VICTIMIZER Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Replacement

January 21, 2011

Nijmegen, Netherlands-based death metal quintet VICTIMIZER has parted ways with vocalist Niels Feekes and has replaced him with Arnold Oude Middendorp (NETHERSTORM, DEVIOUS, ALTAR).

According to a press release, Feekes "chose to dedicate himself to his family due to the coming birth of his second child."

Niels' final show with VICTIMIZER took place at this past December's Eindhoven Metal Meeting.

VICTIMIZER's new full-length album, "Tales Of Loss And New Found Serenity", was released in the BeNeLux on November 1, 2010, and in Germany, Austria, Switzerland on January 14, 2011 via Deity Down Records. The CD will hit the stores in the rest of the world on February 7.

VICTIMIZER's new lineup is as follows (left to right in photo below):

Andrew van der Schaft - Guitar
Chris Thompson Rossal - Bass
Arnold Oude Middendorp - Vocals
Richard Sastra - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Romeo Gerrits - Drums

Gerard, owner of Deity Down Records, commented: "For VICTIMIZER as well as for their album 'Tales Of Loss And New Found Serenity', Niels' decision came at the worst possible time and it affected the planning of band's near future severely. I urged the band to find a suitable replacement quickly. VICTIMIZER then came up with Arnold, whom I know from his work with DEVIOUS ('Vision', Deity Down Records, 2009),and who owns one of the most brutal voices to be found in the Low Countries. Arnold wasn't asked to quit DEVIOUS, but unfortunately he has."

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