Cold Night for Alligators
Cold Night For Alligators | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Roskilde, Denmark |
| Genres | Progressive metal, deathcore, experimental metal, metalcore, mathcore, djent |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | None |
| Website | www |
| Members | Kristoffer Jessen Roar Jakobsen Nikolaj Lauszus Christian Minch Johan Pedersen |
| Past members | Simon Silva Hjalte Bertelsen Sebastian Beronius Niklas Schrøder |
Cold Night For Alligators is a Danish progressive metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2008. The band consists of vocalist Johan Pedersen, guitarists Roar Jakobsen and Kristoffer Jessen, bassist Christian Minch and drummer Nikolaj Lauszus. They have released two extended plays entitled Ulterior Motives and Singular Patterns and a full length album in 2015 entitled Course of Events. Cold Night For Alligators has shared the stage with many bands including Textures, Monuments, Uneven Structure, Chimp Spanner, Scar Symmetry, Veil of Maya, Tesseract, Skyharbor, Animals as Leaders, Protest the Hero, Between the Buried and Me, Intervals, Fallujah, Haken, Sithu Aye, Dead Letter Circus, Black Crown Initiate, Enslaved, Volumes, Betraying the Martyrs and Born of Osiris.
Biography
Formation
Cold Night For Alligators was founded in 2008 in Roskilde by guitarists Kristoffer Jessen and Roar Jakobsen, former drummer Niklas Schrøder and former bassist Simon Silva. During the first year of existence the band rehearsed without a singer but in 2009 vocalist Hjalte Bertelsen joined the band.
Release of the EPs Ulterior Motives and Singular Patterns
In September 2010 Cold Night For Alligators released their first EP, named Ulterior Motives.[1] The online magazine Devilution described the EP as an "exciting fusion metal". In 2012 the band released their second EP, called Singular Patterns. The EP featured a new vocalist Sebastian Beronius, after the former one, Hjalte Bertelsen, left the band earlier that same year.
Nominated for Best Metal Act
The band was nominated for best metal act at the annual Danish Underground Music Awards.[2] The awardshow was held at Danish venue Bremen located in Copenhagen on the 29th of April. Cold Night For Alligators won the award.[3]
Release of first music video
On the 8th of May the band released a music video for the song 'Tempus Fugit' from the EP Ulterior Motives.[4] Two days after its release, the video was promoted by online magazine The NewReview[5] and later the same month Metal Injection did the same.[6]
Influences
The influences of Cold Night For Alligators include Haken, Fallujah, The Contortionist, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Psycroptic, Leprous, Between The Buried And Me, Meshuggah, and The Faceless.[7]
Discography
Albums
- Course of Events (2015)
EPs
- Ulterior Motives (Self-produced and no label, 2010)
- Singular Patterns (Self-produced and no label, 2012)
Music videos
- "Tempus Fugit" (2011)
- "Followers" (2015)
- "Daydream" (2015)
- "Inconsistent" (2017)
Awards
Underground Music Awards
- 2011: Best Metal Act[3]
Band members
Current
- Kristoffer Jessen - guitar (since 2008, founding member)
- Roar Jakobsen - guitar (since 2008, founding member)
- Nikolaj Lauszus - drums (2017-)
- Johan Pedersen - vocals (2015-)
- Christian Minch - Bass (2013-)
Former
- Simon Silva — bass guitar (2008–2010, founding member)
- Sebastian Beronius - Vocals (2012-2014)
- Hjalte Bertelsen - Vocals (2008-2012)
- Niklas Schrøder - drums (2008-2017, founding member)
Touring
- Nicholas Meents — bass guitar (2012)
- Adam Hansen - drums (2016)
Timeline
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See also
References
- ↑ Metalzone.dk. "Ny EP fra Cold Night For Alligators". metalzone.dk. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ undergroundmusicawards.dk. "Nominated in category: Metal". undergroundmusicawards.dk. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ole Rosenstand Svidt. "Underground Music Awards-vindere er fundet". gaffa.dk. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ Cold Night For Alligators. "Cold Night For Alligators - "Tempus Fugit" (Official video)". youtube.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ thenewreview.net. "Cold Night For Alligators debut new video for "Tempus Fugit"". thenewreview.net. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ metalinjection.net. "Cold Night For Alligators - "Tempus Fugit" (Official video)". metalinjection.net. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ Cold Night For Alligators. "Biography". Retrieved 13 June 2011.
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