Clemens Wijers
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Background information | |
Also known as | Ardek |
Born | Southern Netherlands | 10 November 1983
Genres | Symphonic black metal, Black metal, Classical, Industrial |
Occupation(s) | Keyboardist, songwriter |
Instruments | Keyboard, Piano |
Years active | 2002–present |
Labels | Season of Mist, Maddening Media, Clemens Wijers Music Productions |
Associated acts | Carach Angren, Dark Mutation, Vaultage, Lindemann, Ex Deo, Pain, Vredehammer, Bodyfarm, Utbyrd |
Website | [1] |
Clemens "Ardek" Wijers (born 10 November 1983) is a Dutch keyboardist, pianist, and composer best known as the keyboardist of Dutch symphonic black metal band Carach Angren. Before Carach Angren, Wijers played with Dark Mutation and then Vaultage where he met Dennis "Seregor" Droomers and they began Carach Angren as a side project, when the two connected over a shared love of horror and storytelling. Later Vaultage disbanded when Carach Angren became increasingly successful.[1]
Biography[]
Clemens is the older brother of Carach Angren's former drummer . He first started playing piano at the age of 7 and played with a local youth choir throughout his teen years. He grew interested in metal in his secondary school years and joined a band as a way of combining his new interest with his classical background.[2] He also studied music at the in 2002[3] before forming Vaultage in 2003, and later co-forming Carach Angren.[4] He has also completed a certificate in Cinematic Orchestration, taught by William Boston.[5] Wijers has mentioned that he is a fan of orchestral soundtracks from films and video games, and that he was a big gamer in the 1990s who loved video game soundtracks.[6]
Musical Work[]
Alongside Carach Angren, Wijers has also released a solo album[7] titled "Worlds" that is mainly a combination of industrial and classical music tracks.[8][9] He has composed the soundtrack for a number of short films, including Firefly and the Coffee Machine by John Michael Wilyat; an animated short about a series of drawings by an eight-year-old girl coming to life.[10][11] He also wrote music on Lindemann's album "Skills in Pills,"[12] and has written music for Pain and Ex Deo.[13][14] He also offers piano lessons through his website.[15] Typically, Wijers writes the composition for Carach Angren's music while bandmate Dennis "Seregor" Droomers writes the lyrics and stories.[16]
Discography[]
Solo[]
- Worlds (2017)
Carach Angren[]
- The Chase Vault Tragedy (2004)
- Ethereal Veiled Existence (2005)
- Lammendam (2008)
- Death Came Through a Phantom Ship (2010)
- Where the Corpses Sink Forever (2012)
- This is no Fairytale (2015)
- Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten (2017)
Other[]
- Vaultage: Hallucinate Beyond (2003, keyboard and lyrics)
- Vredehammer : Pans skygge (2011, composition of first song on EP)
- Bodyfarm : Battle Breed (2015, composition of eleventh song)
- Lindemann : Skills in Pills (2015, orchestral composition and background vocals)
- Pain : Coming Home (2016, composition)
- Ex Deo : The Immortal Wars (2017, composition)
- Utbyrd : Varskrik (2017, composition)
See also[]
External links[]
- Official Website
- Solo Music: Available on Bandcamp
- Carach Angren Website
- Official Facebook
References[]
- ^ "Ardek - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Biography". Clemens Wijers - Composer. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Biography". Clemens Wijers - Composer. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Clemens Wijers - RammWiki". rammwiki.net. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Biography". Clemens Wijers - Composer. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Interview: Clemens "Ardek" Wijers of CARACH ANGREN | Antihero Magazine". Antihero Magazine. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Worlds, by Clemens "Ardek" Wijers". Clemens "Ardek" Wijers. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Solo Album "Worlds" OUT NOW!". Clemens Wijers - Composer. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Bangover.net". Bangover.net. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Clemens Wijers". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ ANIMIAMI Channel (2013-01-27), Firefly and the Coffee Machine, retrieved 2018-02-11
- ^ "Carach Angrens "Ardek" auf Lindemanns SKILLS IN PILLS". Metal Hammer (in German). 2015-04-23. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Ex-Deo go into battle with Clemens Wijers - MaximumVolumeMusic". MaximumVolumeMusic. 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Ardek of Carach Angren discussed US tour". The Age Of Metal. 2016-09-29. Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Lessons". Clemens Wijers - Composer. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ "Carach Angren's Clemens Wijers Interviewed (2015)". www.rocksins.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- 1983 births
- Dutch heavy metal keyboardists
- Dutch keyboardists
- Dutch pianists
- Dutch composers
- Dutch songwriters
- Black metal musicians
- Season of Mist artists
- Living people
- 21st-century pianists