Callenish Circle

Callenish Circle was an extreme metal band from the Netherlands. They recorded three of their albums for Metal Blade Records, and broke up in February 2007. In the early 2000s things were going well for the band. In 2002 they toured with God Dethroned, played at the Dutch version of Ozzfest and the German Party San Open Air, and opened for Dimmu Borgir. Their fourth album was released by Metal Blade in 2003; to support it they played that year's Wacken Open Air and Summer Breeze festivals in Germany,^[1] and in October they were part of the Bonded By Metal Over Europe-tour, headlined by Exodus, Nuclear Assault, and Agent Steel. In 2006 they toured Mexico (cited by the band as the high point of their career), before they decided to break up in 2007.^[2]

Not to be confused with Callanish Stones, a setting of standing stones in Scotland.

Callenish Circle
Origin	Holtum-Born, Limburg, Netherlands
Genres	Melodic death metal, blackened death metal
Years active	1992–2007
Labels	Metal Blade
Members	Patrick Savelkoul Remy Dieteren Gavin Harte Wim Vossen Ronny Tijssen
Past members	Jos Evers Maurice Wagemans John Gorissen Roland Schuschke René Rokx

A part of their song “Suffer My Disbelief” is used as an outro in the online review show Angry Joe Show.

Discography

• Lovelorn (Demo, 1995)
• Drift of Empathy (Album, Hammerheart, 1996)
• Escape (EP, Polar Bear, 1998)
• Graceful... Yet Forbidding (Album, DSFA (Benelux)/Edgerunner, 1999/2001)
• Flesh Power Dominion (Album, Metal Blade, 2002)
• My Passion // Your Pain (Album, Metal Blade, 2003)
• Forbidden Empathy (2CD, Karmageddon Media, 2005)
• [Pitch.Black.Effects] (Album, Metal Blade, 2005/2006)

Members

Final line-up

• Wim Vossen − bass
• Remy Dieteren − guitar
• Gavin Harte − drums
• Ronny Tijssen − guitar
• Patrick Savelkoul − vocals

Past members

• Jos Evers − guitar (1992–1998)
• Maurice Wagemans − bass (1992–1995)
• John Gorissen − bass (1995–1997)
• Roland Schuschke − bass (1997–2002)
• René Rokx − bass (2002–2005)