Obscura Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling Promotes Hellborg Amplification Line

Dutch bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (Obscura, Pestilence) will promote the Hellborg amplification line by Germany's bass manufacturer Warwick. Thesseling, known for his signature six-string fretless playing in extreme metal, has played Warwick Thumb basses exclusively since 1993. Thesseling will be using a Hellborg stack during the upcoming Obscura and Pestilence tours in addition to Hellborg preamps for recordings of both band's upcoming studio albums.

Thesseling joined the German progressive death metal band Obscura in late 2007 and played on the group's second full-length album Cosmogenesis. This past October, Thesseling rejoined Pestilence after a 15-year break.

Thesseling and Obscura have recently announced that they will join The Black Dahlia Murder, 3 Inches Of Blood and more for the 2010 Bonecrusher Fest. This month-long European tour will kick-off on January 8th in Wiesbaden, Germany. A listing of confirmed tour dates and cities can be found below. Thesseling will also join Pestilence during their 2010 tours.

OBSCURA Tour Dates:

All dates from January 8 thru February 6 as part of Bonecrusher Fest 2010 w/ The Black Dahlia Murder, 3 Inches Of Blood, Necrophobic, The Faceless, Carnifex, Ingested

• January 8 Wiesbaden, Germany Schlachthof
• January 9 Oberhausen, Germany Turbinenhalle
• January 10 Hamburg, Germany Markthalle
• January 11 Malmo, Sweden KB
• January 12 Aarhus, Denmark Voxhall
• January 13 Berlin, Germany Columbia Club
• January 14 Prague, Czech Rep. Abaton
• January 15 Nurnburg, Germany Hirsch
• January 16 Dresden, Germany Reithalle
• January 17 Wien, Austria Arena
• January 18 Budapest, Hungary Diesel
• January 19 Ljubljana, Slovenia Kino Siska
• January 20 Munchen, Germany Backstage Werk
• January 21 Bologna, Italy Estragon
• January 22 Milan, Italy Musicdrome
• January 23 Erstfeld, Switzerland Transilvania Live Club
• January 24 Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg Kulturfabrik
• January 26 Barcelona, Spain Salamandra 1
• January 27 Madrid, Spain Joy Eslava
• January 28 Porto, Portugal Cine Teatro Julio Diniz
• January 29 Durango, Spain Plateruena
• January 30 Paris, France Trabendo
• January 31 Antwerp, Belgium Muziekodroom
• February 1 Bristol, UK Academy
• February 2 Leeds, UK Rios
• February 3 Glasgow, UK Garage
• February 4 Birmingham, UK Academy
• February 5 London, UK ULU
• February 6 Utrecht, Holland Tivoli