Live Dates
Date // Location // Venue // Information
21.04.2023 // Den Haag // Musicon // With Reformist, Nephylim // >Tickets<
05.05.2023 // Vlissingen // Bevrijdingsfestival
26.05.2023 // Ovezande // Klomppop Festival // >Website<
03.06.2023 // Hulst // Vestrock Festival // >Website<
17.06.2023 // Gouda // StudioGonz // With Axis Mundi // >Tickets<
09.12.2023 // Terneuzen // De Pit // With Cobra The Impaler, Stereoseat // >Website<
Past Shows
Date // Location // Venue // Information
18.03.2023 // Opwijk (BE) // Nijdrop // With Hexa Mera, Destroy Humanity, Royal Jake
18.02.2023 // Amsterdam // Volta // With TerraDown
18.11.2022 // Middelburg // De Spot // EP release with Hexa Mera
12.11.2022 // Tilburg // Little Devil // With Crown Compass
16.10.2022 // Eibergen // Irish Pub Home // With Radeloos///Ziedend
05.06.2022 // Antwerpen (BE) // Kid's
19.03.2022 // Terneuzen // De Pit
18.09.2021 // Goes // 't Beest
28.08.2021 // Westdorpe // KreekRock
01.11.2020 // Zierikzee // Brogum // Livestream
18.08.2018 // Zierikzee // The Lost Ones // Jasperfest
14.07.2018 // Nijmegen // De Bijstand // Vierdaagse Feesten
05.01.2018 // Axel // Den Akoustiek // With Caerus
23.09.2017 // Oostburg // The Lane // Kashfest
11.06.2017 // Goes // 't Beest // With Voivod
15.04.2017 // Zierikzee // Brogum // Heavywave
17.12.2016 // Leusden // Fort33 // Anthologyfest
26.11.2016 // Harderwijk // Estrado // With Hillsphere, Mistral
18.11.2016 // Middelburg // Bar American // With Purest of Pain, Distinguished
16.09.2016 // Tilburg // Extase // With Facelifter, Defied Sanity
23.07.2016 // Hulst // Kwebbel // With Ynfamia, Conspiracy, Fire Within
15.07.2016 // Den Haag // Musicon // With Hibakusha, Extremeties, Raven Called Sin
08.07.2016 // Hoofddorp // Duycker // With Spoil Engine, Purest of Pain, Hibakusha
10.06.2016 // Middelburg // De Spot // Album release with Caerus
05.05.2016 // Vlissingen // Bevrijdingsfestival // Bevrijdingsfestival
22.04.2016 // Middelburg // Bar American // With Captivity, Scorched Earth, Disfigured Redemprion
18.03.2016 // Rotterdam // Baroeg // With Hibakusha, Extremeties, Raven Called Sin
06.02.2016 // Terneuzen // De Pit // With Fire Within, With the Wolves, Siruside
12.09.2015 // Westdorpe // Kreekrock // Kreekrock
06.06.2015 // Zierikzee // Brogum // Anywave festival
22.05.2015 // Zierikzee// Brogum // Regioruis
14.05.2015 // Ovezande // Klomppop // Klomppop festival
17.04.2015 // Zierikzee // Brogum // With The Circle Remains, Backroots, Marlon
27.02.2015 // Ovezande // De Klomp // With Herder, The Circle Remains, Fire Within
13.12.2014 // Zierikzee // Brogum // With Legija, Duke John, Main4
29.11.2014 // Westdorpe // Chillsoos // With Zenobia, Main4, Siruside, Stunned Ziggy
25.01.2014 // Terneuzen // De Pit // With Legija, Fire Within, Giant Diamond Sea Turtle
04.02.2012 // Terneuzen // De Pit // With Legija, Bloodshift, Dehumanization
30.09.2011 // Middelburg // Bar American // With Undecimber, Lemuria
27.08.2011 // Zierikzee // The Lost Ones // Jasperfest
09.04.2011 // Ovezande // De Klomp // With Ethereal, Pound
08.05.2010 // Goes // 't Beest // With Carach Angren, The 11th Hour, Cirrha Niva
17.04.2010 // Ovezande // De Klomp // With Volt Violin, The Chimney
12.03.2010 // Den Haag // Bazart // With Encorion, Vanir
26.02.2010 // Ovezande // De Klomp // With Sovitus, Zinvol
21.02.2010 // Zierikzee // Brogum // With Assassinated, Legija, Crimson Black
29.01.2010 // Renesse // De Stulp // With Dan Musk, Sweet Document, Zaniac
11.12.2009 // Westkapelle // Kasteel van Batavia // With Zink, Dehumanization, Fornax
05.12.2009 // Zierikzee // Brogum // With Skybicycle, Legija, Black Canvas
22.03.2009 // Vlissingen // Arsenaal Theater // Kunstbende
Releases
2020 - Sojourn
01. Revery
02. In Stasis
03. Dusk
04. Epiphany
05. Exile
06. Nomad
07. Memories
08. Closure
09. Resurge
10. Uncaged
11. Sojourn
Mixed by Roelof Klop
Mastered by Nacho Molino
Artwork by Amduscia Art
Ruben Willemsen - Vocals, Bass
Edwin Haan - Vocals, Guitars
Daniel de Coninck - Guitars, Vocals
Jasper Bruggeman - Guitars
Sean Lubbersen - Keys
Richard van Leeuwen - Drums
2016 - Atlas Construct
01. Intro
02. Mundicide
03. Gift of God
04. Malum
05. Construct part 1: Pillars of Perdition
06. Construct part 2: Columns of Creation
07. Atlas
08. New World Disorder
Mixed by Daniel Kieboom
Artwork by ECJ Artworks
Ruben Willemsen - Vocals, Keys
Tim Schaling - Guitars, Vocals
Daniel de Coninck - Guitars
Joris van Hemert - Bass
Damian de Muijnck - Drums
"Album of the year 2016!"
- 3voor12
"This leaves the listener generally wanting more of this rather unique style of music." 8/10
- Metal Nations Radio
"This is worldclass"
- 3voor12
"You will not be disappointed!" 9/10
- Metal Temple
"XENO's palette of influences seems to stretch to infinity" 9,5/10
- Necromance
"Xeno is heavier, brasher, and bolder than most others in this genre." 96/100
- Metal Zenith
"This is probably one of the more professional bands in the Netherlands"
- Metal from NL
2022 - Reconstruction
01. Columns
02. Pillars
03. Gift
Mixed by Gyan Klomp
Mastered by Nacho Molino
Artwork by Mohammad Behrouzi
Ruben Willemsen - Vocals, Bass
Edwin Haan - Vocals, Guitars
Jasper Bruggeman - Guitars
Sean Lubbersen - Keys
Lars van Mourik - Drums
Media
Interviews
Metal Temple about Sojourn
Until The Light Takes You about Sojourn and our current situation
Biography
“𝙓𝙚𝙣𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚. 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙖𝙯𝙯 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙭 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚; 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜”. – Metal Zenith
Xeno is a progressive metal band from Middelburg / Amsterdam, The Netherlands, that mixes extreme-sounding ingredients with genre-defying passages. Combined with inspirational lyrics drawn from an array of philosophical and personal subjects, Xeno creates a unique storytelling atmosphere to engulf and immerse the listener. The music itself is influenced by bands like Periphery, Tesseract, Opeth, Plini, Persefone and Porcupine Tree but also Haken, Leprous and Lamb of God.
‘Sojourn’ came out in October 2020 during the pandemic. The album was released by Spanish label ‘Art Gates Records’, and was received very well. Critics and listeners agreed, this was one of the best progressive metal albums of the year:
“If you are looking for something fresh in the genre of Progressive Metal, give XENO your time, because you will not be disappointed!” – Metal Temple
Anyone who has seen Xeno live will agree that the band gives one hell of a show. With powerful vocals, riffs, instrumental mastery and the stage energy to match, there is no denying the sheer force of Xeno on stage. This is only one of the many reasons that led to sharing the stage with bands like Voivod, Carach Angren and Spoil Engine, to name a few.
Their latest EP, ‘Reconstruction’, was released in November 2022 through Art Gates Records. On this EP Xeno revisited their first album, ‘Atlas Construct’ (2016), and rewrote three songs in their new style as a tribute to their past. ‘A clean slate, to create: the Perdition purges all’.
“With ‘Reconstruction’, Xeno sets the bar for prog metal very high. This is not an EP you play while having lunch, it requires some attention to appreciate and absorb its many ingredients” – Rock Portaal
Xeno is eager, ambitious and ready to show their musical muscles to the world!
- 𝕏
Contact
Bookings and general information:
info@xenometal.com
Contact person for all press-related matters in BeNeLux:
Mike de Coene at Hard Life Promotion: mike@hardlifepromotion.nl
Contact person for all press-related matters in Rest of World: Iván Magdalena at Art Gates Records: ivan.magdalena@artgatesrecords.com
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