Some X-tinXion and 666 "The Nightmare" news!!!

On the 23th of april, X-tinXion will promote their new CD "Act the injured innocent" in Musicstore De Waterput in Bergen op Zoom. The gig starts at 19.00 o'clock. We also supports Heathen (USA) during their "Chaos in Europe" tour in the Baroeg, on the 14th of May in Rotterdam. Please visit the X-tinXion site for more gigs!

666 "The Nightmare" will be the opening act of Uriah Heep, during their gig in the Boerderij in Zoetermeer. This show starts at 20.00 o'clock on the 13th of april. 666 "The Nightmare" shall also be playing on the Dijkrock and Borstrock 2010 festivals this spring. More info on the 666 "The Nightmare" site.

New X-tinXion CD, "Act the injured innocent" is out now!!! 5 tracks of mind-blowing shredding thrash, available for only 7,50 euro! You can listen to 2 new songs on http://www.myspace.com/xtinxion

Act the injured innocent
All songs © X-TinXion 2010

You can place your order at
conradhultermans@hotmail.com

This Conrad Hultermans, born in 1974, started playing the guitar at the age of 17. During the years, he got influenced by guitarists like Steve Morse, Vinnie Moore, Alex Skolnick, Steve Lukather, John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert and Marcel Coenen. Conrad played different kinds of musicstyles and played in several bands during the past and present. Besides playing in some bands, Conrad is also focussing on instrumental songs. In 2004 he already released his first solo EP, "Inner". And this year he has released his second EP, "Infinity", once again with 4 tracks. Opener "Loose Change" is the most heavy, almost thrashy song on this EP. It sounds like a Michael Angelo-Alex Skolnick-80's Shrapnel guitar hero song. Heavy & thrashy, but played with a lot of melody also. The following songs "Everlasting Love" and "Let It Breathe" are more melodic, almost dreamy songs, with beautiful guitar playing from Conrad. And the last, and most emotional song, "New Life" was written for his nephew. It's a good example of inspiration for ,his songs ; reflections and experiences which had a certain impact in his life. Most of his songs on "Infinity" reminds me of an emotional guitarist like Satriani, but on the other hand, there are also influences from shred guitarists like Michael Angelo Batio. But he always plays with a lot of melody and emotion!
Review by: Ronny Elst. http://www.mariosmetalmania.com/

Hey there,

On april 18th, I will release my new EP called "Infinity" in the Musicstore De Waterput in Bergen op Zoom. The party starts at 19.00!! I will play all songs with a MD player and explain some techniques, scales, influences etc. in which I use in the songs. You can find more information on their site.

Hell Yeahhhhhhhhhhh,

On december 20th, I will join "The Dutch Guitar Three" with 2 of my favorite Dutch guitarplayers; Joop Wolters and Marcel Coenen During this evening we will play some solo stuff, than a Santana tribute band plays a set of songs. At the end of this evening, there will be a great final jam with all musicians!
For more information, check out We Music

"A new chapter"

After several years of just playing metal music, I decided to join a pop/rock coverband once again. The band is called "Jic" and plays music from the early seventies till now! It's a great band with awesome musicians.

Some leads of mine will be heard on the upcoming soloCD of Tim Wolvetang and on the concept album of Martin Paans (guitarist of The Metal Studs)

Hey folks,

I’ve uploaded another new song called “Loose Change”. For all you shredders out there, it’s a killer one ;-) This song will also be on my upcoming soloCD!! Go to the Media page to download it.

X-tinXion will start recording their second CD, this summer. Once again at the Pro-Sound Studio in Dordrecht.

X-tinxion will play at the Borstrock qualifying rounds on March 4th. If they win, they earn a place on the Borstrock festival! Other bands that will play are FUSZ, Dear Mom, Barracuda and Tenk. The qualifying round starts at 14.00, and at 20.00 the winner will be announced. The entrance is FREE!

I’ve uploaded a new song called “ New Life ”, which is written especially for my nephew Nels. This song will be on my upcoming soloCD!!

X-tinXion has been selected to play at the finals of the Wacken Open Air Metal Battle. They will play the finals at the Bosuil in Weert on the fourth of February against five other bands. X-tinXion has also recorded a video of their gig at the Bibelot on November 18th. You can watch and/or download it on the Media page.

Things are going well for X-tinXion! We won the Metalround of the "Kleine prijs van Dordt" KpvD, on 27th of april 2007 we will join the finals in Dordrecht. X-tinXion has also been selected by the "Aardschok luisterpanel" for the Metalbash.

Also the gigs section has been updated!!

Welcome to my new website, which is made by my dear friend Tim Wolvetang "Mitrumothy". He did an excellent job by making the site more compact and surveyable.

I'm also proud by telling you that I turned over to Bo~EL guitars. Those are the best guitars that I have ever had in my life!!! You can find more information about the Bo~EL guitars by clicking on the banner below.

Conrad Hultermans plays Bo~EL guitars exclusively

This fall I will be recording new stuff for my first full-length instrumental solo CD.
The CD will contain 8 songs and will be recorded with the help of some great musicians;

- Kornee Kleefman (bass)
- Stefan Maas (drums)
- Paul van Geldrop (keyboards)

All guitars will be performed by myself.

X-tinXion has received some nice reviews of the "Twisting the knife" CD, you can read them Here >>

First CD X-tinXion is out now!!! Released on 25 March 2005, containing 9 songs of brutal shredding thrash, available for only 10 euro!

Twisting the Knife
,All songs © X-Tinxion 2005

You can place your order at
info@x-tinxion.com

This Dutch guitarist is playing guitar since 10 years. He has played in several bands in the past, and for the moment he plays in a thrash and a rock/metal cover band. He also has played a lot of different music styles such as Rock, Metal and even Jazz. After 10 years of playing the guitar, he thought it was time to release an instrumental solo release.
On "Inner" are 4 songs which all have a playing time of 5 or 6 minutes. His main influences range from Steve Morse, Steve Lukather, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani till Alex Skolnick.
His songs are reflections of experiences which have had a certain impact in his life. For instance, the last and most emotional song "Memories" is written in loving memory of his grandma. The other 3 songs have also nice themes and melodies, mixed with several shred guitar moments. Sometimes Conrad reminds me of an emotional guitarist like Satriani, but his shred parts remind me most of all of Michael Angelo's album "No Boundaries".
With "Inner", Conrad Hultermans has released a very interesting instrumental EP, with a nice balance between emotion (Satriani, Vai...) and shred (Michael Angelo, Francesco Fareri...)
Review by: Ronny Elst. http://truemetal.org/

Cd-Review "Zware metalen".
Conrad Hultermans - Inner
Eigen Beheer 2004

Zo dan, hier hebben we te maken met een solo EP "Inner" van onze eigeste echte forummer Ratje, en wat voor een EP!!! De 4 nummers zijn van een dermate schoonheid dat elke gitaarmuziek liefhebber hier wel pap van zal lusten. Het is een instrumentale EP geworden die bomvol staat van fantastisch gitaar soleer geweld. De fantastische opener "Song For Alex" kent een heerlijke riff met daaroverheen een schitterende melodielijn, die mij tot het meefluiten bracht. Je moet het maar kunnen, zo'n pakkende melodie verzinnen.

In het nummer "Summer In Your Eyes" laat Conrad zien dat ie vlugge vingers heeft en vliegt hij over het fretbord en laat hij elke noot klinken zoals die hoort te zijn. De gitaarsound tijdens de solos is prachtig, zo wil ik menig gitarist zijn effecten pedaal wel afgestemd horen staan. Het meest "agressieve" nummer van deze EP is het nummer "9/11". enige is wel dat ik de riff van dit nummer erg vind lijken op de riff uit het eerste nummer, maar goed een kniesoor die daar op let. Ook dit nummer is doorspekt met soleerwerk. heerlijk.

Het laatste nummer van deze EP "Memories" is opgedragen aan de oma van Conrad. Dit betekent een zeer gevoelig rustig ballad achtig nummer wat laat zien dat Conrad ook bij het langzamere werk prima uit de voeten kan (of moet ik zeggen: prima uit de vingers kan...?). Een woord wil ik me eigenlijk niet in de mond halen over deze plaat maar ik genoodzaakt dat als kritisch recensent wel te doen. Dat is het enige minpunt van deze EP, waarover ik dus maar een woord kan zeggen en dat is: Drumcomputer... Meer zeg ik niet want het is het gezien de kwaliteit van deze solo EP niet waard. www.zwaremetalen.com

Ralph: De Nederlandse gitarist Conrad Hultermans brengt met 'Inner' zijn eerste solo EP op de markt. Naast het volspelen van dit, volledig instrumentale, schijfje is Hultermans ook nog actief in de thrash metal formatie X-tinXion en de cover band Metal Studs.

Helaas voor Hultermans liggen de gloriedagen van dit soort instrumentale projecten van zogeheten supergitaristen ver achter ons, want 'Inner' had in deze periode niet misstaan. Sfeervolle composities kenmerken 'Inner'. 'Song For Alex' en 'Summer In Your Eyes' zitten uiteraard vol met solo's in alle soorten en maten maar kennen ook stuwende riffs en herkenbare thema's. 'Inner' doet me nog het meest denken aan Vinnie Moore's solowerk, als we dan toch een vergelijking moeten maken. Minpunt vind ik toch het duidelijke gebruik van een drumcomputer. Zowel het geluid als de programmering doen onder voor een echte drummer, maar om nu te zeggen dat het overheersend irritant is; nee.

Voor Conrad is dit een mooie manier om dit soort inspiratie aan CD toe te vertrouwen en de bands waarin hij speelt hebben er een uitstekend gitarist aan hem. Een relaxte EP waar af en toe wat vuurwerk inzit.Score: 78/100 www.lordsofmetal.nl

Oct. 30th 2004

A lot has happened in the last few months, I changed some gear, my solo EP came out and finally, I started with some new bands!!!

X-tinXion (thrashmetal band)
Metal Studs ('80 metal/hardrock coverband)

More info about those bands soon...

Next month I will be recording the solo's of the debut CD of X-tinXion, which will released in the beginning of 2005.

The Gigs-page >> is updated.
In the Music >> section I've uploaded a song of the unreleased second EP of my former band "Gallowmere" .

Enjoy it!!!

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Aug. 12th 2004

Hello everyone,

Here you have my first official solo EP titled "Inner". This EP contains 4 instrumental songs which are recorded with the use of a computer (LOGIC)
Other equipment used were;
Musicman guitars, ENGL amplification, TC Electronic effects and a Boss DR-5 drum computer.
If you're interested in a copy, drop an e-mail to;

c.hultermans@home.nl

So, if you are into players like Steve Morse, Alex Skolnick, Satch, Vinnie Moore and Steve Lukather, than you will sure gonna enjoy this CD

Grtz,

Conrad Hultermans

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Jun. 12th 2004

You can now listen to a new song from my forthcoming solo EP "Inner".
>>>Song for Alex

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Mar. 9th 2004

There are some samples from the debutCD of Vintage which you can listen already, follow the link HERE >> .
The debutCD will be released on the 17th of April, during the release party in Waalwijk "De Tavenu". You can read more about this release party on, http://www.vintage-rockband.com

This month I will also record my first official EP called "Inner", more info about that soon.

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Dec. 11th 2003

Although I've recorded a new CDemo with Gallowmere, we decided to change our musical directions.We also stopped co-operating with our female-singer.
The new style will be a combination of melodic power/thrash metal with still some progressive elements.
If you are interested in what we recorded with Gallowmere last, then mail me and I will send you a copy of the CD for free.

Vintage, my hardrockband is now recording it's debut CD, which will contain 10 songs. This CD will probably be released in the beginning of 2004

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Oct. 16th 2003

I will join a guitar contest of the Sena Guitars Awards on the 19th of October in Breda

I added a videoclip of my hardrockband "Vintage" to the music section.
The videoclip was recorded at the Popelfest in Etten-Leur on the 30th of August.
You need Realplayer to watch it.

The gigs >>, friends >> and music >> pages are updated.....

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Jul. 24th 2003

At this moment, I'm recording the guitarparts for the next Gallowmere CD. This CD will probably be released in September.

I've updated the gigs >> , links >> , and pictures >> .

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May 20th 2003

On April 26th, I've won a contest with my rockband Vintage, at the Dijkrock festival...We will be added on the line-up of bands on the mainstage, next year.

I've upgrated my solosongs with Cool edit pro, check them out.......

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Mar. 30th 2003

On the first of June , I will be playing with Vintage on
The Sweet convention in Bergen op Zoom. The Sweet is a glamrock band, who were very popular in the seventies with songs like "Ballroom Blitz", "Block Buster" etc.,
and we will be playing the heavier songs of The Sweet.
This convention is a tribute to Mick Tucker (drummer of The Sweet) who died of leukemia.
We will be playing together with BC Sweet( England) ex-slade members and Sweet sessions (Denmark),
next to our own set, we probably gonna be jamming with members of the other bands (to do some more Sweet songs hahahaha)

It's a 2 days event and money will be raised for the Anthony Nolan Trust and the Bone Marrow Research Fund (Leukemia Fund)

The convention will be visited by Sweet fans all over the world (incl. some old Sweet members)

This is gonna be a great party....

For more info.
www.sweetconvention.tk


Grtz.
Conrad Hultermans.

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Mar. 28th 2003

I've uploaded some new pictures. Check them out on the picturepage.

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Feb. 28th 2003

My Biography has been rewritten by MB Marduk. ( thanks dude, well I owe you a lot of beer, hahahaha.)

Soon, I will put a new song on my site, this song is called "Memories" and it's a ballad.

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Feb. 4th 2003. (21:55)

www.conradhultermans.com

The launching of the guitarsite is finally a fact . I hope you enjoy it and can find everything you wanted to know about me. If you have any comments please mail the webmaster

If you don't have the free "macromedia flash player" and you don't see the menu on the left you should download it at macromedia or else you can use the menu on top of this page . Scroll down for the latest news.

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Nov. 7th 2002.

Recorded my first two solosongs :

• 9/11
• summer in your eyes (click the titles to hear them)

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Oct. 13th 2002

Night of the proms
Review of the Newspaper BN/ De stem;
By Wil de Jong

"Yearconcert well visited"
Huijbergen- the yearconcert of the Huijbergen wind-band St.Cecilia this sunday afternoon was a succes. The concert was in "The Proms" sphere.

The orchestra, conducted by Charles Bosters played a combination of classical and popular songs.
The opening of the concert was given by the youth orchestra of St.Cecilia. They started with 'Also sprach Zarathustra".The crowd responded very well on the songs, which were played by guitarist Conrad Hultermans. Songs like;
Final countdown- Europe, Music- John Miles etc. Conrad played some beautifully solo's during those songs.

Like the famous English Proms, the concert ended with "Land of Hope and Glory, the crowd took the lyrics and sung along.

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