ZERO
GRAVITY (www.zerogravityband.be) has its roots
in the Belgian melodic Metal/Rock band Shadowdance . Pieter,
Marc and Dirk decided to form a new outfit to play some
more progressive stuff influenced by bands like Dream Theater,
Pain of Salvation, Fates Warning and many others. In October
2001 ZERO GRAVITY was born.
Trying
to find the right people that share the same musical ideas
and ambitions to complete the line-up was quite a problem
at start. Several people applied for the keyboard and vocal
duties but weren't suitable. Out of nothing a guy who was
eager to join a progressive band contacted the band. After
a couple of rehearsals he turned out to be the right man
for the job. So Johan Vingerhoed came into the picture to
play the keyboards.
After some months of intense rehearsing the band entered
"Dé Studio" in April 2003 to record four songs
resulting in the "Synchronicity" demo. Guest vocals
were done by Dorien Heyligen and Santiago Janssens . The
demo got an overall positive response. In August 2003, the
band decided to part with Johan and Alex Vanhaesendonck
joined the band as new guitar player. Marc combined guitars
and keyboards and new songs were written. The band had decided
to head in a less keyboards kind of direction, but it turned
out that keyboards still were a main instrument in the new
ZERO GRAVITY sound.
In
November 2003, Sven Dupon joined the band on vocals. Finally
the right guy behind the mike was found. In April and May
2004 the first live concerts were played, but the band decided
that the time was right to record some new songs with the
new line up. They concentrated on writing and re-arranging
4 to 5 tunes. Besides his vocal duties Sven also turned
to guitar creating new possibilities in song writing and
sound.
In
April 2005, ZERO GRAVITY combined their forces with Before
Silence (www.beforesilence.com ) and Eject ( www.eject.be
) and offer a 3 band live package. In April 2005 Dé Studio
was booked again and 4 new songs were recorded: Passages
- Subside - Lost in Transition (instrumental) - Revelation.
The demo 'Passages' was released in July 2005 and received
a lot of great reviews in the press and on the web.
Currently,
the band is focusing on presenting 'Passages' through gigs,
while new material is being written.
Check
out the band's homepage for more detailed information and
to listen to some samples.
Band homepage
