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Ill Trusted is een metal band gevestigd in Tilburg en omstreken, bestaande uit vijf heren die gezelligheid en enthousiasme brengen. Deze band heeft nu enkele jaren podiumervaring en zet telkens weer een dikke show neer. Na elke show is het publiek lovend over de band.

Met invloeden uit de Amerikaanse en Europese metal maken ze muziek met veel herkenningspunten en waarbij de nekspieren het flink te verduren krijgen. De kracht van de band zit hem in de dynamische en af en toe hectische drums die goed is afgestemd op beukende en melodieuze gitaarlijnen. Met een pompende bas en scheurende lange grunts erbij resulteert de muziek in harde, melodieuze en groovy metal. De manier hoe deze heren hun nummers wegzetten laat zien dat ze weten waar ze mee bezig zijn, waarbij ze altijd streven naar groei, kwaliteit en inhoud in de betekenis van de muziek. De band probeert zowel live als tijdens het ontwikkelingsproces het uiterste uit zich te halen.

Met optredens verspreid over heel Nederland laat de band zien dat ze streven en enthousiast zijn, maar ook serieus bezig zijn met het verspreiden van muziek waarbij de nadruk ligt op het enthousiasmeren/entertainen van het publiek en het vergroten van de naamsbekendheid. Waar deze heren ook optreden, ze laten een sterke indruk achter wat ervoor zorgt dat men enthousiast is naar meer. 

De eerste release ‘Conflict’ (2013) geeft een goede indruk waar deze band voor staat sinds het ontstaan ervan. Met de lang verwachte EP ‘Fractures of a Scattered Mind’ (release maart 2015) laat de band zien dat de volgende stap gezet is. Hier mee zal de band grensverleggend zijn en zetten zij het statement dat ze het nog ver gaan schoppen in de muziekindustrie.


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Ill Trusted is a Dutch metal band from around Tilburg. Five guys whom bring a lot of enthousiasm with them. After only a few years they now show a lot of potential, whith every show they play they bring more enthousiasm and power to it, which leaves the audience stoked every time they play. 

Influenced by the American and European metal music they create a lot of diversity in their music, ending in a lot of sore neckmussles the next day.  The power of the band is found in the dynamic, yet sometimes chaotic drums which is perfectly fine tuned with the melodic yet fierce guitar riffs. A pumping bass and long schredding vocals define this band to a unique repertiore of songs which are melodic and groovey. The performance of each song shows that they know what they want to do with their music and they always try to strife for more growth, quality and contents of their music.  

Playing across the Netherlands they show their enthousiasm every time, but also that they are working hard on the future of the band. Most people who watched them play state that this band has a lot of potential. 

With the first release “Conflict” (2013) they have given a good impression what their music is about and with the long expected EP “Fractures of a Scattered Mind” (release: March 15th 2015) they are showing they are evolving to the next level. This release will be groundbreaking  and probably take them further into the metal scene. 

Keep an eye out for these guys!

Charging out of the late 90s Massachusetts underground in a storm of thunderous riffs and focused aggression, in 2011 Unearth proudly stand at the forefront of modern metal. With Darkness In the Light, their fifth full-length, the quintet have delivered their most honest, powerful, and compelling statement to date, driving a fist into the collective gut of every image-obsessed wannabe metal band currently cluttering up the landscape, and setting a new standard when it comes to marrying precision brute force and exhilarating melody. 

Following the release of 2008’s The March, an armor-plated beast of a record that cemented their position as kings of the machine-gun breakdown, the band once again earned their reputation as one of the hardest working bands in metal, hitting the road hard and further building upon their fervently devoted legion of fans. However, while proud of both that record and its predecessor, 2006’s III: In the Eyes Of Fire, vocalist Trevor Phipps believed they had yet to revisit the heights reached on 2004’s seminal The Oncoming Storm, a record that has remained a firm favorite in the hearts of many fans. “It’s funny because when you do a new record you always think it’s your best one at the time, but up to this point I think The Oncoming Storm was probably our most solid record – until now,” he states plainly. In fact, brief exposure to Darkness In The Light makes it abundantly clear that it’s not only poised to steal The Oncoming Storm’s crown but in fact stands as the record fans have long hoped for. “We didn’t sit around listening to The Oncoming Storm going ‘oh, we should write more songs like this’, but it definitely feels fresh to me in the same way that record did,” guitarist Buz McGrath concurs. “Our last two records are great records but I didn’t get that same feel. This one is special man, this one is our best yet.” 

Both long term fans and those coming to the band for the first time will not fail to be struck by the sheer vitality of Darkness In the Light and the unconstrained energy that surges through its eleven tracks. From the instant the urgent, insidiously catchy “Watch It Burn” explodes to life it’s clear that this is Unearth playing on a whole new level, putting absolutely everything they’ve got on the line and intent on blowing everyone out of their path. “Times are tough but the band has a renewed energy to get out there and take what’s ours,” Phipps states adamantly. “There’s a bunch of bands out there that are all trying to get the spotlight, so it’s a case of fight or die, and our fists are flying man.” With every track kept short and to the point – only “Watch It Burn” breaking the four-minute mark – this is state of the art, ruthlessly honed metal that backs up Phipps’ assertion with some serious muscle. The likes of “Shadows In The Light” and “Arise The War Cry” reach anthemic heights previously only hinted at, the utterly crushing attack of “Eyes Of Black” and closer “Disillusion” capturing the band at their balls out heaviest, and throughout, the muscular grooves wrenched from John “Slo” Maggard’s bass pummel mercilessly while the blistering shredding of McGrath and guitarist Ken Susi is spectacular, and sure to inspire armies of metalheads around the world to air guitar like there’s no tomorrow. 

Lyrically, while Phipps once again touches upon the political – most notably on “Watch It Burn”, which sees him decrying the ineffectual governmental system at work in the contemporary US – Darkness In The Light is a far more personal album. The somber “Equinox” touches upon internal struggles with feelings of depression and defeat, while “Last Wish” concerns real-life incidents that saw people close to the vocalist involved in accidents that placed them on life support, “and it’s about [being in that position and] trying to tell the people who are holding on that you’re not coming back, and to pull the plug”. Crushing closer “Disillusion” stands as a powerful “fuck-you song” against anyone who “at the end of the day makes you feel lied to”, and the recurring theme of focusing on negatives “even when good things are going on around you” served to inspire the title of the record.

Having written such a powerful brace of songs, to ensure they were captured exactly how the band wanted them they enlisted the services of über producer Adam Dutkiewicz. Alongside his ‘day job’ – playing guitar in Killswitch Engage – Dutkiewicz has put his name to landmark records from As I Lay Dying, The Acacia Strain, and All That Remains, as well as helming all of Unearth’s previous releases bar the Terry Date (Pantera, Deftones) produced III. However, prior to heading into the studio the band decided that it was in the record’s best interest if they parted ways with drummer Derek Kerswill. “Derek is an amazing drummer, and we’re still good friends, but his style wasn’t what we were looking for on the new record. He’s more of a rock guy than a metal guy, and we wanted something a bit more extreme,” McGrath explains. With this in mind, they recruited long time friend Justin Foley, best known for pounding the skins alongside Dutkiewicz in Killswitch Engage, and the perfect choice to ensure the album boasted the unrelenting rhythmic backbone it deserved. “I think he slips under the radar a little bit as far as drummers go but he’s an outstanding technical drummer,” McGrath enthuses. “We wrote the record on a drum machine, and Ken would write these kinda ridiculous drum parts and Justin just came into the studio and nailed everything we threw at him, he’s an amazing dude.”

With such lyrical honesty and devastating music, it was up to Phipps to match this ferocity in his vocal performance, and this was a challenge he was eager to tackle head on. “I think the songs on The March are solid and there are certain parts where I did well, but I think that’s probably my worst vocal performance, and for the last two plus years I’ve been frustrated with my vocal contribution to that record,” he admits candidly. “So this time out I was like fuck man, I really need to knuckle down and destroy myself here. I was really physically and emotionally invested in this project, and by the end of it I was drained and just at wit’s end, but that’s what it took to make sure that I gave the best performance I ever have.” Bolstering his riveting performance, for the first time since The Oncoming Storm, Susi also contributed some clean vocals to three songs, imbuing them with extra texture and emotional depth. “Ken’s got a great voice, and when we were writing the songs, I immediately gravitated toward anything that stuck out to me and sounded a little bit different, and this was definitely one of those aspects,” McGrath states. “It’s not something we were gonna do on every song, but it’s tastefully done and it kind of adds a different dynamic where songs needed it. I was kicking his ass to kind of ‘man up’ and make it a more aggressive kind of singing and it came out great, those songs are really exciting to us.”

Gearing up to take Darkness In The Light around the world and undoubtedly leaving a trail of mosh pit devastation in their wake, thirteen years into their career Unearth are more driven and determined than ever, ensuring that their fans get exactly what they crave from their heroes. “A lot of bands come and go, and it’s tough to make a living in heavy metal right now,” McGrath states. “But we’re still touring because we love it, and as long as there’s people out there who appreciate what we do we’ll keep on going. We just made the best record of our career and we want as many people to hear it as possible, so come on, let’s go.”

My name is Gijs "GyZe" Hermans, I'm a vocalist orientated in Metal/Grunts. I'm the lead vocalist for the band Ill Trusted and  recently I also started doing vocals for DJ's and producers (Trypsin, DJ Terror, DJ Thera and others). 
 I'm inspired by different vocalists like Corey Taylor, Max Cavallera, Randy Blythe, Peter Tatgren, Pjotr Wiwczarek, Maynard James Keenan, Johan Hegg, Devin Townsend, Jens Kidman and many others. 

 A short history: 
 At the age of 15 I was intrigued by the heavy metal vocal style called "Grunting". Immediately I started practicing this style and from that moment on I realy wanted to be in a Band and participate in the writing and creating of music. 

 Early 2005 I joined a band called Afterlife and we wrote and played together for 6 years. During that time I also did a few TV performances such as "Idols 2005" and I was interviewed by "De Wereld Draait Door" and also did a few radio interviews. In 2006 I won the dutch amateur award for "Best Grunting", in 2007 won as well and in 2008 I placed 3rd. 

 In 2011 we decided to quit Afterlife and go seperate ways in music. This resulted to start a new band "Ill Trusted". 
 We already made an album "Conflict" and are currently working on our new EP. You can follow us on facebook as well. www.facebook.com/IllTrusted

 Somewhere allong the way my brother took me to a Hardstyle party in 2008, and from that moment on my love for this music began to grow, and still is growing. I've been to a lot of great and big party's since then and I realy started to think about doing vocals for this kind of music as well. 

 The opportunity to do this was when DJ Trypsin & X-Clusive called me and asked me to do vocals for a track with them. Without hesitation I accepted this chance. The track was the Anthem for Bassrulers Outdoor Festival 2014 and we performed it live as well and got a lot of great response. 
 This opportunity was a realy great experience and the start of more projects in this scene as well. 

 So thats the short version of the story of my past musical career. This page will keep you posted on the current and future projects I'm working on. 

 Music is my passion, I feel realy honoured i have this opportunity to do what i love the most.... Scream The Hell Out of My Lungs.

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