Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band formed in 2002 by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt, intending for the band to be solely a project.
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14 Facts About Delain
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In February 2010, Delain announced they had started working on their third album, and that bassist Rob van der Loo would leave the band the same year due to time constraints.
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On 4 October 2010, Delain announced they were to part company with guitarist Ewout Pieters.
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On 26 February 2013, Delain announced that they will release a special album entitled Interlude that would include new songs, covers, live tracks, special versions of previous songs and a bonus DVD.
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On 23 January 2014, Delain announced that they would release a new album entitled The Human Contradiction.
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Delain toured with Sabaton and Battle Beast, and North America with Sabaton as support for Nightwish for the first half of 2015 and returned to Latin America during October as support of them.
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Delain toured as support again for Nightwish's tour on the second North American leg in 2016 with Sonata Arctica.
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On 19 October 2015, Delain made recurring touring guitarist Merel Bechtold a permanent member.
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Delain announced an eight track EP of new and live songs named Lunar Prelude.
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On 30 August 2018, Joey de Boer was made a permanent member of Delain after filling in for Ruben Israel, who left the band in October 2017.
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On 15 February 2021, it was announced that Delain's lineup had dissolved, and that it would be continuing as a solo project of Westerholt's who stated that he will continue to "keep Delain alive".
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Delain continued on to state that there will be a lot of Delain DNA in this new lineup.
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On 12 July 2021, Delain reintroduced Ronald Landa who was the band's original guitarist up until April Rain, as their guitarist.
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