NAME: XKOENX
CONTACT: xkoenx@the-dying.com
BORN: 12/04/1980
POSITION: Guitar, driving, good ideas
PREV BANDS: Chimaera, One Day, DeadXReckoning, XkombatX, Cloud headed
FAV BANDS: Pink floyd, Mastodon, Manowar, Rainbow, Dio, Black Sabbath
EQUIPMENT: Jackson Kelly 2, Jackson RR24 yellow bevels, Jackson RR24 Red Bevels, Mesa/boogie triaxis, Mesa/Boogie 2:90, BBE Sonic Maximizer 482i, Rocktron intelifex, Korg DTR-1, Vovox Speaker Cables, Planet waves patch cables, Senheiser EW172-G Wireless, Harley davidson Picks
HERO: Ronnie James Dio
FOOD & DRINKS: Gourmet Seitan Grill, Spa Red, Fries from Suzy
PISSES ME OFF: Not much, but a lot gets me down
MAKES ME LAUGH: My friends, life
BIGGEST FEAR: getting old
FAV TOUR STORY: We were in Poland. It was 1 week into the tour and we had a bit more than a week to go. Posi Ben had been avoiding the place of the driver for the whole week and now he was ready to start driving. He was bragging about how fast we would be at the next venue and that we would fly with him as a driver. So we all got in the van, Ben started the engine, backed up out of the parkingspot and BANG!!! He backed up into a Hungarian car after driving 3 meters. The car was clearly visible in the rear-view mirror. Everybody was laughing, but Posi Ben didn't get the joke hahahaha. That was the end of Ben his driving career.
FAV SHOW: Pukkelpop 2005
WANTS TO GO ON TOUR WITH: Manowar
QUOTE: Faster, Louder, Scooter

NAME: El Sympatico Jan Bavik
CONTACT: jan@the-dying.com
BORN: nope, i'm half man, half god
POSITION: Vocals
PREV BANDS: Burden, Chimaera
FAV BANDS: Slayer, Metallica , Exodus, The Doors, GNR, Mastodon, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Death, Pantera, Mötley Crüe, Down, Black Sabbath, Dream Theater, RATM, the Peppers, ...
EQUIPMENT: Mike the mic
HERO: Phil Anselmo, Jim Morisson, The Crüe, Slash
FOOD & DRINKS: Food: Italian stuff. Drinks: Duvel or Whisky
PISSES ME OFF: jealous people
MAKES ME LAUGH: I laugh with pretty much everything
BIGGEST FEAR: Loneliness
FAV TOUR STORY: Since every Dying show is a party it's hard to choose... I (partly) remember a show somewhere in Spain: I taught XbenX how to loose his edge... As a result, the both of us got so drunk, our good shepherd XKOENX had to carry us home. We puked, we had fun, we had a hangover.
FAV SHOW: Pukkelpop 2005
WANTS TO GO ON TOUR WITH: Exodus
QUOTE: Throw your horns in the air

NAME: Ben Dolezal
CONTACT: ben@the-dying.com
BORN: 1982
POSITION: Hammer of Thor
PREV BANDS: Burden, Chimaera
FAV BANDS: Slayer, Metallica (old), Testament, Exodus, Pantera, Dimmu Borgir, King Diamond, Mercenary, Volbeat, Dream Theater,...
EQUIPMENT: Gretsch Renown Maple kit, Pearl Ultracast snaredrum, Stagg Myra cymbals, Gibraltar rack and stands, Pearl eliminator hi-hat stand & remote hi-hat, Axis longboards pedals, Remo emperor + powerstroke heads, Pro-mark sticks, dB drumshoes, Ddrum triggers, Alesis DM5, Fisheramps in-ear station, Ultimate Ears, Stagg protection cases
HERO: Vinnie Paul, Flo Mounier, Paul Bostaph, Nick Barker, Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang, Dr. Oetker
FOOD & DRINKS: Penne al Arrabiata "the spicy version" offcourse without the Italian Bacon, Coke, Beer
PISSES ME OFF: Tomatoes on a hamburger
MAKES ME LAUGH: Jos & Edgard from Jiskefet
BIGGEST FEAR: XKOENX in "mad" mode
FAV TOUR STORY: Probably one of the most hilarious moments on the road, but I think you needed to be there to find it funny... At the open shower in a hotel, our roadie wanted to do a "golden shower" on me and DIE who were taking a shower at the moment, but at the moment he wanted to pie on us... he started to laugh with his own brilliant idea so he couldn't "open his gates" to pee... In stead, we stole his idea and started to pee all over him. FUN²
FAV SHOW: Graspop 05, Pukkelpop 05
WANTS TO GO ON TOUR WITH: All my favorite bands and a lot more... I love being on the road!
QUOTE: Een sjeif kut zeikt ouch

NAME: Kristof
CONTACT: kristof@the-dying.com
BORN: 1980
POSITION: Stage right, brilliant ideas
PREV BANDS: Chimaera, Think It Through, Rancor, Tempest, Blood Of Hippies, ...
FAV BANDS: Integrity, Testament, Metallica, Ringworm, Exodus, Pantera, Bolt Thrower, Onslaught, Biohazard, Guns n' Roses, Entombed, Catharsis, Gehenna, ...
EQUIPMENT: Musicman Subblack, Ampeg SVP Pro and B4R amps, Ashdown Cabs, Korg & Boss tuners, Rexer wireless, Planet Wave wiring, Jim Dunlop picks
HERO: Mats
FOOD & DRINKS: Pizza & Coke
PISSES ME OFF: A lot, i'm moody
MAKES ME LAUGH: My buddies
BIGGEST FEAR: Drowning and burning alive
FAV TOUR STORY: There are a lot but here are I few I don't wanna withhold. On our first tour with Dignity Dies First we pulled a lot of pranks and we tried to exceed eachother. On the last mainland show, before we headed to the UK, me and our roadie threw some buckets of water over their van during their set and covered it in flour. By the time they were done it had allready coagulated and it was almost impossible to get the pulp off it. They weren't really happy but Kris and me found it hilarious.
On our second tour our friend Marco came with us as a roadie. Halfway the tour we had a show in Madrid. The tour itself was cool and we all had a great time and the Madrid show promised to be a memorable night for Marco. The showpromotors girlfriend prepared us a good meal which we all enjoyed. We all complimented the promotor and his girl on the food, but Marco wanted to be funny and told us in Dutch that it tasted like shit. Little did he know that the promotors girlfriend was Flemish and understood every word he was saying. She wasn't happy and 5 minutes later the promotor told us that we couldn't stay at his house anymore and that he would try to find us another place to stay. Luckily he did. The show was great as expected so afterwards we decided to party at the venue. Marco drank a little bit too much and passed out in the van. That triggered Koen and Thomas, our stand-in bassplayer at the time, to draw him some typical Spanish facial hair. Not much later he came to his senses and partied through the night with beard and moustache. The next morning he had to check the mirror 3 times to see what was wrong. He was gutted. "Goddamn, I thought I was a succes with the ladies last night but now I see why they were all laughing at me." Good times
FAV SHOW: Pukkelpop 05, Warshau 2006
WANTS TO GO ON TOUR WITH: Testament, but any other band will do as long as I'm on the road!
QUOTE: Awesomekes!

NAME: Dirk Kortleven
CONTACT: dirk@the-dying.com
BORN: 11.05.1980
POSITION: Master of Shred
PREV BANDS:ACE, Garden of Eden, Restricted Area
FAV BANDS:Dream Theater, Megadeth, Steve Vai, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Ministry, Van Halen, Alice in Chains, Avenged 7x, The Eagles…
EQUIPMENT: Jackson sl2, Ibanez jem7, Mesa Triaxis + mesa 2:90, tc g-major Engl cab, behringer footswitch
HERO: Steve Vai
FOOD & DRINKS: Allosaurus, softdrinks, beer, whiskey
PISSES ME OFF: technical problems with equipment, bad shredding
MAKES ME LAUGH: Bud Spencer & Terrence Hill movies, Bottom, Berten Majo vs Paul Schampers
BIGGEST FEAR: inhaling a fart of one of my bandbrothers
FAV TOUR STORY: yet to come \m/
FAV SHOW: Dream Theater (lotto arena), Steve Vai (hofterloo), U2 (Koning Baudewijnstadium), Megadeth (graspop), Metallica (sportpaleis)
WANTS TO GO ON TOUR WITH: Dream Theater or Megadeth would be nice
QUOTE: yes yes yes, eene bak of zes