02 MARCH 2010
Ray Alder of Redemption will guest on Full Metal Jackie's Syndicated Metal Radio show this weekend (3/5-3/7.) To find a station near you airing FULL METAL JACKIE go to Fullmetaljackieradio.com
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26 FEB 2010
Pictures from the show February 05, 2010 at UB's, Mesa, AZ, CA are now up on the "media" section of the site. All pictures courtesy of Vivid Explosion Photography.
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14 FEB 2010
Pictures from the show February 04, 2010 at The Whiskey Club, Los Angeles, CA are now up on the "media" section of the site. All pictures courtesy of Craig Simon Photography.
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08 FEB 2010
New REDEMPTION interview up at High Wire Daze.
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11 JAN 2010
Los Angeles prog metal outfit REDEMPTION will be performing two headlining shows in February in support of their recently-released fourth CD, Snowfall On Judgment Day, on Inside Out Music. The shows are listed below and tickets for both shows can be purchased now at www.enterthevault.com
February 4th, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Whiskey
February 5th, 2010 – Mesa, AZ @ UB’s
Multi-instrumentalist / songwriter Nick van Dyk commented on the headlining shows "We are very excited to get out and perform for our fans again, and look forward to the debut live performances of music from Snowfall on Judgment Day. These are most likely the only US headlining dates for us in 2010, so anybody who wants to see a longer set from us with more opportunity to perform from our catalog should join us if they can!"
REDEMPTION has announced that they are starting an official Street Team. If you would like to become a member of the REDEMPTION Street Team, please send an email to streetteam@intromental.com to sign up today. The first two Street Team members from both Los Angeles, CA and Mesa, AZ that sign up and help promote the shows will receive a pair of tickets and a meet and greet for the REDEMPTION show in their city.
Snowfall on Judgment Day was released in October 2009 and has received rave critical reviews (from BWBK to Keyboard magazine and many in between) and has been featured on AOL NoiseCreep and Sirius-XM Satellite Radio, both firsts for REDEMPTION. It is the band's fastest selling CD to date.
Throughout spring 2009 the band finalized Snowfall On Judgment Day, which was mixed by well-known producer Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Jorn Lande, Hatesphere). The album features a more mature songwriting than ever before and shows the band taking several steps beyond the quality of their previous output, and standing out from the rest of the crowd in the progressive metal scene with their unique brand of heavy, melodic and emotionally powerful music. The legendary James Labrie (Dream Theater) also performs a duet guest vocal spot on the song “Another Day Dies.”
REDEMPTION has clearly delivered their best album to date – an album that will stand as a benchmark for progressive metal for years to come.
Official Press Release
04 JAN 2010
REDEMPTION will be performing at the Basinfire Festival in Czech Republic July 2-4 2010. Other bands confirmed to play includes US thrash metal heroes Testament, Italy's cyber-punkers Dope Stars Inc and swedish death-thrashers Darkane. REDEMPTION will be touring Europe for a few weeks around the time of festival - keep checking back to this site for more updates.
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03 DEC 2009
REDEMPTION will be supporting German power metal band Primal Fear on their shows at Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana, CA and House Of Blues, West Hollywood, CA on June 6th and 8th 2010.
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29 NOV 2009
REDEMPTION has been confirmed for another headlining show - this time at UB's in Mesa, Arizona on February 5th 2010.
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25 NOV 2009
REDEMPTION will be performing at The Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles, California on February 4th 2010. More shows to be announced soon.
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14 SEP 2009
REDEMPTION’s new album "Snowfall On Judgment Day" is available now for preorder through Century Media Distribution - the CD comes bundled with a nice t-shirt featuring the cover artwork of the album.
- Click HERE to preorder -
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31 AUG 2009
REDEMPTION’s new album "Snowfall On Judgment Day" available for early purchase at the ProgPower Festival in Atlanta, GA September 11-12
REDEMPTION and Inside Out music are pleased to announce a special opportunity for fans attending the 10th Annual Prog Power Festival in Atlanta, GA. The new album from REDEMPTION "Snowfall on Judgment Day" will be for sale exclusively at the Laser’s Edge booth, almost an entire month prior to its release date.
For those of you that cannot wait and want to hear samples of "Snowfall on Judgment Day" a video clip is available for you to check out. The clip features song samples from all tracks on the album. You can view the video HERE.
ProgPower USA began in 2001. The first festival was held in Lansing, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, at J.J. Kelley's. The subsequent events have been held in Atlanta, Georgia, at Earthlink Live (formerly and again Center Stage Atlanta). The festival has a wide reputation for high quality and a laid-back atmosphere.
REDEMPTION is one of the leading progressive metal bands in the world today, a fact which is further solidified with the release of their much anticipated fourth full-length release, Snowfall On Judgment Day, which is now set for an Oct. 6th North American release via Inside Out Music. REDEMPTION's combination of heaviness, irresistible melodies and emotional urgency has created a unique and resonant voice for this band that sets them apart from the many clones in the genre, and which has gained them the attention of fans, critics and musicians Worldwide.
Throughout spring 2009 the band finalized "Snowfall On Judgment Day", which was mixed by well-known producer Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Jorn Lande, Circus Maximus). The album features a more mature songwriting than ever before and shows the band taking several steps beyond the quality of their previous output, and standing out from the rest of the crowd in the progressive metal scene with their unique brand of heavy, melodic and emotionally powerful music. The legendary James Labrie (Dream Theater) also performs a duet guest vocal spot on the song "Another Day Dies."
REDEMPTION has clearly delivered their best album to date – an album that will stand as a watermark for progressive metal for years to come.
Official Press Release
21 AUG 2009
REDEMPTION To Release Snowfall On Judgment Day On Oct. 6th Throughout North America - New Track Posted Online
REDEMPTION is one of the leading progressive metal bands in the world today, a fact which is further solidified with the release of their much anticipated fourth full-length release, Snowfall On Judgment Day, which is now set for an Oct. 6th North American release via Inside Out Music. REDEMPTION’s combination of heaviness, irresistible melodies and emotional urgency has created a unique and resonant voice for this band that sets them apart from the many clones in the genre, and which has gained them the attention of fans, critics and musicians worldwide.
Formed in Los Angeles, California in 2000 by guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter Nicolas van Dyk, the band features legendary progressive metal vocalist Ray Alder of Fates Warning, as well as guitarist Bernie Versailles (Agent Steel), the phenomenal rhythm section of Chris Quirarte (drums) and Sean Andrews (bass) and the keyboard talents of Greg Hosharian. Head over now to www.myspace.com/thebandredemption or http://www.redemptionweb.com/ to check out the epic new track, "Black and White World."
Nicolas van Dyk further comments: "We're very excited for the release of our fourth CD. We've continued to push the envelope of our unique combination of aggression and melody and the result is our heaviest and also our most melodic CD to date. There's a healthy variety in the songwriting, ranging from very heavy tracks to more ‘proggy’ songs, all of which share the melodic focus and emotional urgency that make our signature sound. We've had the opportunity to play a lot more together prior to the recording of Snowfall and I think the band is both organic sounding and tighter than ever. It's a record we're really proud of and we're glad to get it in the hands of our fans."
In the summer of 2007, the band was selected by the definitive Progressive Metal band, Dream Theater, as direct support for the entirety of Dream Theater's U.S. tour. After performing 26 shows for tens of thousands of fans, REDEMPTION capped off this tour with a performance at the 8th annual ProgPower festival in Atlanta. This monumental performance is now available for all to see in the Frozen in the Moment - Live in Atlanta DVD release (2009, Inside Out Music). Recorded at the ProgPower USA festival in 2007 the DVD includes a 12 minute video and photo tour diary set to our unreleased instrumental from the Dream Theater songwriting contest that the band wrote back in 2003, as well as other clips and outtakes.
Throughout spring 2009 the band finalized Snowfall On Judgment Day, which was mixed by well-known producer Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Jorn Lande, Circus Maximus). The album features a more mature songwriting than ever before and shows the band taking several steps beyond the quality of their previous output, and standing out from the rest of the crowd in the progressive metal scene with their unique brand of heavy, melodic and emotionally powerful music. The legendary James Labrie (Dream Theater) also performs a duet guest vocal spot on the song "Another Day Dies."
REDEMPTION has clearly delivered their best album to date – an album that will stand as a watermark for progressive metal for years to come.
Official Press Release
29 JUNE 2009
Our new website is up and running. As you can see here, the them is very simplistic, which represents the cover artwork of the upcoming REDEMPTION album, "Snowfall On Judgment Day" - the artwork was once again created by Travis Smith, and in our opinion it's just stunning!
The new album will be released September 28th in Europe and on September 29th in USA/North America through Inside Out Music.
We have a new promotional video ready for the album release. Check it out on Youtube at this link. The video includes soundclips from all songs on the upcoming album.
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02.06.2009
A new review of "Frozen in the Moment" can be found here - it's from Dutch webzine DPRP.
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12.05.2009
Blabbermouth have posted their review of "Frozen in the Moment", and it can be found here.
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06.04.2009
Hello folks. Been a while since an update...hopefully for those interested the DVD has been a good means of tiding you over, but we will have new music out in the next few months and I can share some details at this time.
Redemption's fourth CD, Snowfall on Judgment Day, is expected to be released this summer worldwide through Inside Out. The album is currently being mixed and mastered by our good and talented friend Tommy Newton, who produced our last two CDs and whose work also includes Conception, Helloween, UFO and others, at Area 51 Studios in Celle, Germany. Artwork will once again be by our creative visual partner Travis Smith.
Musically, we have continued to grow and expand on the basic Redemption formula. We have continued to push the envelope of heaviness combined with strong melody and emotional urgency in the music and I think the collection of songs is very strong, with some very in-your-face tunes that are among the heaviest in prog metal to some quieter, more elaborate moments, with technical thrown in where it belongs.
The tentative track listing is:
Peel
Walls
Leviathan Rising
Black and White World
Unformed
Keep Breathing
Another Day Dies
What Will You Say
Fistful of Sand
Love Kills Us All / Life in One Day
I am particular excited to report that Another Day Dies is a duet between Ray Alder and a very special guest vocalist, James LaBrie of Dream Theater!
Once a firm release date is set, I'll provide another update. We're really looking forward to getting new music in your hands.
Thanks again for your interest and support!
Nick van Dyk, Redemption
24.02.2009
A brandnew interview with Nick van Dyk regarding the live DVD can be found at YtseJam.com.
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16.02.2009
More reviews of "Frozen in the Moment" can be found here.
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09.02.2009
First review (4 out of 5 points, www.progarchives.com) of "Frozen in the Moment" can be found here.
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02.02.2009
You can now pre-order the REDEMPTION live DVD / CD box at the following link.
Redemption
24.12.2008
Hello friends and fans!
First of all, Happy Holidays to you and yours.
Now then...we received well over 100 entries for naming the CD, and the winner is a three-way tie.
Congratulations to Elia Anie, Josh Rundquist and Todd Wimer, all of whom suggested something very close to what we went with.
Redemption's live DVD will be titled Frozen in the Moment: Live in Atlanta.
It will be released on Inside Out and the release dates are:
Germany, Austria and Switzerland: February 27, 2009
Rest of Europe: March 2, 2009
North America: March 3, 2009
The track listing consists of:
Threads
Bleed Me Dry
Nocturnal
Memory
The Suffocating Silence
Release
Fall On You
Sapphire
The Death of Faith & Reason
In addition, there will be a 12 minute video and photo tour diary set to our unreleased instrumental from the Dream Theater songwriting contest that we wrote back in 2003 or so.
Lastly, there will be some funny outtakes which will be embarrassing to us and pretty damn funny to all of you.
We'll be hopefully making over this page in the next few days and including a video for one of the songs.
Congratulations to our three winners -- we'll be contacting you to ensure you can get your autographed copy shortly after they are released. And thanks to everybody who participated -- there were a lot of great ideas from our fans!
More news to come regarding new music in 2009.
Again, happy holidays and thanks as always for your interest and support.
All the best,
Redemption
27.08.2008
Hello friends.
It has been a long several months of negotiating with our label but we finally have news.
Redemption's live DVD will be released early next year. It was filmed in 5-camera hi-definition at the Progpower festival in Atlanta. It will be released as a DVD with a bonus live CD of the performance.
Runtime for the concert will be approximately 67 minutes. In addition, the DVD will contain a bonus tour diary / slideshow of our tour with Dream Theater, with our unreleased instrumental based on Dream Theater's Stream of Consciousness that we recorded before Ray joined the band. It was this instrumental that caught the attention of Dream Theater, so we thought it would be fun to include it on a DVD that commemorates our first tour with them.
Additional bonus materials will be included as well.
We also have a winner in the contest to name our DVD...over the over 100 entries we received, four chose the same name. We'll announce that name, and the winners (who will receive autographed copies of the DVD) in the next couple of weeks.
Lastly, we are hard at work writing material for Redemption's fourth CD and should have new music out before next summer. There will be between 8 and 10 tracks, and they range from heavy to epic, with the signature Redemption sense of musical urgency to them. We're very excited to start recording in the next several weeks.
Thank you very much for your continued interest and support through this extended period of silence...it's been frustrating for us as well, but we look forward to putting this delay behind us and getting back to making music for you.
All the best,
Redemption
07.08.2007
A couple of new reviews of "The Origins Of Ruin" has been added to the press-section.
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24.07.2007
Our new video for "Bleed Me Dry" is up at youtube.com for you all to check out.
The video was directed by Marcos Efron, an extremely talented up-and-coming director known for his with on videos (including one for the artist JEWEL) and short films, with Chris Johnson as director of photography.
The video mixes stylized shots of the band performing (like the silhouette of Bernie shown below) with conceptual footage of a woman attempting to break free of her bonds and escape a prison-like existence.
Nick, Redemption
10.07.2007
We have new t-shirts and girlie-shirts for sale in the SHOP of this site - go check 'em out and buy a few for you and your friends:-) Please notice that shirts will begin shipping out at the end of July.
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05.07.2007
Three weeks from yesterday we play our first show in support of DREAM THEATER on this summer's tour, and we are in the middle of rehearsals which are going very well indeed! Also, yesterday we shot the band portions of our upcoming video for 'Bleed Me Dry' with the director Marcos Efron, who has done videos for a number of established and new artists and is making waves in the short firms circuit.
We're doing the conceptual part of the video next weekend, and look forward to getting it up for you all to see as soon as possible.
Lastly, we will be having an open rehearsal somewhere in Los Angeles a few days before the first show of the tour...more information as the date draws near.
Nick, Redemption
02.06.2007
Nick Van Dyk will guest on Dementia Radio's program "Raise the Horns" today (Saturday, June 2). He will discuss the group's new album and its upcoming tour with DREAM THEATER. He will also join the chat room to talk to the fans.
You can hear "Raise the Horns" every Saturday at 3:00 p.m. EST on www.dementiaradio.com.
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14.05.2007
Lots of new reviews of "The Origins Of Ruin" has been uploaded to the PRESS section.
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26.04.2007
Some video-clips (one fan-made video for "The Origins Of Ruin" as well as 3 small live clips) posted in the MEDIA section of this site.
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26.04.2007
Several new dates to the Redemption / Dream Theater tour has been added to the concert section of this site.
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18.04.2007
Four new dates for the Redemption / Dream Theater tour announced:
8/2 Nokia Theater, Dallas, TX
8/3 Verizon Wireless, Houston, TX
8/24 PNC Bank Art Center, Holmdel, NJ
8/25 Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY
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13.04.2007
Redemption is delighted to announce that we will be direct support for Dream Theater for all dates of their US summer tour.
This is obviously a dream come true for us and we are very much looking forward to playing out with such a pivotal band, as well as Into Eternity who will also be on the bill.
Dates are still being finalized, but the following shows have been announced thus far:
Fri July 27th - Gibson Amphitheater - Los Angeles, CA
Mon July 30th - E Center - Salt Lake City, UT
Tues July 31st - Paramount Theater - Denver, CO
Tues Aug 7th - Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI
Thurs Aug 9th - State Theater - Minneapolis, MN
Fri Aug 10th - Rosemont Theater - Chicago, IL
Sat Aug 11th - Tower City Amphitheater - Cleveland, OH
Tues Aug 21st - Bank Of America Pavillion - Boston, MA
For those of you aware of my rather demanding "day job," I personally will be making as many of these shows as possible (hopefully the significant majority of them). For the dates where I am unable to make it, we will be fortunate to have the talents of Sean Entrikin of Prymary taking my place. The rest of the band will be there at all dates.
We'll see you out on the road!!
Nick, Redemption
10.04.2007
This past weekend REDEMPTION played their first European show ever. Our good friend Hans W. Rock has taken a bunch of great pictures which you can see here.
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26.03.2007
"The Origins Of Ruin" will be released in Japan by Dingwall Music on April 25th.
Also, we've posted a couple of brand new reviews of "The Origins Of Ruin" in the PRESS section of the site - check 'em out!
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22.02.2007
I was going to wait until we had a little video clip of Greg in rehearsal, but events are overtaking themselves and I wanted to announce that we are extremely happy to be working with the immensely talented Greg Hosharian who will be playing keyboards for us on all dates in support of the upcoming REDEMPTION album 'The Origins of Ruin'.
Nick, Redemption
21.02.2007
Redemption will be headlining in the Los Angeles area at Paladinoís on Friday, March 23rd. Hope to see some of you there! Information on opening bands will be forthcoming through the Paladinoís website at www.paladinosclub.com.
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26.01.2007
According to INSIDE OUT the release dates for "The Origins Of Ruin" have been set for March 30th 2007 in Europe and April 03rd 2007 in USA.
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19.01.2007
Redemption has been confirmed for the Bay Area Rock Fest in Santa Clara, California, USA. The one-day festival takes place on March 24th 2007, and Redemption will be performing together with Enchant, Zero Hour and Timeline.
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17.01.2007
Redemption has been announced as the headliner for Headway Festival in Amsterdam, Holland on April 07th 2007. Other bands confirmed to play are: Into Eternity, Last Crack, Zero Hour, Loch Vostok, Seventh Wonder, Mind's Eye, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, To-Mera, Mˆrglbl and Dial.
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19.12.2006
Redemption is very proud to announce at this time that we have signed a worldwide deal with InsideOut Music. Details of that relationship can be found here. Both band and label are looking forward to the cooperation, starting with the release of our new album "The Origins Of Ruin", and I'm very excited by the opportunity that InsideOut will give us to bring our music to more people worldwide. At the same time, I want to thank the labels with whom we have previously worked for the excellent job they have done in making "The Fullness of Time" the success that it was -- Replica Records in France, Massacre Records throughout Europe and especially Ken Golden of The Laser's Edge/Sensory Records. Ken placed his faith in us very early on with the release of our self-titled debut, and without his support none of this would have been possible. I have nothing but positive things to say about Ken and the job he and his team have done, and we wish him and Sensory every continued success, even as we look forward to working with Inside Out in building on what we have accomplished to date.
Nick, Redemption
19.12.2006
The new official Redemption homepage is finally online! We know we've taken quite a long time on finishing the site, but we decided to time it with the news of our record deal with Inside Out. Hope you'll like the site :-)
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