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Sylvester Vogelenzang de Jong (Ulysses) guitar recordings Ulyssesband 116 views Sylvester Vogelenzang de Jong, working on some guitartracks for a song called "Guardian Angel" of the album "The Gift of Tears" 2008 - Ulysses note: guitars were actually ...
Making of - verloren - Voor progNL.nu Ulyssesband 232 views Well it is not a secret anymore. Ulysses has recorded a special song in dutch. This song was recorded voor Prog NL. To celibrate their 10 year anniversary, a group of well ...
Making of - verloren - Voor prog NL CD Ulyssesband 135 views Well it is not a secret anymore. Ulysses has recorded a special song in dutch. This song was recorded voor Prog NL. To celibrate their 10 year anniversary, a group of well ...
Ulysses doing vocal recordings of 'secret project' Ulyssesband 150 views Unbelievable! A movie about vocal recordings without any vocals! Why? Because they are secret.... We can't tell you anything about it yet. But we can share what fun we have...
Ulysses_footage from the toolshed Ulyssesband 53 views Sylvester "working" on some guitar parts during a recording session. Alas we can not say more about the recording and what the purpose is of this recording session.. this...
Ulysses official videoclip - How Much More Ulyssesband 1,844 views The first official clip of the song 'How much More' coming from the Ulysses album entitled 'The Gift of Tears'. Filmed by our friend John Vis and his lovely assistant Miria...
Ulysses 'Tour of a Decade' in an nutshell Ulyssesband 309 views With some upcoming shows still in april 2010 a lot of shows from our 'Tour of a Decade' are allready done in the last half of 2009. Here is a small musical slideshow giving...
Ulysses - How Much More (Willems Wondere Weiland) Ulyssesband 191 views Last part of the track How Much More... jump jump jump ! move those asses !!!
Ulysses - How Much More 2009 Ulyssesband 185 views Piece of live performance of How Much More of the album "The Gift of Tears". Footage made at Willems Wondere Weiland festival (july 4th 2009) in Vathorst , The Netherlands
Ulysses - Videoclip 'Family Portrait' Ulyssesband 473 views We have made a videoclip for the song "Family Portrait" that comes from the Ulysses album "the Gift of Tears". The live footage was taken a couple of years ago in de Boerde...

About Ulysses

Ulysses is a melodic symphonic rock band based in Ridderkerk (near Rotterdam), the Netherlands. Their unique brand of rock is composed and arranged collectively by its five members, making Ulysses a band that is very much the sum of its parts.

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Aug 28, 2006

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Ulysses was initiated in November 1998 by guitarist Sylvester Vogelenzang de Jong and keyboard player Ron Mozer. The intention was to form a band with the main objective: make great progressive music. During a three year period a steady line up was completed, songs were written and in September 2001 the band recorded a demo CD entitled "Eclectic".

The Cdemo "Eclectic" received good reviews and the band immediately focussed all their attention on a full length album. In February and March of 2003 Ulysses recorded "Symbioses". For the distribution the band signed a worldwide distribution deal. After the release in May (2003) the album promotion kicked off and "Symbioses" received overwhelming positive reviews. Despite the enthusiasm Ulysses decided to split with lead vocalist Raymond Jansen due to artistic disagreements. Shortly after the release of the album the band was confronted with the fact that they had no frontman and had to find a good replacement singer with whom the band could promote "Symbioses". After a period of auditions the band picked out Michael Hos to be Ulysses' new front man. In this line up Ulysses performed on several stages and played on festivals like "Progpassion", "Trailerpop", "Goothstock" and other Dutch festivals. In November 2005 bass player René Schippers decided, due to personal reasons, to leave the band as soon as the band could find a replacement. Casper Kroon heard the news that Ulysses had a vacancy. After some try-outs, Casper joined the band as the new bass player.

At the end of 2006 the band took a time out, to focus all attention on the writing process for the new album. In the fall of 2007 the band started recording demo tracks for the long awaited second album. In September the demos were ready and the final recordings were in full progress. Production was in hands of Sylvester Vogelenzang de Jong and René van Haaren.

After two years of arranging, recording and mixing the long awaited new album "The Gift of Tears" was finished. In September 2008. First the album had its release in the U.S. on November 18th. And release for Europe and Japan was set for March 2009, after the band signed a distribution contract with Musea Records.

2009 was be the official 10 year anniversary of Ulysses and we celebrated it with the fans. With the 'Tour of a Decade' which will end at april 2010 Ulysses played over 12 shows in the netherlands. Together with bands as Sons of Seasons, Knight Area and Andromeda it will be a great tour. 2010 Will be a year of hard work!!! Writing new material for a new album and play at a couple of great gigs and festivals. Be sure to be there, cause we'll make it worth while!

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