Band

On Friday 21st November we will be playing at the Damnation Fest Warm Up gig at Subculture in Leeds. Headlining is Porkfarm with The Grand March and Unsanctum also on the bill. Doors are 7:30pm and entry is £5.

We shall be returning to The Snooty Fox in Wakefield on Friday 16th January with support coming from Liverpool black metallers Ethereal and black/death metal three piece, Burial. Also playing is Wakefield's newest metal band High Templar. Fronted by ex Nailed vocalist Andy Whitaker, this will be their debut gig. Doors will be 7:00 and entry is £3.50.

We've been added to The Hymns of Sickness Festival in Worksop on Saturday 24th October 2009. It's shaping up to be a killer festival of British, extreme metal. More details as we get them.

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We've just been confirmed to support Enslaved at Leeds Rios next Wednesday, 12th November. Tickets are £12 advance and are available from us direct, just send us a message with your details. Doors ar 7:30 and we should be on stage at 7:45 playing a half hour set. We will be performing songs from our new album Ashes of the Fallen Throne.

The new album 'Ashes of the Fallen Throne' is now available to buy direct from our Myspace profile and Website using Paypal. Prices are £5 UK, £6 Europe and £7 World plus £1 postage. Also available are The Belonging T Shirts. Sizes are Medium, Large, X Large and XX Large. Prices are £5 UK, £6 Europe and £7 World plus £2 postage.

Finally, the album is finished! Just got the master copies yesterday. We've put four songs up. Secrets of Thy Labyrinth is the album opener which goes straight for the throat with some atmosphere peppered in the middle section. Ashes of the Fallen Throne is the album closer and is the longest and most epic song on the album. God knows how many riffs are in this monster. Plenty of sections and different time changes a plenty. Oracle of the Night is the most experimental song on we have done yet. Clean guitars and clean/whispering vocals mixed with speed and aggression. The result is atmosperic and dynamic. Prophetic Visions is pure black metal with an acoustic interlude which flows into a melodic twin lead before finishing with pure aggression.

We haven't got any copies pressed yet but as soon as we have we'll let you know.

After four months recording we have finally finished the album. We've only spent about 25 days actual recording as most of it was done at the weekend or the odd day through the week due to work commitments.

Rob mixed Prophetic Visions to see if we were happy with the direction of the mix before he started mixing the whole album. More than happy with what he had done, we agreed that we wanted the album to sound just like that. He's spending all this week mixing the album. We should get the first mix on Saturday to listen to for a week or so to make any final alterations before it is mastered. As soon as it's mastered we will put a few songs up on Myspace for your listening pleasure.

Last weekend saw the completion af all the guitar parts for the album. We're extremely happy with results. The songs are sounding even better than we thought they would. A couple of additional guitar parts have also been written during the recording process. It seems such a long time ago since we started recording the drums on March 29th but it will be worth it in the end.

Rich managed to put the drums down for the album in a single day, 11 hours to be precise. The recording went extremely smoothly and the tracks went down very quickly, probably due to the extensive practice we put in in the weeks before. No triggers were used at all as we want the album to sound as natural as possible. What's recorded is what was played, no cheating! We built a tunnel for the bass drum so we could get two different sounds. This way we can get a bigger drum sound when we mix the two together.
Levi has already started recording the bass parts and as of today he has completed four of the eight songs. The the pics section for some photos from the drum session.

Next Sunday sees the start of the recording of our second album 'Ashes of the Fallen Throne.' The album is to be recorded and engineered by Rob at Silent City Studios in Leeds. The new opus sees a definite improvement from our debut 'Setting the Scene' in terms of intensity and overall songwriting. We've spent the second half of last year fine tuning every song and left no stone unturned to make sure every song reaches it's full potential. The track listing will be as follows:

1) Sacrifice the Life
2) Hail To Eternal Damnation
3) Eternal Kiss
4) Secrets of Thy Labyrinth
5) Prophetic Visions
6) Oracle of the Night
7) Blood For the Gods
8) Ashes of the Fallen Throne

Updated Sunday September 23rd 2007

Been a while since our last update. Since playing our last gigs in London and Reading in March we have been concentrating on the new material in the rehearsal room. The new stuff sounds great and we have been recording our own demos for the upcoming second album. We'd have finished these sooner but we all went away after eachother this summer so there were only a few times that we were all together as a band

We've been asked to play the third Black Winter Day Festival at Bradford University on Saturday 15th December. Also playing is new Earache signing Evile, Holland's Detonation and the reunited Sabbat headlinging among others. For more info see www.myspace.com/thousandlakesevents.

Updated Wednesday March 21st 2007

We have been confirmed to support Finnish black/folk metallers Ensiferum in London on their European jaunt. The gig will take place on April 6th (Good Friday) at The Fridge in Brixton, London. Also playing is Finnish melodic death metallers Naildown. Doors are 6:30 and tickets are £10 advance.

Two more bands are now playing at the Reading gig on April 21st. They are UK thrashers Rager and Swindon bruisers Ventflow. Check out the links page for more info on these bands.

Updated Thursday March 8th 2007

On Saturday 31st March legendary rock and metal club Bradford Rios will be closing its doors for the last time. To mark the occasion an 11 band bill has been announced which includes The Belonging. Tickets are £10 advance. We are due on stage at 8:15pm.

Updated Wednesday february 7th 2007

This Sunday, 11th February we will be playing at The Alma Metal Alldayer in Bolton. Other bands playing will be Gradan, See Red, Neanderthal, Against the Grain and Dream Atlantic. We are due on stage at 7pm.

We have also booked two gigs with Bradford thrashers Let 'Em Burn. We will be playing at The Turks Head in Reading on April Saturday 21st and Bar Monsta in London on Sunday 22nd. Carnal Rites will also play in London.

Keep checking the website for more gig dates.

Updated Wednesday October 18th 2006

Its been a while since our last update. After the Bolton gig in July we decided to stop gigging for the rest of the year and finish writing and demoing our new material. So basically, we have spent the last three months in the rehersal room fine tuning the new stuff. As we haven't been practicing for gigs we have taken time on each new song to make it as killer as possible. The new material is faster and a bit more complex than the previous. A more latter day Marduk sound has been more evident as well as our usual melodic riffing. New songs titles include Prophectic Visions, Ashes of the Fallen Throne, Blood for the Gods and Eternal Kiss.

In the meantime we have been featured in the Sept/Oct issue of UK exreme metal magazine Zero Tolerance. An interview with Paul can be found on page 84 in the Rapid Fire section. The interview can be viewed in the Interviews section of our Media page.

Updated Thursday june 7th 2006

We can announce two more gigs in July. The first is on Friday 21st at The Old Angel in Nottingham with Old Maid and The Prophecy. Then a week later on Friday 28th we are going back to The Alma in Bolton where we are playing
with Allerjen and Cerebral Autopsy. Hopefully we will have another new song finished for these gigs as well.

Updated Sunday May 7th 2006

As you may have noticed we have aquired a new logo for the band. It was done by famed logo designer Christophe Szpajdel, who was responsible for designing the logos for bands such as Emperor, Enthroned, Desaster, Borknagar and Old Man's Child. We are more than pleased with result and think it reflects our music perfectly. His work can be viewed on www.myspace.com/christopheszpajdel.

We also have the full album as streamed audio using jeroen wijering's Flash player http://www.jeroenwijering.com/

We now have a My Space site. This can be viewed on www.myspace.com/thebelonging.

Another date has been added to the gigs we are playing with The Prophecy and Centurian's Ghost. We will be playing The Royal Park Cellars in Leeds on
Saturday 20th May.

Updated Sunday April 9th 2006

Greetings everyone. We haven't had an update for a while, but we've still been busy gigging and writing new material. We feel that our last few gigs in London, Bolton and York have been some of the best have done. These gigs have also seen impressive turnouts so thanks to everyone for checking all the bands out. We can announce that we will be playing our home city of Bradford on Friday 5th May at the Market Tavern in the city centre. Headlining the gig will be Northern Irish dark metallers Honey for Christ, as well as support from our metal brothers, The Prophecy.

Top UK extreme metal magazine Zero Tolerance reviewed our gig at the Electrowerks in London supporting Inquisition. This can be found in the reviews section. We have also just done an interview with Zero Tolerance which should appear in the next couple of issues. Live pics of the London, Keighley and Wakefield gigs have been added to the media page as well as another favourable review for Setting the Scene

We have also just been asked by Nottingham metellers, Old Maid, to play with them and Soulfracture on Thursday 13th April at The Fenton in Leeds. Doors will be at 8:30pm and entry is £2

Updated Sunday January 15th 2006

We can announce that we will be supporting Columbian black metal gods Inquisition at the Electrowerkz in London on Sunday 22nd January. Also playing is Greek black metellers The One and Bristol's Irony of Christ. Entry is £8 and doors open at 7pm.

Updated Sunday, December 4th 2005

Two more gigs have been booked. The first is in Bristol on Sat 11th February supporting Scottish death/grinders Man Must Die. For the second we will be returning to the West Riding in Huddersfield on Thursday 18th May. Also playing will be The Prophecy and Centurian's Ghost.

A live review of our gig at The West Riding, Huddersfield on 2nd June last year has been added to the review section.

We've been asked to play at a night of Yorkshire Metal at CJ's in Keighley on Saturday 28th January. The gig had been organised by fellow Bradford metallers Bloodstream to celebrate their frontman, Rob's birthday. Other bands playing are The Aftermath, The Prophecy, Bloodstream and Skullcrusher.

The gig at The Cockpit on 12th November was our last of the year. Thanks to Nailed and Sermon of Hypocrisy for having us on the bill. We're gonna be finishing three new songs which are nearly completed, in time for our next gig in January. Five gigs have been booked for next year already. We're playing Manchester, Bolton, York and twice at The Snooty Fox in Wakefield. See the gigs page for venues, dates and bands we're playing with.

Updated Saturday, October 29th 2005

We will be taking part in a night of extreme metal at The Cockpit in Leeds on Saturady 12th November. Also playing will be Wakefield death metallers Nailed, elite black metallers Abgott and Wakefield's blackest - Sermon of Hypocrisy. Tickets are £4 and entry on the door is £5.

In the meantime the photos from the Keighley gig and a new review of Setting the Scene have been added to the website.

Updated Monday, September 5th 2005

Our next gig will be at CJ's in Keighley on Saturday 8th October, with Keighley metallers The Aftermath and Skullcrusher.

Updated Friday, August 5th 2005

We've not been able to update the website for a few weeks due to technological demons, which have now been killed.

We had an excellent time in Finland where we played the Koria-Roll Festival. Thanks to Pete for asking us to play and organising the transport. Also thanks to Foz, Essi and family, for feeding us and giving us a place to stay for the weekend! We owe you! Playing our first outdoor festival was an amazing experience and we hope to play more in the future.

Thanks to everyone who turned out for the Bradford gig with Bloodstream. The packed Exchange only added to the temperature and intensity! A good night to end our Summer of gigging.

We're having a month off as we're all either off to Wacken or on holiday. In September we'll return to complete our new material which we have been working on. In the meantime we've put some pictures from our recent gigs in Finland, Wakefield and Bradford.

Updated Sunday, July 10th 2005

We have put up some photos of our recent gigs in York and Wakefield. These can be found on the media section. Another gig has also been confirmed. We are playing with fellow Bradford metallers Bloodstream at The Exchange, Bradford on Saturday 23rd July. Entry is free.

The response to our debut album 'Setting the Scene' has been fantastic! We have received nothing but excellent reviews so far. We have also been reviewed in this month's Terrorizer magazine. All reviews can be seen in the reviews section.

Updated Friday, April 29th 2005

The album is now available to purchase from the website using Paypal on the releases page. The price is £6.00 including P&P. For those who don't have Paypal, cheques and well hidden cash can be sent to the address on the contacts page.

Updated Saturday, April 8th 2005

We have finished recording our debut album, Setting the Scene. It was recorded at In A City Studios over the Easter weekend and was engineered by Carl Stipetic. It is now at Sounds Good having the artwork printed and the CD's pressed. We hope to have copies of the finished album within the next two week or so. Purchase will be available direct from the website. We have put a few sample MP3s on the left hand side and on the media page.

We also have another gig booked. This time with York black metallers Dark Omen and Brutal Chainsaw Death. This will be on Wednesday 11th May at Cert 18, York

Updated Monday, February 14th 2005

As you can see, the new website is up and running. All designed and created by Levi. We've put some live mp3s up on the media page as well as some photos from our gig in Gent last year.

We can announce that we have been confirmed for this year's Koria-Roll Festival in Finland, which will take place on Saturday 2nd July. We will be the first British band to play the festival. We're also playing the The Snooty Fox in Wakefield on 24th June and 16th July. See the gig page for more details. We will be playing more gigs after we finish recording our debut MCD in Easter.

Updated Thursday, January 26th 2005

We are now booked in at Inacity studios in Bradford from the 26th to the 30th of March to record our debut EP

Updated Monday, January 10th, 2005:

We will be playing at the 'Extreme Metal Night' at the Market Tavern, Bradford on Saturday 22nd January. Also performing will be Preston speed death metallers Devil Doll and Final Sigh. Doors will be at 7:30 and entry is £4.

We are currently in pre-production for our forthcoming debut EP which should be recorded around Easter. Release should be in April.

Updated Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004:

Had a bit of down time lately with band members going on holidays and festivals etc. Now we're back rehearsing and writing new material. As we've had a longer than expected break the recording of the EP will be put back a couple of months. In the meantime our next gig will be on Saturday 16th October at The Market Tavern in Bradford. We will be supporting The Prophecy again on the last date of their European tour with Australian doomers The Eternal.

Tuesday, June 15th, 2004:

Thanks to The Prophecy and Conquest of Steel for an enjoyable mini Euro treck last week! It was great to play outside the UK for the first time and hopefully it won't be our last. Thanks to all the people that turned out to the gigs and supported us. Also, thanks to Emilio and his missus for the great organisation and their hospitality while we were in Holland and Belgium.

Right now we are busy training Rich up with the rest of our songs and also preparing four new songs to recorded later this year for a four track promo. Before then we have two more gigs lined up. Hope to see you there!

Sat 10th July - The Snooty Fox, Wakefield with Scion and Sermon of Hypocrisy.
Sun 11th July - Dungeon Fest 4, Royal Park Cellars, Leeds with The Enchanted, Silverburn and Gore amoung others.

Friday, April 30th, 2004:

COLIN LEAVES THE BAND

This week Colin announced his departure from the band. As you may know, Colin left the band for a brief period last year but rejoined on the understanding that we did no gigs in the forseeable future. However, Rich Beaumont from Halifax progers Seer's Tear said he would drum live for us in the mean time. Since Rich has joined Colin feels it is best for The Belonging if Rich becomes a full time member of the band. We thank Colin for putting the band first as he understands that we want to gig as much as possible to advance the band's popularity. We still remain close friends and wish Colin all the luck in the future, especially during his upcoming studio recording while drumming for Yorkshire metallers Tefra .

UPCOMING TOUR

We can now announce the venues of our mini tour with Halifax death doomers The Prophecy , and Bradford's true metal warriors Conquest of Steel . The ANIHILATE TOUR will be on May bank holiday weekend at the following venues:

Sat 29th May Amsterdam, Holland - The Cave
Sun 30th May Gent, Belgium - The Frontline
Mon 31st May London, England - The Ruskin Arms (free entry)