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This one adresses to the one or two of you who might have noticed
that VINDSVAL has experienced a change of name. To comfort you
and to help you dry your tears, pleace notice that:
After a decad(enc)e of artistic thriving, coherence had innovation
leave the halls of VINDSVAL to have it relocated to a theatre
bearing the name of LE GRAND GUIGNOL.
For the francophobics among you, LE GRAND GUIGNOL means, dilettantishly
translated, "the big buffoon", but we appeal to your
general knowledge to make sure that you can situate the name in
its appropriate artistic and historical context.
To the ones that never heard about VINDSVAL before, please have
a cosy seat in the front row and read about the past acts of the
band:
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1996 |
In winter, VINDSVAL comes fourth in the south of Luxembourg as
the successor band of “Dregoth”, an extreme metal
band founded by Patrick, Philip and Yves. (see, there has already
been a change of name, and it hurt no one, so get used to the
new -and definite!- one)
With both Patrick and Yves alternating on drums and guitars, an
early collection of own songs is amateurishly recorded under the
name of "Codex Nocturnus".
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1997 |
VINDSVAL is helped out by Shadow, himself drummer of the fellow
luxembourgish black-metal band “Black Candle”. With
his participation, the first and only real demo-tape “Of Heathen
Blood And Soil” is recorded on august 16th. About 50 copies
are given away among friends. |
1998 |
Having trouble finding appropriate rehearsal rooms in Luxembourg,
VINDSVAL decides to build up the headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany,
the home ( for studying purposes at that time) of Patrick and Philip.
By this decision the band has to leave Shadow and finds a new drummer
in Michel, originally playing in the luxemburgish heavy-metal band
“Dreams Of Nabid”. |
1999 |
With this line-up (Patrick, Philip, Yves, Michel) and after half
a dozen of rehearsals, VINDSVAL enters the Psycho-Sound-Studios
in Karlsruhe from february 15th to 17th to record its debut-album
"Imperium Grotesque", with Patrick on guitars and bass
and Yves on keyboards.
Shortly after the release of the self-produced and -financed debut,
the band comes to meet Ingo, former bassist of the progressive-metal
band “Timesphere” and only german member of VINDSVAL. |
2000 |
VINDSVAL signs a deal with “Skaldic Art Productions”,
a label run by Vratyas Vakyas from Falkenbach.
The first Skaldic Art action for VINDSVAL is the re-release of the
“Imperium Grotesque” album with an enhanced artwork. |
2001 |
VINDSVAL starts the recording- and writing-odyssey for their new
album "The Great Maddening" at the Prosecco-Studios Karlsuhe
(former Psycho-Sound). (see again, name-changes are popular in these
latitudes) |
2006 |
VINDSVAL renames to LE GRAND GUIGNOL, who hereby finishes the endless
recording sessions for "The Great Maddening" at the TidalWave
Studios (former Prosecco and now run by Patrick himself). (see ...
ah, you saw![sic!])
To suffice stereotypes ... not only red wines ripe with age ...
New-founded label MADDENING MEDIA gets plastered by "The Great
Maddening" and begins a collaboration with LE GRAND GUIGNOL. |
2007 |
LE GRAND GUIGNOL opens the bottle and pours "The Great Maddening"
for anyone daring enough to deal with the consequences! To be excessively
consumed ... |