"This song qualifies as 'my little baby' on the album and reflects on a difficult period that I went through." Westerholt: "And therefore, it is featured on April Rain. "A very personal song that means a lot to me", according to author Charlotte Wessels. This also means that there is even room on April Rain for songs in which he almost had no hand in. "Now that the band can draw from multiple musical sources, Delain has become a more diverse sounding unit", says Westerholt. While remaining responsible for the overall Delain sound, Westerholt has given the band members the freedom to contribute.
On April Rain my involvement was much bigger. Wessels: "Work on Lucidity was fantastic, but it was a bit of a fill exercise as the majority of the songs were already there. The other members and especially Charlotte Wessels have played a major part in the creation of April Rain. Those early rehearsals where the platform for Delain as we now know it." Looking at the credits on the April Rain album, it's evident that Delain is no longer 'the band of Martijn Westerholt'. We were all in it together and we almost immediately forged a bond. "We had an intense and very short time to rehearse before our first gig. We complement each other and that strengthens our sound." Wessels feels that the whirlwind beginnings of Delain contributed to the strong relationship. Delain is a band now, instead of a project. Westerholt: "The extensive touring and playing the past two years has really brought us together personally and musically. From the breathtaking opener, to the epic closing track 'Nothing Left'. Adding a real cello instead of strings from a computer adds a lot of value to our songs."Īside from the aforementioned collaborations, April Rain is one-hundred-percent Delain. "Our producer Oliver Phillips pointed us in her direction", says Charlotte Wessels. His vocals can be heard on two tracks." A little less audible are the contributions that came from cellist Maria Ahn of the Ahn Trio. Working with Marko Hielata of Nightwish on Lucidity felt so good, that we also invited him for April Rain. The grunts in Virtue And Vice, for instance, are provided by our guitarist Ronald Landa and he did a wonderful job", says Westerholt. "Between the five of us, there's everything we need as a band, so there was no use for a lot of musical guests. This time Delain is primarily Charlotte Wessels on vocals, Martijn Westerholt on keyboards, Ewout Pieters on guitar, Rob van der Loo on bass and Sander Zoer on drums. The debut Lucidity was characterised by the many guest musicians. But the album is very coherent at the same time. The sound on April Rain is versatile indeed, with various musical influences. "To me it's the ultimate example to show where Delain currently stands and how versatile we have become as a band." "The album opening title track is one of the songs on the new album I'm most proud of", says Martijn Westerholt, keyboardist and Delain's main composer. And at that point we haven't even heard singer Charlotte Wessels yet. In little under a minute April Rain – the title track - has shown us a few of the many different faces of Delain. Then the rest of the band kicks in and the drops form a ferociously swirling river of sound, during which a heavy guitar riff mercilessly crushes. The listener is immediately drawn in by sweet, waterdrop-like pianosounds. A versatile band with an impressive new album called April Rain. Now Delain is nothing less than a real band. The group of musicians quickly transformed into a solid rocking force. This lead to the Roadrunner release of Delain's debut album 'Lucidity' in 2006. Delain is: Charlotte Wessels, Martijn Westerholt, Sander Zoer, Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije and Ewout Pieters.Īlthough originally envisioned by Martijn Westerholt as a musical project featuring a host of guest musicians, due to the high demand for live performances a real band was formed.
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