http://www.mellekramer.nl Drumming, metal, nature and running barefoot. With pictures. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:20:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mellekramer.nl/2011/12/drums-up/ http://www.mellekramer.nl/2011/12/drums-up/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:03:10 +0000 Melle http://www.mellekramer.nl/?p=1938 Yes! My snare is finally up and running again – thanks to Olaf of Pustjens Percussion Products! It feels so great to play on my own instrument again. I tried to tune it very carefully under the watchful wisdom eye … Continue reading →]]> http://www.mellekramer.nl/2011/12/drums-up/feed/ 0 http://www.mellekramer.nl/2011/09/anatomy-of-i-slicing-it-up-live/ http://www.mellekramer.nl/2011/09/anatomy-of-i-slicing-it-up-live/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:28:00 +0000 Melle http://www.mellekramer.nl/?p=1872 After considerable time of (well earned) rest, things are stirring up again, drum-wise. Some time ago I met Michael Dorrian of Anatomy of I through Myspace. He managed to produce a pretty cool album together with long time friends Steve … Continue reading →]]> http://www.mellekramer.nl/2011/09/anatomy-of-i-slicing-it-up-live/feed/ 5 http://www.mellekramer.nl/2011/05/obsidian-on-soundcloud/ http://www.mellekramer.nl/2011/05/obsidian-on-soundcloud/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 18:12:27 +0000 Melle http://www.mellekramer.nl/?p=1795 Obsidian is in the clouds too. Check our brandnew Soundcloud profile and leave a comment! Below are too tracks for you to listen to and comment on. And no, they are not new tracks… Spread the word!!! Illuminate by obsidianband … Continue reading →]]> http://www.mellekramer.nl/2011/05/obsidian-on-soundcloud/feed/ 0 http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/12/top-10-metal-albums-2010/ http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/12/top-10-metal-albums-2010/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:48:48 +0000 Melle http://www.mellekramer.nl/?p=1366 Ook al ben je dan niet meer aan een metal community verbonden, top tienen schrijven blijft leuk. Al is het maar om weer eens te beseffen wat er aan albums gereleased is dit jaar. Voor 2010 is dit hem geworden: … Continue reading →]]> http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/12/top-10-metal-albums-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/10/reviews-online/ http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/10/reviews-online/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:04:41 +0000 Melle http://www.mellekramer.nl/?p=1315 After the release of Point Of Infinity the reviews start popping up online and in print – and most of the are quite good actually! We've created a special page on our website to keep them all together for easy … Continue reading →]]> http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/10/reviews-online/feed/ 0 http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/10/point-of-infinity-is-out/ http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/10/point-of-infinity-is-out/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:17:31 +0000 Melle http://www.mellekramer.nl/?p=1302 Finally, after long and arduous battles of will and insanity, our brand new CD 'Point Of Infinity' has officially been released upon the world by the mighty Candlelight Records! We are pretty proud of what this baby turned out to … Continue reading →]]> http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/10/point-of-infinity-is-out/feed/ 2 http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/06/release-date-artwork-and-album-teaser-obsidian-point-of-infinity/ http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/06/release-date-artwork-and-album-teaser-obsidian-point-of-infinity/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:29:21 +0000 Melle http://www.mellekramer.nl/?p=1208 Yes, finally we have a date: Point of Infinity is set to be released on 20-09-2010 on Candlelight Records! Above you can see the artwork for the cover of the album. I can promise you: the rest of the artwork … Continue reading →]]> http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/06/release-date-artwork-and-album-teaser-obsidian-point-of-infinity/feed/ 0 http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/01/interview-on-buddhism-and-metal-on-bos-radio/ http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/01/interview-on-buddhism-and-metal-on-bos-radio/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:24:04 +0000 Melle http://www.mellekramer.nl/?p=1133 The Boeddhistische Omroep (Buddhist Broadcast Foundation) asked me for an interview on Buddhism and Metal and how the two could be combined. Of course I said yes, and the interview will be aired Saturday 16 januari between 15.00 and 16.00. … Continue reading →]]> http://www.mellekramer.nl/2010/01/interview-on-buddhism-and-metal-on-bos-radio/feed/ 1 http://www.mellekramer.nl/2009/08/augustus-update-obsidian/ http://www.mellekramer.nl/2009/08/augustus-update-obsidian/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:46:34 +0000 Melle http://www.mellekramer.nl/?p=945 Na een geslaagde avond tijdens het NKG 2009 brak de vakantie aan. Voor de meeste mensen betekent dat even helemaal niks doen, of juist heel veel doen, maar vooral niet werken. Voor Obsidian lag dat even anders. Er moest nog … Continue reading →]]> http://www.mellekramer.nl/2009/08/augustus-update-obsidian/feed/ 0 http://www.mellekramer.nl/2009/07/shows-and-updates/ http://www.mellekramer.nl/2009/07/shows-and-updates/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:07:00 +0000 Melle http://www.mellekramer.nl/?p=936 Dosa Jhana rehearsal 1 The first rehearsal with Dosa Jhana was great! We had a good time and also we managed to play through all the songs without a lot of trouble. Of course there where a couple of glitchy … Continue reading →]]> http://www.mellekramer.nl/2009/07/shows-and-updates/feed/ 0