History
2006
Starting in October 2006, Thomas and Tom wanted to create a new brand of music, entangling multiple styles into one. In December 2006 they entered the studio to record a 3-track promo, with the help of Kevin (vocalist of Toxocara/Erebus) on vocals and JB (bass player of Seizure) on bass guitar and as engineer/producer. After the recording-sessions they started looking for a line-up to bring their music to the stage. That line up was found when Sven (bass guitar), and Mathieu (guitars, bass player in Carnal Leftovers) joined the band. Shortly after this a vocalist was found in Olivier (Ex- Obliterator, ex- Judgement Day) and the lineup was completed.
After a short time of rehearsing Thomas didn’t feel quite right about the band and decided to leave. Fortunately a new drummer was found very quickly and Clemens ( Aggro, ex-Bodyrot) decided to join Departure.
Now with a complete lineup the feeling was right and some months of intense rehearsing and writing followed. All the members started to put their different ideas into the songs and the music progressed into a mixture of styles that sounds very fresh and still packs a great punch.
2007
On Saturday the 11th of august Departure played live for an audience for the first time. The guys form Context provided Departure with the opportunity to play two songs during their gig. Crowd response was amazing and a big “thank you” goes out to Context!
After that first time on stage the band knew they were ready for more live performances and some gigs followed in Amersfoort, Weert, Roden, Assen, Eindhoven and Zwolle.
During the gig in Hedon – Zwolle the band had the whole show recorded for use as promo material. Some of the tracks recorded there can be heard on our website
2008
Due to some differences Sven left the band early 2008. A new bassplayer was found in Erik (seraphique) within a few days and the band could continue rocking the stages.
After playing with Departure for just over 6 months Erik decided to leave Departure because he had moved to far away.
A few weeks after Erik’s farewall gig a new bass player was announced. Guitarist of both Seraphique and Alpenkruezers and also ex-Delain guitarist Ray decided to pick up the bass for Departure and strengthen the band.
2009
Early 2009 was a time of rehearsing and songwriting until Clemens decided to quit Departure.
A final gig was announced and played. This gig was recorded using 5 camera’s and a professional audio recording was made.
The rest of 2009 was spend trying to find a new drummer and experimenting with new song ideas.
Early December A very capable drummer was found in Maarten and rehearsals started again for the first gigs with Maarten beating his drums for Departure.
2010
During early 2010 Departure was busy writing new material and rehearsing with
Maarten. This resulted in successful gigs in Zwolle and in Genemuiden during the first edition of HerrieFest.
2010 also saw the release of the long awaited live DVD XII IV through herrie records. The DVD was shot in 2009 and for the most part produced by the band themselves.
Discography
2006 - Started our suicide cult (three track promo)
2007 - Hedonism (live)
2010 - XII IV (Live DVD)