Members
Tom
Occupation in the band:guitar
Joined Departure on date:founding member
Gear: guitars:jackson rr3, ibanez rg570
Amps:lab series l5 amps
Effects / Pre-amp:line6 pod xt live
Other bands (current & previous): nothing worth mentioning
Favorite metal musicians:adrian smith, glenn tipton, pat o´brien, devin townsend
Favorite non-metal musicians:david gilmour,jimmy page
Favorite bands:iron maiden, my dying bride, SYL, slayer, pink floyd
Quintessential albums:the wall(pink floyd), somewhere in time(iron maiden), the dreadful hours(my dying bride)
Movies:everything by kevin smith, the star wars trilogies
Books:helter skelter by Charles Manson, Lord of the Rings
Quote:Well shave my legs and call me grandma
Mathieu
Occupation in the band: Rythm / Lead guitar
Joined Departure on date: December 2006
Gear: Guitars: Epiphone Les Paul Gothic, Epiphone Explorer Gothic.
Amps: ENGL 930/60 Poweramp with 31 band Samson EQ
Effects / Pre-amp: Line6PodXT Live
Pics: Dunlop .88 (The green ones)
Other current bands: Grindbashers
Former bands:Carnal Leftovers, Sinned, The Unknown, Sfear, Compulsive Habbits, Ol’Deezer, Sniper, and a lot of projects that didn’t work out all to well
Favorite metal musicians: Devin Townsend, James Hetfield (for the old Metallica songs), Tommi Iommi, Steve Harris, John Tardy, Mike Patton.
Favorite non-metal musicians:Anneke van Giersbergen, Duncan Patterson, Jimi Hendrix, Roger Waters, Johnny Cash, David Gilmour, Rene Rutten, Mick Moss.
Favorite bands: Devin Townsend Band, The Gathering, Anathema, Strapping Young Lad, My Dying Bride, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Death, Obituary, Pink Floyd, Morbid Angel, Metallica (old), Opeth, Cult of Luna, Isis, Massive Assault, Therapy?, Antimatter.
Quintessential albums:Terria - Devin Townsend,Judgement - Anathema, If_Then_Else - The Gathering, Alien - Strapping Young Lad….And Justice for All - Metallica, The Dreadfull Hours - My Dying Bride, Human - Death, South of Heaven - Slayer, Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden, Rust in Peace - Megadeth, Promised Land - Queensrÿche, Black Water Park - Opeth, The Real Thing - Faith No More, Francis The Mute - The Mars Volta, The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
Movies: Horror, especially Zombie (…0f the Dead!) movies.
Books: Terry Pratchett, Stephen Donaldson and Stephen King are my favorites.
Quote: Envy is the ulcer of the soul!
Maarten
Occupation in the band: Batteria
Joined Departure on date: December 2010
Gear: Paiste PST 5 series crashes/hi-hat/splash, Paiste Aplha China, Mapex 14 inch Black Panther snare, DW 5000 twin pedals, Vic Firth 7A sticks, (soon to be bought:) PDP X7 + additionele Hardware from Gibraltar, Adidas sneakers
Other bands (current & previous): Grindbashers(current), Mash.sig(current), A.I.(current), Bukake Bucket(previous), K.U.T.(previous), Sacrificed Knights(previous)
Favorite metal musicians: Vinnie-Paul Abbot (ex-Pantera) is a name that immediatly comes to mind, but there are countless others that are an inspiration to keep me doing what I’m doing ^^
Favorite non-metal musicians: On this spot there could be alot of names but one of them is: John Blackwell (Prince)
Favorite bands: Hehe, do you really want me to name them all? Ok, here are a few: Cannibal Corpse, Prince, Jamiroquai, Hatebreed, Pantera, Nile, Newton Faulkner, Saxon, Morbid Angel, Lock Up
Games: Star Wars: KotOR I+II, Dragon Age, The Warcraft series (I+II+III+ WoW), Blackhawk (SNES), Neverwinter Nights, Borderlands, The Final Fantasy series, Lord of the Rings online
Movies: Big tits in sports, Pornstars like it big, Hollywood Orgies, I Dream of Jenna, LOL now for some good movies: the Ocean’s series, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Monsters vs Aliens, I Robot, Final Fantasy: Advent Children, the Shawnshank redemtion, the Green Mile, Who framed Roger Rabbit and lots more.
Books: just name a book from Stephen King that I don’t have, and I’ll buy it ^^ esspecially Insomnia is one of my favorites next to Dreamcather
Quote: WOOMMAAAAAN!! WOOMMMMAAAAAAAN!!! and ofcourse: Kontneuken?
Ray
Occupation in the band: Bass guitar
Joined Departure on date: august 2008
Gear: Yamaha 5 string
Amps: Hartke 7000 amp, Behringer 4×10’’ speakers
Other current bands: Seraphique, Alpenkruezers
Previous bands: Seraphique, To Elysium, Delain, Orqrizt and Plop
Favorite metal musicians: Steve DiGiorgio, Manny van Oosten
Favorite non-metal musicians: Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Hank B. Marvin.
Favorite bands: Infernorama, The Monolid Deth Kvlt
Quintessential albums: Smile - Brian Wilson, Electric Landlady - The Experience.
Movies: 2001: A Space Odyssee, Zombiestrippers.
Books: Gitaarspelen 1,2 en 3 Frank Rich, Dissertatio Physica de Sono -Leonhard Euler
Quote: Als er geen bier is ben ik weg 
Olivier
Occupation in the band: Vocals
Joined Departure on date: December 2006
Gear: Shure SM58
Other bands (current & previous): ex- Judgement Day ex- Obliterator
Favorite metal musicians: King diamond, Bruce Dickinson, George Fisher, Frank Mullen, Rob Halford
Favorite non-metal musicians: Freddy Mercury, Beethoven, Angelo Badalamenti, Johnny Dowd, messiah marcolin
Favorite bands: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Suffocation, Immolation, Dragonforce, Dissection, Emperor, Candlemass, Orphanage, Cannibal Corpse
Quintessential albums: Candlemass - Nightfall, Immolation - Close to a world below, Judas Priest - Painkiller, King Diamond - Abigail, Iron Maiden- Piece of Mind
Movies: All David Lynch stuff, zombie horror, Thrillers etc.
Books: Foucault’s pendulum, Monaldi & Sorti books, Terry Pratchet books
Quote:I’m not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?