Recorded in spring 2010 at a homestudio in Alken(B), produced by QUAEDT. This is the only song from the four songs we recorded that was released online on www.soundcloud.com/quaedt

QUAEDT - God Of Lies (unreleased 2010)

This was a demo/EP from a Black Metal project of a friend of mine: Vuurdood. He had some songs and wanted to record it, but he had no band. So he asked me if I could do the drum recodings. Ofcourse I was interested, grabbing opportunities to get better at studiowork. It was in september 2008 that I went to the Black Tree recording studio to record 4 songs. It took an afternoon to record these songs. It was primitive straight-forward music, so we didn't even have to rehearse in advance. The founding member of Craar(Atmospheric Black Metal, https://soundcloud.com/craar) was involved as well, he recorded the bass and did the production of this release. The founding member of Carnyx(Pagan Black Metal, https://soundcloud.com/carnyx-be) did some acoustic guitars and clean voices on this track, and an other track was drummed by the owner and engineer of the Black Tree recording studio. So it was an interesting experience for me to do this session work...

VUURDOOD - In Vlaamsche Velden (studio session 2008)

According to me, this is one of the best tracks on NATAN's debut full-length recorded & released in 2008, "Het Zicht Van De Dood". It is the titletrack which we have played live on many occasions. On a personal note, the recordings of that album were an eyeopener for me that I had to work more and harder on my skills and tightness. So this recording session was the reason that I worked so hard for the "Às"-recordings. I did enjoy the promogigs and minitours we did for this album, which led us to Scotland, England, Holland, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Ireland & Northern Ireland. We played at nice festivals and in awesome clubs in Belgium and in the countries I just mentioned, with awesome bands like Thyrfing, Lifelover, Waylander, Shining, Koldbrann, IXXI, Kult, Skyforger, Darkspace, Cruachan, Helrunar, Heol Telwen, Syrach and quite some more. This album also got a lot of very positive and praising reviews in the international "Metal Press". Although I was/am not satisfied with my personal achievement on this album, I still like this song. Let me know how you feel about this one...

NATAN - In Het Zicht Van De Dood 2008

The acoustic middle-part of this song was written by Dries(guitars/clean vox) on holidays in Sweden. We went to WOA 2003 together and after the festival, the two of us drove to Sweden to hang around in the forests for a while. When we had a little bbq and were enjoying a nice fire and quite some alcohol next to a lake in Kyrkhult(Olofström), he made this part on the acoustic guitar. When we were back home, he wrote this song around it. In my opinion the best song on the Nevel EP(recorded march/april 2004, released march 2005). To this day, it might be our most "popular" song according to many. Studio engineer from Grinhouse Studio, Ivan Seuckens, sang along on the acoustic part. 

NATAN - Abandoned 2004

This is a strange song for Natan's habits. Each time a riff/part is over and switches to the next one, it never returns further in the song. So no classical composition. It has calm parts, a raging part and an improvisation part. Some recording info: the drums were recorded in Brussels(B) by Hungarian magician Tamas Gresiczki(known for his work with Therion, Sear Bliss, Epica and a lot more). The rest was recorded by Dirk Miers at his studio in Asse(B). While recording this album, our vocalist Dennie(now in Saille, also ex Gorath) left the band, so we put the further production of this album "on hold" until we found a new vocalist a month later. That was Arne(also in Marche Funèbre). We gave him some time and he rerecorded the vocals with Ivan Seuckens in Tessenderlo(B). Because we had the time to analize the recordings, we decided to rerecord some bassguitar parts, keyboard parts, hurdygurdy(no hurdygurdy on this song though, only for the outro of the album) and some of Dries' additional clean vocals there as well. When all recordings were done, Tamas did the mix together with the band in Brussels, and then mastered the album in Hungary. We were very pleased with the result(and still), so we hope you like it too... 

NATAN - Heimat 2010

Finally, here it is... a song from my new band ILL. It is the first part of 2 songs that belong together. Recorded in 2014 @ Black Tree Studio by Lord Malphas(ex-CountHell & Malphas),  mixed @ a homestudio by Hermit(Craar) & mastered @ a homestudio by Peter(Signs Of Darkness). Recording line-up: Lost soul(vox), Dood(guitars), DaniHell(guitars), Merrekof(bass) & Wolf(drums). The album(approx 65 minutes) was released by Clenched Fist Records in april 2015 on CD. I hope you all like the "organic" sound. And tell me what "genre" you would label this stuff...

ILL - Begotten 2014

My band Ill's debut album "Tabescas Utinam Dei Volentibus" was released on CD by Clenched Fist Records in april 2015. Here's one more song of this album... One of my favourite songs to play, especially the last riff is fun.

ILL - Wanhoop 2014

From the album "Het Zicht Van De Dood", released by Iron Age Records , september 2008. I love this song very much. I remember when guitarist Dries(who wrote most of that album)came up with this song. We made a rehearsal recording of this song, just drums and guitar, and left the song to rest for at least 6 months. A short while before the recordings, we completed the composition of this song as a band. Just like all the lyrics for this album, I wrote them for this song as well. The topic of the lyrics is "De Bokkerijders". This song became one of our favourites, and also for the fans. That's why we played this song live on many occasions, even when it lost a bit of power(because of the missing violins) after Jonatan(lead vox/violin) left the band again in april 2009. On a personal note, the recordings of that album were an eyeopener for me that I had to work more and harder on my skills and tightness. So this recording session was the reason that I worked so hard for the "Às"-recordings. I did enjoy the promogigs and minitours we did for this album, which led us to Scotland, England, Holland, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Ireland & Northern Ireland. We played at nice festivals and in awesome clubs in Belgium and in the countries I just mentioned, with awesome bands like Thyrfing, Lifelover, Waylander, Shining, Koldbrann, IXXI, Kult, Skyforger, Darkspace, Cruachan, Helrunar, Kathaarsys, Heol Telwen, Syrach and quite some more. This album also got a lot of very positive and praising reviews in the international "Metal Press". About the production of this album: we had the privelege to work with Dirk Miers("De Studio" in Asse, B) for the recordings, except for the keyboards, those we recorded with Jeroen Swinnen(keyboard player in Daan, also producer @ "De Studio"). The mastering was done by Tamas Gresicki @ Aquarium Studios in Budapest(H).

NATAN - Volkskracht 2008

Here's the unedited drum recording of the song "Wild Huntsman" from the NATAN album "Às"(2013 release). Recorded by Tamas Gresicki @ Rec 'N Roll Studio in Brussels, july 2010. I just thought it would be fun to show you guys how an unedited drum recording sounds. Just for the equipment geeks , here's the list of drum equipment used for this recording: 22"x18" Pearl Masters Custom bass drum, 10" 12" 14" 16" Pearl Export toms, 13" Pearl Piccolo, Amedia Cymbals(12" Euphrates hihats, 14" Vigor Rock china, 14" 16" 18" Euphrates crashes, 7" Dervish ping bell, 8" Classic ping bell, 20" Vigor Rock ride, 18" Dervish china), Balbex 5A Ezra Wolf signature sticks, Remo Pinstripe skins, Pearl Demon Drive twinpedal, Pearl & Gibraltar hardware, Gibraltar Roc n Soc drum throne. There have been sound replacements for the toms and snare drum in the drum edits, so on the album that sounds different. Since 2012, I don't play Pearl drums anymore, I am the proud owner of 2 Pork Pie Percussion drumkits now(a USA Custom kit & a Little Squealer kit). I hope you enjoy this :)

Here's the album version of this song: https://soundcloud.com/natan-be/wild-huntsmen

NATAN - Wild Huntsman (Unedited Drum Recording) 2010

This is a rehearsal recording from early 2010, as we were composing our Às album, which we recorded later in 2010. This was recorded with the voice recording function of a mobile phone.
Scourge of justice was the first Natan song to be composed for the "Às" album.

You can listen to the album version of this song here: https://soundcloud.com/ezra-wolf/natan-scourge-of-justice-2010 

Rehearsal line-up was: Dries(guitar), Daniël(guitar), Dario(synths) & Ezra(drums)

Klein Meiske Rehearsals I

NATAN - Scourge Of Justice (rehearsal recording) 2010

This is a late 2007 rehearsal recording of "De Hoge", as we were composing our "Het Zicht Van De Dood" album, which we recorded in february 2008. This was recorded with the voice recording function of a mobile phone.

You can listen to the album version of this song here: https://soundcloud.com/ezra-wolf/natan-de-hoge-2008
The album was released in september 2008 by Iron Age Records

Rehearsal line-up was: Dries(guitar), Daniël(guitar), Claudia(keys) & Ezra(drums)

Rehearsal 2007

NATAN - De Hoge (rehearsal recording) 2007

This is a pre production recording, one year ahead of the defenitive recordings for the debut album "Tabescas Utinam Dei Volentibus". It's a raw recording, without bass guitars. The line up for this pre production recording was: Lost soul(vox), Dood(guitars), DaniHell(guitars) & wolf(drums). We went to Lord Malphas' Black Tree home studio.

Preprod 9 mar 2013 Mix 1

ILL - Wanhoop (pre production) 2013

ILL - Ruined By Reality (pre production) 2013

This is the final song we recorded with Natan, in march 2015 @ Grindstone Recordings Studio in Maaseik(B). It is the only time that I recorded the drums, while also other instruments(guitars and keyboards) were being recorded at the same time, in the same recording room. It felt very natural, since it had kind of a rehearsal vibe to it. This song marks the end of an era for me, since it is the very last song we recorded with Natan(jan 2002 - oct 2015), which was the band I formed almost right after starting to play the drums. 11 months after I started drumming, we already played live with Natan. In almost 14 years, we played numerous gigs across 12 European countries, and releasing a demo CD, an EP CD, a Split CD, a live Split CD and 2 Full Length album CD's. It was a lot of fun, and a lot of hard work. I hope you guys and girls enjoy this song, as it is finally released...

Single Master 1

NATAN - The End 2015

Hello, I am Ezra Wolf.
I am currently active as the drummer in ILL(Psychedelic Lounge Black Metal). Previously active in NATAN, QUAEDT, KRIJGH(vox), MALPHAS, ASATRU, BLOODWRAITH(vox), ANDRASTE(bodhran, tambourines and drums), VUURDOOD(studio session drums), SEMPITERNA(studio session drums).
I started playing drums in 2001, after being active as a vocalist in a few local metalbands. I didn't find a drummer at one point, so I bought a drumkit myself and started practicing and formed my first band as a drummer(Natan).

This SoundCloud page is some kind of personal portfolio with some rare and unreleased stuff as well, from different bands and projects I was involved in... 
Sadly, there are some bands and projects I didn't record with, or from which the recordings went missing over time.
The year in the songtitle is the year it was recorded. Not necessarily the year of composing or releasing the song.

Click on the songs to see an explanation per song.

Ezra Wolf

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