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Officium Triste news

March 2010

2010 is already 3 months on its way so it is about time to let you all know what’s going on with Officium Triste. We’ve got some bad news and some more exciting news. Let’s start with the bad news. We had to part ways with drummer Ronald Lagerwaard. Ronald simply couldn’t commit to the plans we have concerning Officium Triste’s future. Because of this we had to make a difficult decision as we really appreciated Ronald as a person and as a skilled drummer. As a band we do want to perform live on a regular basis and that simply wasn’t possible due to logistics and personal affairs. We like to thank Ronald for his time in Officium Triste.

In the meantime we have found a replacement. After some serious brainstorming who would be an ideal drummer we decided to ask Niels Jordaan who in the past pounded the drums for the now defunct band In Age And Sadness. Since we shared the stage with In Age And Sadness several times in the past we knew Niels would be a good replacement.Niels gladly accepted our offer and we are currently rehearsing material with Niels.

Next to the news about out change in the line-up we are working very hard on material for our new, 5th, full-length album. Right now we have plenty of ideas for 6 to 7 new songs and it’s coming along nicely. We hope to finish the album before the summer and have it released this fall. This will be our last album under the current contract with Displeased Records.

At this moment we are also negotiating a couple of festival appearances later this year. More news about those performances is expected soon.

In additional news we can tell that Bram and Pim, who are performing as session guitarist and vocalist in Ed Warby’s The 11th Hour, can be seen live on stage with The 11th Hour on the following dates:

March 6th at Turock, ….Essen.., ..Germany…. with Asphyx and Desaster

March 26th at WII, ….Den Bosch.., ..Netherlands…. with Esoteric

April 9th at Doom Shall Rise, ….Göppingen.., ..Germany….

July 31st at Stonehenge, ….Steenwijk.., ..Netherlands….

August 14th at Springstof Festival, ….Kampen.., ..Netherlands….

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Band info:

Line-up
Pim Blankenstein — Vocals
Bram Bijlhout — Guitars
Gerard — Guitars
Lawrence Mayer — Bass
Martin Kwakernaak — Synths
Ronald Lagerwaard — Drums
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Contract address:
Officium Triste
c/o Pim Blankenstein
Pleinweg 52-D
3083 EG Rotterdam
HOLLAND