Introducing: Doom/gothic/progressive rock band The Wounded from Emmen, Netherlands!

Photo by Damiën Haandrikman

The Wounded is a four-piece doom/gothic/progressive rock band from Emmen, Netherlands. Formed back in 1998, the band consists of Marco van der Velde (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Harold Feringa (guitar), Andy Haandrikman (bass) and Peter Deddens (drums).

The Wounded has never been a band that chose the easiest way to create their intense and emotional music. They never chose the easy way to just please listeners who became fans of their unique sound, style and philosophical lyrics. From their debut, »The Art Of Grief«, they’ve developed into a group of honest musicians who were never interested in making marketing a part of their musical concept. Only an instrument to express and share their feelings. Music from the heart which you cannot mark as a certain style. From new wave to post-rock, from symphonic rock to gothic metal. Every style of music influenced this band to their own work.

Through the years the band became known for their albums but even more because of their live shows. Which are always special happenings. The strength of their performances does not lay in a certain spectacular act, but in the way they express their music on stage. With honesty, dedication and strength their music is not only listenable, you can almost feel it as if it was a living being. Each song has a different character, each composition a different soul. Each of them witnessing the biographical stories of you and me. Each song as an entity that is trying to find its place in existence.

The Wounded released their latest full-length albums »The Sky Is Yours« and »The Sky Is Ours« independently in autumn 2023. Recorded at Studio Het Atelier, Weiteveen, NL. Recorded and produced by Frans Vollink and The Wounded. Mixed and mastered by Frans Vollink at Studio Het Atelier.

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The Wounded is:
Marco van der Velde – Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards
Harold Feringa – Guitars
Andy Haandrikman – Bass
Peter Deddens – Drums

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Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well