On May 14,
2005,
Delight
played a gig
at the Wave
Gotik
Treffen
Festival in
Leipzig,
Germany. The
gig was part
of a
contest, and
Delight won
the title of
Best
Unsigned
Gothic Act
International.
The event
was
organized by
the German
magazine
Orkus,
Roadrunner
Records,
Wave Gotik
Treffen and
Mastersound
Entertainment.
The jury
presiding
were Henk
Hakker &
Christian
Klimek (Roadruner
Records),
Claus Müller
& Kerstin
Strobel (Orkus
Magazine),
Michael
Brunner (organizator
Wave Gotik
Treffen),
Alex Krull
(Atrocity/Leaves'
Eyes/Mastersound
Entertainment/Roadrunner
Records) &
Liv Kristine
(Leaves'
Eyes) &
Robert Suss
(Mastersound
Entertainment).
Delight were
voted the
best band of
the event,
earning a
long-term
contract
with
Roadrunner
Records.
Delight were
the first
Polish band
to be signed
by that rock
/ metal /
alternative
label. On
July 13
Delight
co-supported
SOULFLY at
the band's
concert in
Warsaw. On
August 31,
Delight
played at
the Metal
Hammer
Festival,
alongside
bands such
as KORN,
OPETH,
LACUNA COIL,
HUNTER and
MECH. In
2005 Delight
commenced
preparation
of their new
material.
Paula and
Jaro worked
at the
Gorycki &
Sznyterman
studio in
Cracow,
honing the
new demo,
with the
help of
producer
Lukasz
Gorycki and
Krystian
Aparta
(working on
the lyrics
for the new
album).
The new material was produced by Rhys Fulber (famous for his work with FEAR FACTORY, PARADISE LOST and FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, et al.). The recording took place in Febuary 2006 in Strait Sound studio, Gibsons, Canada. Out of the twelve songs, 5 of which is Anew material, and 7 are new songs, this time recorded in one language-version only. Paula and Jaro were aided by session drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen (DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND), with Shaun Thingvold as the sound engineer. The material was mixed by Greg Reely (PARADISE LOST, FEAR FACTORY, FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, SKINNY PUPPY, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY etc.), and mastered by Kai Blankenberg at Skyline (DIE TOTEN HOSEN, DIE HAPPY, GUANO APES, PARADISE LOST, WITHIN TEMPTATION etc).
In august, the band was a new photo-shoot, done by the famous German photographer Erik Weiss (Coldplay, Green Day, Tori Amos, Deftones and many others). In December, Delight did a video to the song "Divided" directed by Dariusz Szermanowicz (Grupa 13#).
The new album, "Breaking Ground" was pre-released in the band's native country of Poland on 2007 January 15th, and was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 2007 February 9th.
The new material was produced by Rhys Fulber (famous for his work with FEAR FACTORY, PARADISE LOST and FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, et al.). The recording took place in Febuary 2006 in Strait Sound studio, Gibsons, Canada. Out of the twelve songs, 5 of which is Anew material, and 7 are new songs, this time recorded in one language-version only. Paula and Jaro were aided by session drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen (DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND), with Shaun Thingvold as the sound engineer. The material was mixed by Greg Reely (PARADISE LOST, FEAR FACTORY, FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, SKINNY PUPPY, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY etc.), and mastered by Kai Blankenberg at Skyline (DIE TOTEN HOSEN, DIE HAPPY, GUANO APES, PARADISE LOST, WITHIN TEMPTATION etc).
In august, the band was a new photo-shoot, done by the famous German photographer Erik Weiss (Coldplay, Green Day, Tori Amos, Deftones and many others). In December, Delight did a video to the song "Divided" directed by Dariusz Szermanowicz (Grupa 13#).
The new album, "Breaking Ground" was pre-released in the band's native country of Poland on 2007 January 15th, and was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 2007 February 9th.