ESSENCE: In Flames, Roskilde Festival, bassist and live streaming of debut album

The Danish thrash metal heads in ESSENCE, which is currently working on the sequel to their successful debut album, LOST IN VIOLENCE, is ready with a new announcement. From their headquarters in AALBORG, DENMARK, the band reveals that they will perform at this year’s edition of the ROSKILDE FESTIVAL, together with IRON MAIDEN, AUTOPSY and SOILWORK.

ESSENCE will be main support for Swedish death metal legends IN FLAMES, when they guests a sold out VOXHALL in Denmark on May 31^st. The band also announce that they have put their debut album up for LIVE STREAMING on the internet for streaming (www.deezer.com/fr/music/essence/lost-in-violence-910095#music/essence/lost-in-violence-910095 ), while in the same breath reveals, that bass player Tobias Nefer in the future will be replaced by the Norwegian, Benjamin Atlas. Benjamin will act as the bands live bass player, until they find a permanent fourth member.

The band has this to say about the publications:

“It’s a huge honour for us to play at the 2011 Roskilde Festival and in particular with In Flames! Dreams can come true and we enjoy every second of this! We choose to put Lost in Violence up for online streaming, so all who feel like it can listen to the songs, because we want to spread our music to as many people as possible. All the people who have supported us throughout the years deserve much more than just being able to listen to the record, but that’s all we can do right now! We look forward to perform with Benjamin Atlas on bass duties, as he is more than competent to handle the bass playing, which Essence has presented to the world so far!”

Regarding future live activities: ESSENCE will be European tour with Polish death machine VADER June, performing at VAGOS OPEN AIR in Portugal in August with OPETH, MORBID ANGEL and NEVERMORE, and the band will be playing at SPOT FESTIVAL in AARHUS, DENMARK, on Friday 27^th. ESSENCE will return to DENMARK during autumn and winter 2011, and begin the recordings of their second album in Sweden in February 2012, together with PETER TÄGTGREN in ABYSS STUDIO. All dates for live shows and more can be found at the bands digital home – www.essencemetal.com.