Nathalia: "After Thronar broke up, I've been busy giving piano lessons. But my my, did I miss the stage and a good band around me! Then Alerion came on my path: great musicians, great people. I'm glad to have the honour to be part of the band. Let's make some music!"
April 2010: Alerion on Youtube - Alerion has a YouTube channel on which videos appear from time to time. Currently these include the studio versions of both tracks on our promo Turn of Fate. Of course, the videos can be embedded anywhere on the web.
November 16th: Paul & Alerion part ways - Some time ago our keyboardist Paul Bouman decided, in consultation with the rest of us, to leave Alerion. Musically our differences turned out to be too great. Therefore Paul prefers to occupy himself with other matters. Fortunately, Paul will still be performing with us on the next couple of gigs, while we start looking for a successor.
We want to thank Paul for his contributions on our promo Turn of Fate and his efforts during the recording process. However, we will not bid him farewell, as we'll be seeing him around for some time. ;)
July 31st: Alerion on Guitar Hero / Rock Band 2 / Frets on Fire - Always wanted to play one of our songs on Guitar Hero? Well, apparently someone wanted the same and decided to make a Frets on Fire / Rock band 2 track out of Hindsight, the opening song of our old demo Fledgling. You can download it so you can play it yourself right here. I noticed it as the creator posted a movie of him playing on YouTube. He does a great job on the Hindsight guitar solos. ;) Check it out below.
June 27th: Archeon Midsummer Fair report
Yesterday we did a show at Café de Hommel in Vlaardingen, some pictures of that will appear online as well.
June 7th: Alerion show at the Archeon Midsummer Fair on June 20th, 2009 - On June 20th, 2009, the first edition of the Midsummerfair, a Medieval / Fantasy / Gothic festival, will be organized at the Archeon in Alphen a/d Rijn, Holland. Alerion will play at the festival around 15.30h. To spice things up a bit, our setlist that day will feature a brand new song, with a nice guitar solo trade-off among other things. ;) More info can be found in the gigs section of our website.
Additionally, we will play at Café De Hommel in Vlaardingen, on June 26th and we have a show coming up in October. More dates will follow. We hope to see you all at the Midsummerfair!
March 29th: Alerion enlists new guitarist - Alerion is happy to announce the addition of guitarist Bart Lubbers to the band. After contacts with many different guitarists, Bart auditioned and joined us on January 28th. Both musically and personally, Bart is a great addition to the band. Moreover, having first picked it up in 1997, Bart knows how to handle his guitar.
We would really like to thank our original guitarist Wijb Sommer for stepping in these past many months. Not only did this enable us to continue doing gigs, it also provided us with all the time we wanted to find the right guitarist for the band. Thanks for helping us out and thanks for all the fun in the process!
February 22nd: Alerion releases new promo 'Turn of Fate' as a free download!
Besides a further expansion of Alerion's sound, the promo also represents some of the sound made possible by the current line-up. The promo is available for free through our music section, giving you the chance to familiarize yourself with Alerion in 2009. Don't hesitate to share it with your friends or to spread the word to others!