Welcome to Shrapnell's first headquarters on the internet!

Formed in 2005, the story of Shrapnell spans 4 bumpy years allready.

The birth of Shrapnell was in the year 2005, mainly due to blind luck. Nil Fink, the leadsinger, was contacted by a student in audio-technics, if he wouldn't like to record some songs in a studio. While that proposal flattered Nil, he wasn't really in the mood to make a solo performance. But with 3 days to go, he could try to find himself some extra musicans. While finding a guitarist didn't prove very difficult in Brussels - Astrid was a known friend of Nil- finding a cellist for the more lyrical parts was not so easy. But here came in the blind luck factor.

As Nil pondered over his problem for a whole day, he went for a drink in the local rock bar. And while he smoked and talked, he dropped that he was searching for a cellist. One of the patrons heard this, and he knew of a cellist living in Brussels, looking for a band to join. He would see if he could contact the cellist, see if he was interested. But there was no need to phone, fax or email anybody, since the cellist came by that same evening. And while Nil and his friend were smoking at the frontporch, Piet was spotted who was on a dockingcourse for the bar. So even before he had a cold beer in his hand, Piet had allready found a new band to join... Eventhough there only rested 2 days of rehearsaltime before the great dive into the studio.

And this is one of the songs that came out of that session:

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