“Nemesea keeps exploring and evolving, makingeach album a new chapter while at the same time maintaining the familiar‘Nemesea’ sound”.



Origin: Netherlands, city of Groningen

Genre: Alternative rock,strong rock

Founded in September2002 by singer Manda Ophuis andguitarist, songwriter Hendrik Jan ‘HJ’de Jong - and shortly thereafter completed with Sonny Onderwater on bass -, Nemesea realised quickly that limitingoneself to one specific type of music would not allow the band to fully reachtheir creative purpose. Nemesea’s own sound therefore became an ever evolving meltingpot, combiningthe best possible sounds: rock, synths and electronic elements with catchyvocal lines.

FollowingNemesea’s 3 song demo, the band landedtheir first gig in April 2003 opening for Dutch symphonic metal band AfterForever in the P60 Amstelveen, continuing as After Forever’s support act forover a year.

InNovember 2003 Nemesea signed to a Dutch independent record company, resultingin the November 2004 release of ‘Mana’,their debut album. The combination of this release and extensive touring inEurope secured Nemesea a strong base in the European gothic/symphonic metal scene.



Fortheir follow-up album Nemesea teamed up with crowdsourcing website Sellaband, raising $50.000 through faninvestments within a record breaking period of only three months, subsequentlyleading to Nemesea getting into the studio in no-time, recording the.album ‘In Control’ (released June 2007).Nemesea attracted top-engineer Ronald Prent (Rammstein, Guano Apes, WithinTemptation, Simple Minds etc), who mixed the album at the Galaxy StudiosBelgium with Tony Platt (Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Foreigner, Cheap Trick etc.)producing the album.

‘In Control’ featured a more mature sound, combining rock guitarsriffs, synths, loops with catchy melodies and vocal lines. A not sosubtle change to the previous album ‘Mana’which got the fans reeling.

@P3 Purmerend

In2009 Nemesea released a live album following the band’s performances at the P3in Dutch city Purmerend. As the live shows were set up in full 9.2 omnisurround the audience were at the heart of the music. The album was re-releasedin 2014 as a special 5.1 mixed album and bundled with the 5.1 surround versionof ‘In Control’, with Ronald Prent in charge of the special edition 5.1 mix of‘In Control’.

The Quiet Resistance

In2010 Nemesea signed with the Austrian music label Napalm Records and preparations fortheir new album began, resulting in Nemesea’s 3rd studio album ‘The Quiet Resistance’ (TQR), releasedNovember 2011.



On a tight budget, recording at their home studio, new elements were added to theNemesea sound developed on both previous albums. This resulted in more synthheavy, somewhat darker, bigger sound with melodic arrangements. Another excitingfeature is the addition to the album of three duets, one with Charlotte Wessels (Delain), one with BulletProof Messenger-members MattLitwin (vocals) and Marcus Klavan(DJ) and another duet with vocalist HeliReißenweber from Maerzfeld.

Fordrums Nemesea attracted Frank van derStar and for keyboard player/DJ LasseDellbrügge. The band reached out to producer and mix engineer Joost van den Broek (Epica,Stream of Passion, Xandria, After Forever). TQR helped growNemesea’s fan base. ‘Afterlife’ was released as a single and video (with in the meantime more than 1.2 million views). Nemeseatoured extensively in Holland and Germany.



Uprise: every album a new chapter

‘Uprise’ isthe title of Nemesea’s 4th studio album, released worldwide on April29th 2016 by Napalm Records. The album title turns out to be more accuratethan Nemesea first realised. It also explains why, after a Facebook-message inAugust 2012, announcing that Nemesea had started work on their fourth album, itwould take another three-and-a-half-years to complete that task. Pre-productionstarted in 2014 resulting in two songs, followed by the official recordings ayear later.

With ‘Uprise’Nemesea has evolved from a metal band to a rock band with songs to match.

‘Uprise’ is the testimony of Nemesea reminiscing after an emotional chapter ofhanging on to the past whilst dealing with a new reality and allowing oneself(as well as others) to make the next step.

Recordingproces

‘Uprise’ was recorded at the Giesound-studios (Zwolle, Netherlands). Producer Guido Aalbers (Muse,Coldplay, No Doubt) played a crucial role.Never before in Nemesea's history there has been a single person experiencingand supporting the whole process from start to finish.

On ‘Uprise’, Nemesea sounds exactly like whatthey were aiming for. It is a product of a band that has converted change intoimprovement, collectively as well as individually.

Together with producerGuido Aalbers they pushed for a more natural, organic, pure sound. Avoidingover-production and adding electronics as a flavour this time. More balancedwith captivating melodies. Former Nemesea drummer Steven Bouma joined Nemesea again in the studio.

Altogether ‘Uprise’ is more rockorientated which suits the band and feels like coming home in a way.

From the album ‘Twilight’ was released as a lyric video and ‘Forever’released as a single and video on YouTube. The impressive video is shot by filmmaker Patric Ullaeus (Within Temptation,Delain, Amaranthe, Europe, Evergrey, In Flames).



Studioalbums

Mana (2004)

In Control (2007)

The Quiet Resistance[10] (2011)

In Control 5.1 Surround (2014) (Bundledwith Live @P3 in 5.1)

Uprise (2016)



Livealbums

Pure: Live @ P3 (2009)

Pure: Live @ P3 (2012) (Remixed andremastered)

Pure:Live @ P3 5.1 (Bundled with In Control 5.1)



‘Forever’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGI0Pja2Sro



Links

www.nemesea.com

www.facebook.com/nemeseaofficial

www.twitter.com/Nemesea

www.instagram.com/nemeseaofficial/