudonym Records Limited Edition 1998)
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 211 mb

Bio:

Vengeance is a metal band from the Netherlands formed in 1983.Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the head of Ayreon and other progressive metal projects, played in the band from its formation until 1992, when he left to pursue a solo career.Their guitarist, Jan Somers, who was born on 28 December 1964, died on 28 January 2011 in Mierlo, Netherlands, from a heart attack. He was 46 years old.Brimming with confidence and justifiable pride Dutch rock band Vengeance have announced the release of their latest album PIECE OF CAKE: “People can expect what to my ears is the best Vengeance album to this date,” declares guitarist Timo Somers, “the songs are a nice blend of old school Vengeance (think Arabia) and some more modern sounding songs. This time the instrumental side of the band is really outspoken, it features a lot of nice intros, solos and instrumental pieces. And to top it off, Leon sounds better than ever.”It’s a full thirty years ago that Leon Goewie founded the Dutch rock band Vengeance in the early 1980s; thirty years in which the band went through variably successful times and which had Goewie himself experience the usual highs and lows of life as a musician. Yet: he never lost his inherent optimism nor his basic enthusiasm for Vengeance.At the same time Goewie, whose uniquely expressive voice can be picked out among thousands, cannot deny that his band has developed: “After thirty years in this business, you should mature at least a little,” he grins knowingly, “so in that respect PIECE OF CAKE is slightly more serious than most of our previous releases – but of course only to an extent where we don’t miss out on the fun of it all.” The new album will be out on 28 October2013 on Steamhammer/SPV.Goewie talks about a recording which, in his opinion, is the most professional he’s ever cut with Vengeance.. No doubt about it: PIECE OF CAKE forges an arch between the group’s glorious past – documented by the return of the legendary band logo from the cult recordings We Have Ways To Make You Rock , Take It Or Leave It and Crystal Eye and their future-oriented present.The album’s sensational cast is just as spectacular as the new material: alongside original vocalist Leon Goewie, PIECE OF CAKE features drummer John Emmen (JEB), guitarist Timo Somers (Delain), and bassist Barend Courbois. “More than ever before, this is a band which consists of friends,” comments Goewie. And Vengeance are eager to rock their audience as soon as possible: an extensive tour has been scheduled for spring 2014, only a few weeks after the release of their album. Goewie: “We can hardly wait to play numbers from PIECE OF CAKE live at last, along with our classics. I promise that we will pull out all the stops 100% every night!

Album:

All Tracks are Digitally Transferred from the Original Master Tapes.One of Holland’s flagship rockers in the 80s was certainly Vengeance from Waalwijk and it is not surprising that the band from the carnival capital in Noord Brabant also delivered feel-good music. However, Vengeance were already back then more than just a party music outfit. Their songs were varied and for a hard rock band quite sophisticated.Vengeance debuted in 1984 with the self-titled first album and had with CBS support of a bigger label. The biggest success was the 1989 album ‘Arabia’, which relied heavily on the progressive song structures of guitarist Arjen Lucassen before he left the band to take off with Ayreon.There were two more records between 1984 and 1989 of which ‘Take it or Leave it’ is certainly the most mature one. Already the A-side contains with the title track and ‘Rock’n’Roll Shower’ two excellent feel-good songs.Vengeance set already at that time more marks than ready-made hard rock of the shelve. The International School Choir of Amsterdam supported the band on ‘Code of Honour’ while it is Sylvia Houtzager’s violin that can be listened to on ‘Take Me to the Limit’. The quintet went off the beaten path from time to time and featured a saxophone in the jazz bar-like middle-part of ‘Hear Me Out’, instruments that weren’t really considered to be hard rock suitable at the time.Lucassen was able to show his guitar skills on the instrumental ‘Engines’ before four more hard rock anthems followed on the B-side. Here ‘Women of the World’ should be mentioned, a song that starts relatively smooth before it turns into a typical Vengeance rammer.‘Arabia’ is certainly the flagship album from Vengeance, but ‘Take it or Leave it’ has its charm too. Very well crafted hard rock meets a positive spirit. Party and good mood can certainly be confirmed, however, the five-piece band from the Netherlands has more to offer than just John Doe rock. Vengeance knew how to impress even if the success story of the ’80s could not be carried over into the 90s.

Line Up:

Leon Goewie - vocals
Arjen Lucassen - all guitars
Peer Verschuren - guitars
Oscar Holleman - guitars (10,11,12)
Jan Bijlsma - bass
John Snels - drums

production:

Engineer – John Sonneveld
Producer – John Sonneveld

Tracklist:

01. Take It Or Leave It
02. Code Of Honour
03. Rock 'N Roll Shower
04. Take Me To The Limit
05. Engines
06. Hear Me Out
07. Woman In The World
08. Looks Of A Winner
09. Ain't Gonna Take You Home
10. Take Me To The Limit * (Bonus Track)
11. Code Of Honour * (Bonus Track)
12. Take It Or Leave It * (Bonus Track)
13. Hear Me Out * (Bonus Track)
14. I Said Nonono (Ain't Gonna Take You Home) * (Bonus Track)
15. To All The Children Of The World * (Bonus Track)
16. Love Child (Looks Of A Winner) * (Bonus Track)
17. Rock 'N Roll Shower * (Bonus Track)
18. Engines * (Bonus Track)
19. Jingles 'VARA's Vuurwerk' * (Bonus Track)

* - Previously Unreleased Demo Version




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Vengeance - Arabia (1989) (2CD) (Pseudonym Records Limited Edition 1998)















Year : 1989 (Pseudonym Records Limited Edition 1998)
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 351 mb

Bio:

Vengeance is a metal band from the Netherlands formed in 1983.Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the head of Ayreon and other progressive metal projects, played in the band from its formation until 1992, when he left to pursue a solo career.Their guitarist, Jan Somers, who was born on 28 December 1964, died on 28 January 2011 in Mierlo, Netherlands, from a heart attack. He was 46 years old.Brimming with confidence and justifiable pride Dutch rock band Vengeance have announced the release of their latest album PIECE OF CAKE: “People can expect what to my ears is the best Vengeance album to this date,” declares guitarist Timo Somers, “the songs are a nice blend of old school Vengeance (think Arabia) and some more modern sounding songs. This time the instrumental side of the band is really outspoken, it features a lot of nice intros, solos and instrumental pieces. And to top it off, Leon sounds better than ever.”It’s a full thirty years ago that Leon Goewie founded the Dutch rock band Vengeance in the early 1980s; thirty years in which the band went through variably successful times and which had Goewie himself experience the usual highs and lows of life as a musician. Yet: he never lost his inherent optimism nor his basic enthusiasm for Vengeance.At the same time Goewie, whose uniquely expressive voice can be picked out among thousands, cannot deny that his band has developed: “After thirty years in this business, you should mature at least a little,” he grins knowingly, “so in that respect PIECE OF CAKE is slightly more serious than most of our previous releases – but of course only to an extent where we don’t miss out on the fun of it all.” The new album will be out on 28 October2013 on Steamhammer/SPV.Goewie talks about a recording which, in his opinion, is the most professional he’s ever cut with Vengeance.. No doubt about it: PIECE OF CAKE forges an arch between the group’s glorious past – documented by the return of the legendary band logo from the cult recordings We Have Ways To Make You Rock , Take It Or Leave It and Crystal Eye and their future-oriented present.The album’s sensational cast is just as spectacular as the new material: alongside original vocalist Leon Goewie, PIECE OF CAKE features drummer John Emmen (JEB), guitarist Timo Somers (Delain), and bassist Barend Courbois. “More than ever before, this is a band which consists of friends,” comments Goewie. And Vengeance are eager to rock their audience as soon as possible: an extensive tour has been scheduled for spring 2014, only a few weeks after the release of their album. Goewie: “We can hardly wait to play numbers from PIECE OF CAKE live at last, along with our classics. I promise that we will pull out all the stops 100% every night!

Album:

VENGEANCE is one of the finest and most underrated hard rocking bands ever. Hailing from the Netherlands, the outfit was the vehicle for Arjen Lucassen to become famous before went solo with Ayreon.Thir final album with Lucassen inthe ranks is 1989’s “Arabia“, perhaps VENGEANCE’s best and their most successful. “Arabia” is a fantastic, superb slice of late ’80s polished Hard Rock with a crystal clear production courtesy of John Sonneveld. Think TNT’s Intuition, the first House Of Lords, Doug Aldrich’s Lion, Hurricane’s Slave To The Thrill… that crisp and powerful sound.But a year before, VENGEANCE already taped the pre-production demos for the album after intense rehearsals. These takes have an exceptional energy, rough diamonds with a quite different approach than the polished result heard in the final, official recording – but production, mix and sound quality are excellent.That’s why when “Arabia” was reissued / remastered, this great 2-CD package was prepared including on a bonus disc thes terrific early recordings, including a previously unreleased track.”Arabia ’89 [2xCD Limited Edition remastered]” is a killer package from a band you need to hear if you like ’80s hard rock with melody and punch.The reactions from the European rock press to ”Arabia” were enthusiastic. The album wad presented on Aardschokdag, a festival organised by the rock magazine of that same name. That summer the band is also to be seen at the Parkpop festival at The Hague, one of the biggest pop festivals in Europe.Again they tour Germany a lot. Switzerland too is included in the tour schedule, and they also give a concert in London in the legendary club The Marquee. There is also a growing interest from Japan.However, a tour in Germany in 1989, together with BONFIRE, turns out to be the beginning of the end, which, for that matter, doesn’t come about until 1992.From a commercial point of view the band is doing well. As always they drew capacity crowds, major record companies were knocking on their door and the management of IRON MAIDEN showed a serious interest in VENGEANCE.“During that tour in Germany friction arose among the band members,” according to Arjen Lucassen. “This led to the sacking of Leon Goewie.” He is replaced by the Englishman lan Parry. A new contract was not on and also the interest in VENGEANCE from abroad is rapidly on the wane.With Parry as a frontman VENGEANCE starts on a farewell tour in 1992, choosing as its motto When The Last Teardrop Falls. The end of VENGEANCE was premature and left a gap in the Dutch music scene.Nevertheless the story though many years later – fortunately continued where it had left off.In 1997 VENGEANGE made an appearance again with the cast Goewie, Somers and Verschuren, complemented with Barend Courbois (bass guitar), Roland Bakker (keyboards) and Paul Thissen (drums). Live the band proves it has lost nothing of its former lustre, whereas Arjen Lucassen composes the bulk of the excellent come-back album Back From Flight 19. Arjen Lucassen is a success story all by himself with his very good own projects.“Arabia” remains VENGEANCE’s finest moment, and this 2-CD release – a collectors item – is the one to own.CD-2 'ARABIA ARCHIVES' Recorded at JOE'S GARAGE, Waalwijk, Holland, during May, October & November 1988. Produced & Mixed by Lats Varga & Vengeance. Engineered by Lats Varga.

Line Up:

Leon Goewie - vocals
Arjen Lucassen - all guitars
Jan Somers - guitars
Peer Verschuren - guitars on bonus CD
Jan Bijlsma - bass
John Snels - drums

production:

Glass Mastered At – DADC Austria – A0100247742-0102
Glass Mastered At – DADC Austria – A0100247742-0202
Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – John Sonneveld (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), Lats Varga (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)

Tracklist:

CD1: Arabia Remastered

01. Arabia
02. Broadway – Hollywood – Beverlyhills
03. Castles In The Air
04. The Best Gunfighter In Town
05. Children Of The Streets
06. Cry Of The Sirens
07. That’s The Way The Story Goes
08. Wallbanger
09. If Lovin’ You Is Wrong
10. How About Tonight
11. Bad Boy For Love
12. Just What My Doctor Ordered

CD2 : Arabia Archives

01. Arabia (demo version)
02. Castles In The Air (demo version)
03. The Beast Gunfighter In Town (demo version)
04. Children Of The Streets (demo version)
05. Cry Of The Sirens (demo version)
06. That’s The Way The Story Goes (demo version)
07. Wallbanger (demo version)
08. If Lovin’ You Is Wrong (demo version)
09. How About Tonight (demo version)
10. Bad Boy For Love (demo version)
11. Just What My Doctor Ordered (demo version)
12. In The Cavalry [previously unreleased][/color]

+ Video "Arabia" (Official Video)




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