''Serenades of the Netherworld'' is the second album released by Dutch guitarist
Sander Gommans
Sander Gommans (born 15 August 1978) is a Dutch musician and songwriter. He founded the symphonic metal band Apocalypse with Mark Jansen in 1995, which later changed its name to After Forever. He played guitar and performed the vocal grunting p ...
's project
HDK (Hate, Death, Kill).
"Revelation" and "Return from Tomorrow" were released as single tracks, while the entire album itself entered stores on 1 September 2014.
Track listing
Personnel
;HDK
*
Sander Gommans
Sander Gommans (born 15 August 1978) is a Dutch musician and songwriter. He founded the symphonic metal band Apocalypse with Mark Jansen in 1995, which later changed its name to After Forever. He played guitar and performed the vocal grunting p ...
(ex–
After Forever
After Forever was a Dutch symphonic metal band with strong progressive metal influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano vocals and death growls.
In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded. Singer Floor Jans ...
, Trillium,
Kiske/Somerville
Kiske/Somerville is a melodic heavy metal duet project, put together in late 2009 by Frontiers Records. The project features vocalist Michael Kiske (Helloween, Unisonic, Place Vendome) collaborating with American singer Amanda Somerville ( ...
) – guitars, bass, recording, producing
*
Amanda Somerville
Amanda Somerville (born March 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who resides in Wolfsburg, Germany. She is known primarily for her work with many European symphonic metal bands.
Biography
Personal life
Somerville was ...
(Trillium,
Avantasia
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, Kiske/Somerville) – female vocals
*Geert Kroes (Dead Man's Curse, BlindSight) – clean male vocals, growls, cover artwork
*Koen Herfst (Bagga Bownz, I Chaos,
Dew–Scented,
Armin van Buuren
Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren ( , ; born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Leiden, South Holland. Since 2001, he has hosted ''A State of Trance'' (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40&nbs ...
) – drums
*Uri Dijk (
Textures) – keyboards
;Guests musicians
*Mark Burnash – bass on tracks 2–4
*Paul Owsinski – lead guitar on track 8
*Stephen Pursey – guitar solos on track 2
*Erik van Ittersum (Insomnia, Ethereal) – keyboards on tracks 8 and 9
;Production
*Joost van den Broek (
Sun Caged, ex–
After Forever
After Forever was a Dutch symphonic metal band with strong progressive metal influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano vocals and death growls.
In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded. Singer Floor Jans ...
) – mixing
*Jos Driessen – mastering
References
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2014 albums
HDK (band) albums