After Forever member Sander Gommans suffered a burnout at the beginning of 2008. Jansen posted on her website that while the band was put on hold, she was going to use the opportunity to start writing music with Jørn Viggo Lofstad for a new musical project.[1] In February 2009, After Forever ultimately decided to call it quits, and on 16 June 2009 Floor announced through her MySpace site that she had started a new metal band, which put her musical project with Jørn Viggo on hold. On 17 October 2009 Jansen announced that the name of the band was going to be ReVamp.[2]
History
ReVamp (2009–2010)
Jansen wrote all the music for their self-titled album in 2009.[3] She collaborated with her old After Forever bandmate, Joost van den Broek and Grip Inc guitarist Waldemar Sorychta. The trio wrote and recorded everything, while Koen Herfst (I Chaos, Bagga Bownz, Armin van Buuren) recorded the drum tracks. Afterwards, Jansen recruited new band members for a live band.[3] In 2010, their first album got released under Nuclear Blast.[3] The band began to tour around the Netherlands and had many successful club shows and festivals.[3] ReVamp joined Epica on their European tour.[3]
ReVamp in 2010
Burnout and Nightwish (2011–2013)
Jansen's health began to decline, thus she had to stop working and teaching.[3] Since her health issues turned for the worse, all concerts were cancelled. Floor was diagnosed with a burnout herself just like her former bandmate. The band was inactive for quite sometime.[3] By the end of 2011, Jansen finally joined Mayan for one Brazilian show. She had not recuperated, but she was close to a full recovery.[3] ReVamp began writing new songs for their second album which was scheduled to be released in the spring of 2013. In October 2012, Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish contacted Jansen to join them for their remainder Imaginaerum World Tour since they had parted ways with former vocalist Anette Olzon.[3] Because of her commitment to Nightwish, the band postponed the release of their upcoming installment to autumn 2013.[4]
Wild Card and disbandment (2013–2016)
ReVamp entered the studio in the beginning of the year.[5] The album was announced to be scheduled for release in August 2013 through Nuclear Blast again.[5] Jaap Melman decided to quit the band and the decision had a mutual understanding for both parties involved.[5] Since Melman left before any recordings were done for their next album, Stream of Passion bassist Johan van Stratum filled in on short notice. Soon after, Henk Vonk was announced as ReVamp's newest bassist.[5] On 7 June, the band announced via Facebook that their new album would be called Wild Card.[5] The album features several guest musicians. This includes Johan van Stratum, Mark Jansen of Epica, Marcela Bovio of Stream of Passion, Daniël de Jongh of Textures, and finally Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad and The Devin Townsend Project.[5]
In October 2013, Jansen was hired as an official member of Nightwish (along with wind instrumentalist Troy Donockley)[6] and spent half of 2014 and 2015 recording and preparing the release of their album Endless Forms Most Beautiful. When asked if ReVamp was on hiatus, she answered "It is, it has to be", because she doesn't wish to perform in both bands at the same time if she's unable to give 100% of her devotion and time.[7]
Once we're done with this [Nightwish] tour we'll have to sit together and see where everybody is in their lives, and see if there's a chance to continue. It would be great, but I can't tell the future.
On 29 September 2016, a post was made to the group's official Facebook page informing fans that they had disbanded. The post read "We are sad to inform you that ReVamp has officially stopped. After two great albums it is unfortunately not possible for the founding front lady Floor Jansen to have a band next to Nightwish. Projects perhaps, but a band deserves a 100% devotion which is impossible to deliver to two bands at the same time."[8] Jansen added: "I am proud of the 2 albums we made together! ReVamp has such talented and great musicians that I wouldn't want them to wait any longer for me to find the time and the passion it needs to make another album. I also don't want to give fans false hope. ReVamp lived a short and bumpy but exciting life but now it's time for new bands and projects to start. I thank everyone involved for the love and dedication!"[9]
revamp, dutch, progressive, metal, band, formed, singer, floor, jansen, after, previous, band, after, forever, disbanded, 2009, performing, 2010background, informationoriginnetherlandsgenresprogressive, metalsymphonic, metalgothic, metalneoclassical, metalyear. ReVamp was a Dutch progressive metal band formed by singer Floor Jansen after her previous band After Forever disbanded in 2009 ReVampReVamp performing in 2010Background informationOriginNetherlandsGenresProgressive metalsymphonic metalgothic metalneoclassical metalYears active2009 2016LabelsNuclear BlastPast membersFloor JansenJaap Melman Matthias LandesJord OttoArjan RijnenRuben WijgaHenk VonkWebsiterevampmusic wbr com Contents 1 Background 2 History 2 1 ReVamp 2009 2010 2 2 Burnout and Nightwish 2011 2013 2 3 Wild Card and disbandment 2013 2016 3 Members 4 Discography 4 1 Studio albums 4 2 Singles 5 References 6 External linksBackground EditAfter Forever member Sander Gommans suffered a burnout at the beginning of 2008 Jansen posted on her website that while the band was put on hold she was going to use the opportunity to start writing music with Jorn Viggo Lofstad for a new musical project 1 In February 2009 After Forever ultimately decided to call it quits and on 16 June 2009 Floor announced through her MySpace site that she had started a new metal band which put her musical project with Jorn Viggo on hold On 17 October 2009 Jansen announced that the name of the band was going to be ReVamp 2 History EditReVamp 2009 2010 Edit Jansen wrote all the music for their self titled album in 2009 3 She collaborated with her old After Forever bandmate Joost van den Broek and Grip Inc guitarist Waldemar Sorychta The trio wrote and recorded everything while Koen Herfst I Chaos Bagga Bownz Armin van Buuren recorded the drum tracks Afterwards Jansen recruited new band members for a live band 3 In 2010 their first album got released under Nuclear Blast 3 The band began to tour around the Netherlands and had many successful club shows and festivals 3 ReVamp joined Epica on their European tour 3 ReVamp in 2010 Burnout and Nightwish 2011 2013 Edit Jansen s health began to decline thus she had to stop working and teaching 3 Since her health issues turned for the worse all concerts were cancelled Floor was diagnosed with a burnout herself just like her former bandmate The band was inactive for quite sometime 3 By the end of 2011 Jansen finally joined Mayan for one Brazilian show She had not recuperated but she was close to a full recovery 3 ReVamp began writing new songs for their second album which was scheduled to be released in the spring of 2013 In October 2012 Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish contacted Jansen to join them for their remainder Imaginaerum World Tour since they had parted ways with former vocalist Anette Olzon 3 Because of her commitment to Nightwish the band postponed the release of their upcoming installment to autumn 2013 4 Wild Card and disbandment 2013 2016 Edit ReVamp entered the studio in the beginning of the year 5 The album was announced to be scheduled for release in August 2013 through Nuclear Blast again 5 Jaap Melman decided to quit the band and the decision had a mutual understanding for both parties involved 5 Since Melman left before any recordings were done for their next album Stream of Passion bassist Johan van Stratum filled in on short notice Soon after Henk Vonk was announced as ReVamp s newest bassist 5 On 7 June the band announced via Facebook that their new album would be called Wild Card 5 The album features several guest musicians This includes Johan van Stratum Mark Jansen of Epica Marcela Bovio of Stream of Passion Daniel de Jongh of Textures and finally Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad and The Devin Townsend Project 5 In October 2013 Jansen was hired as an official member of Nightwish along with wind instrumentalist Troy Donockley 6 and spent half of 2014 and 2015 recording and preparing the release of their album Endless Forms Most Beautiful When asked if ReVamp was on hiatus she answered It is it has to be because she doesn t wish to perform in both bands at the same time if she s unable to give 100 of her devotion and time 7 Once we re done with this Nightwish tour we ll have to sit together and see where everybody is in their lives and see if there s a chance to continue It would be great but I can t tell the future On 29 September 2016 a post was made to the group s official Facebook page informing fans that they had disbanded The post read We are sad to inform you that ReVamp has officially stopped After two great albums it is unfortunately not possible for the founding front lady Floor Jansen to have a band next to Nightwish Projects perhaps but a band deserves a 100 devotion which is impossible to deliver to two bands at the same time 8 Jansen added I am proud of the 2 albums we made together ReVamp has such talented and great musicians that I wouldn t want them to wait any longer for me to find the time and the passion it needs to make another album I also don t want to give fans false hope ReVamp lived a short and bumpy but exciting life but now it s time for new bands and projects to start I thank everyone involved for the love and dedication 9 Members EditTimeline Final line upFloor Jansen vocals growls 2009 2016 Arjan Rijnen guitars 2010 2016 Jord Otto guitars 2010 2016 Ruben Wijga keyboards 2010 2016 Matthias Landes drums 2010 2016 Henk Vonk bass 2013 2016 Former membersJaap Melman bass 2010 2012 Guest membersJoost van den Broek keyboards synths grand piano programming songwriting strings and choir arrangements producer engineer mixing 2009 2016 Waldemar Sorychta guitars bass songwriting engineer on ReVamp 2009 2010 Koen Herfst drums on ReVamp 2009 2010 Arno Krabman additional guitars and bass co producer engineer mixing on ReVamp 2009 2010 George Oosthoek grunts on Here s My Hell on ReVamp 2010 Russell Allen vocals on Sweet Curse on ReVamp 2010 Bjorn Speed Strid growling vocals on In Sickness Till Death Do Us Part 2 Disdain on ReVamp 2010 Mark Jansen grunts and screams on Misery s No Crime on Wild Card 2013 Marcela Bovio choir vocals on Wild Card 2013 Johan van Stratum bass on Wild Card 2013 Daniel de Jongh choir vocals on Wild Card 2013 Devin Townsend vocals on Neurasthenia on Wild Card 2013 Discography EditStudio albums Edit Title Album details Peak chart positionsNLD 10 FIN 11 BEL FL 12 BEL WA 13 ReVamp Released 26 May 2010 Label Nuclear Blast Formats CD digital download 14 58 Wild Card Released 23 August 2013 Label Nuclear Blast Formats CD digital download 15 43 21 97 130 denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory Singles Edit Title Year AlbumThe Anatomy of a Nervous Breakdown On the Sideline 16 2013 Wild Card References Edit TransIP Reserved domain Floorjansen nl Archived from the original on 7 July 2009 Name of my new band Archived 23 October 2009 Date mismatch at the Wayback Machine blogs myspace com 17 October 2009 Retrieved on 17 October 2009 a b c d e f g h i Biography Floorjansen com 20 June 2013 ReVamp postpone release of second album valkyrianmusic com Retrieved on 20 June 2013 a b c d e f News Revampmusic com 20 June 2013 Ouellette Mary 9 October 2013 Nightwish Add Floor Jansen and Troy Donockley to Permanent Lineup Loudwire Retrieved 24 March 2015 Raise the Blind An Interview with Floor Jansen Metal Blast Amsterdam 25 March 2015 Retrieved 24 March 2015 ReVamp www facebook com NIGHTWISH Singer Pulls Plug On REVAMP I Don t Want To Give Fans False Hope Blabbermouth net 29 September 2016 Dutch Charts dutchcharts nl Dutchcharts nl finnishcharts com Finnish charts portal Finnishcharts com ultratop be ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS Ultratop be ultratop be ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS Ultratop be iTunes Music ReVamp by ReVamp iTunes 3 October 2014 Archived from the original on 3 October 2014 Retrieved 15 October 2020 Wild Card by ReVamp Music apple com The Anatomy of a Nervous Breakdown On the Sideline by ReVamp Music apple com External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to ReVamp Official website ReVamp at AllMusic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ReVamp amp oldid 1150836347, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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