(Progressive Metal) Freak Neil Inc. - Characters - 2005, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Line-up / Musicians

- Rob van der Loo / basses, Chapman Stick
- Roel van Helden / drums

Guest Musicians

- Irene Jansen / vocals
- André Vuurboom / vocals
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen / vocals
- Nick Hameury / vocals
- Steve DiGiorgio / bass
- Sean Malone / bass
- Ron Baggerman / Chapman Stick
- Chris Godin / guitar
- James Murphy / guitar
- Marcel Coenen / guitar
- Joost van den Broek / keyboards

Freak Neil Inc. is the new project from Sun Caged bassist Rob van der Loo. Characters is modern progressive metal with a highly original unique sound performed by a stunning assembly of many of the finest musicians on the modern progressive metal scene. The album (produced by Joost van den Broek) tells the story of several different characters who have to deal with their own frustrations in life. Since each character is unique the album contains several different musical styles to reflect their personalities. In a few words, the music can be described as dark, raw, loud, and most of all, weird! Characters is a project with the bass guitar as the main instrument, but with vocals, several guest musicians and extreme music - a new experimental metal project is born. Guest guitarists include Chris Godin (Gno), James Murphy (Death, Obituary, Testament) and Marcel Coenen (Sun Caged, Lemur Voice).

Marcel Coenen - Guitar Solo (Track 10)
James Murphy - Guitar Solo (Track 7)
Chris Godin - Guitars (Track 8), Solos (Tracks 3 & 5)
Rob Van Der Loo - Fretted/Fretless (Multi-Stringed) Basses, Chapman Stick, String Swells, Drum Programming, Voices
Roel Van Helden - Acoustic Drums
Ron Baggerman - Chapman Stick Solo (Track 4)
Sean Malone - Bass Solo (Track 5)
Joost Van Den Broek - Keyboard Solos (Tracks 5, 7, 9 & 10), Production, Mixing
Steve DiGiorgio - Bass Solos (Tracks 8 & 9)
Andre Vuurboom - Vocals
Irene Jansen - Vocals
Nick Hameury - Vocals
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Vocals
Daluah - Photography
Christophe Charamond - Photography
John Klijnen - Photography

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 10. August 2009, 15:36

Freak Neil Inc. / Characters

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1 | 0:00.00 | 0:34.42 | 0 | 2591
2 | 0:34.42 | 5:18.43 | 2592 | 26484
3 | 5:53.10 | 5:02.70 | 26485 | 49204
4 | 10:56.05 | 6:47.38 | 49205 | 79767
5 | 17:43.43 | 5:44.35 | 79768 | 105602
6 | 23:28.03 | 4:30.54 | 105603 | 125906
7 | 27:58.57 | 4:56.64 | 125907 | 148170
8 | 32:55.46 | 3:36.23 | 148171 | 164393
9 | 36:31.69 | 6:32.32 | 164394 | 193825
10 | 43:04.26 | 13:24.35 | 193826 | 254160

Track 1

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Track 2

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