Hail of Bullets

Hail of Bullets
Official promo shot 2016
Background information
Origin	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Death metal, Death/doom
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Metal Blade Records
Associated acts	Houwitser, Asphyx, Gorefest, Ayreon, Thanatos, Elegy, Star One, The 11th Hour, Pestilence, Demiurg, Down Among the Dead Men
Website	hailofbullets.com
Members	Dave Ingram Ed Warby Theo van Eekelen Paul Baayens
Past members	Martin van Drunen

Hail of Bullets is a Dutch old school death metal supergroup from Rotterdam. The band's lyrical content deals with the Second World War, and is based upon the research of vocalist Martin van Drunen, who has been described as the band's "resident historian". The band has released three albums via Metal Blade Records.

Hail of Bullets formed at the end of 2006 when guitarist Stephan Gebédi recruited singer Martin van Drunen, drummer Ed Warby, bass player Theo van Eekelen and guitarist Paul Baayens for an old school death metal band. The band members already knew each other from their previous and present bands like Asphyx, Gorefest, Thanatos, and Houwitser. Hail of Bullets was influenced by old school death metal bands like Autopsy, Massacre, Bolt Thrower, early Death as well as Celtic Frost. As drummer Ed Warby relates, the band formed "after a night of hard drinking" when the members, hung over, decided to "bring back the old school values that we felt were sorely missing from modern day death metal."

In July 2007 the band recorded a four song promotional CD. Dan Swanö produced the four songs at Unisound Studios. Metal Blade Records released the band's debut album …Of Frost and War in May 2008. The album focused on the Eastern Front during World War II, first from the German perspective and then from the Soviet perspective as the tide of the battle turned at Stalingrad.

The debut album was followed by a six-track mini album in July 2009, entitled Warsaw Rising which featured two brand new songs, a cover version of Twisted Sister’s ‘Destroyer’ plus three live tracks. More shows followed and the band made its first visit to the USA at 2009’s Maryland Deathfest.