BIOGRAPHY!!!

Introducing   V E R M I N ... " A  Nihilistic Swarm " 2005

Vermin from the Netherlands is a fivepiece deathmetalband using 
progressive elements aswell in the songs , main influences are 
bands like Cannibal Corpse , Hate Eternal , Morbid Angel , 
Cryptopsy , Immolation , Deranged ... but also bands like Meshuggah 
, Dillinger Escape Plan , ....
Death of the drummer`s and guitarist`s old band was the start for 
Vermin , born in april 2002 , Pascal (dr) and Ron (gtr) had a 
simular interest in deathmetal , so we went for it .

A lot of rehearsing - up to 4 times a week - resulted in many 
ideas and songs aswell , we both recorded these songs and with 
this tape we soon found the remaining members who finished that 
demo , now known as " Alea Iacta Est " , latin for something like 
' now it`s really getting started ' and in the Roman era it was 
a decleration for a war ....
The 3 songs got us a lot of gigs - we played some more songs 
ofcourse - , and soon a second demo was at hand .

This time a full-length " Solypsis " , complete with a video clip 
"Deviate" on it as a bonus ( 11 takes , shot , mixed added with 
some graphics ourselves ... ) , this time the pressure gained 
aswell as the amount of gigs , our 2nd guitarplayer had to quit 
, a suitable replacement was found quikly .
We played some nice , interesting shows too , like the one in 
Kade Zaandam in 2004 , a pre selection round ; we won out of 8 (!)
 bands on the Metal Battle ...

In mai 2004 our vocalist stated to quit due to lack of interest in 
deathmetal , so we had to find another singer , which was found 
fast aswell .... , september 2004 we did a try-out gig with both 
old and new vocalist on stage , doing each a part of the set ...
Plans for recording our ' official ' debut where allready made , 
and we started recording oktober 2004 , we recorded 16 songs at 
the well-known dutch studio for the genre : Excess in Rotterdam , 
the sessions went smooth , probably of the recording experience of 
the guys and the plans/scedule we made for the recordings , however 
, Excess was suffering from illness under the crew those weeks , so 
some stages had to be posponed to later times ..., the final mix 
and mastering were done on mai 7th and 8th .

Meanwhile , Bart - guitarist in Textures (Netherlands) and graphic 
artist - was preparing the artwork for the cd , it`s front cover is 
ready , the booklet itself is beeing worked on right now - might be 
finished when you read this ... - and in february 2005 we shot 
another new video " Falling Deathwards " , this time we had at least 
4 camera`s running at each take simultaniously , this vid is still 
beeing mixed down right now , and it`s gonna be extra material on 
the bonus disc we`re preparing , that is also gonna include some 
live vids - old and new shows - aswell as the little Excess vid you 
can allready see on the p.c. ; it is included on the promo disc as 
cd-xtra packed in an interactive menu ...
This summer our bassist quited aswell , we`re doing shows now as a 
4 piece temporarly , the shows done allready like that , were received 
really cool by the crowds sofar ! We`ll checking out some new 
candidates right now ....

Current line-up :

Pascal -  drums
Ron  -  guitars + backing vocals
Wolf  -  guitars
Laurens  -  vocals

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