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Statement is a danish Hard Rock band with a Heavy Metal Sound mix with melancholic lyrical and heavy guitars riffs, inspired by acts like Scorpions, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Metallica and Mercyful Fate. The band contains of Jannick Brochdorf - Lead Vocal, Niels Alex Larsen - Lead Guitars & Vocal, Martin Poulsen - Bass & Vocal, Jesper Noachsen - Guitars og Allan Sørensen - Drums.

History
Statement started in 2011, when Niels Alex ex. Pilgrimz of the Danish metal scene, playing alongside bands like Motörhead, Gojira, Carcass, Dio, The Haunted, Volbeat and on festivals like Roskilde, Sweden Rock and Metaltown. Together with musicalfriend and song writter Jannick Brochdorf, they startet builting a foundation for a classical hard rock band with clean but raw vocal, whit lots of heavy guitar, drums and solos. The line-up was completed with bassist Martin Poulsen Ex. death metal band Drab, drummer Peter Thomsen Ex. Sode which has playing alongside bands like Europe and Motörhead and finally the fifth member, the six-string freak Jesper Steen Noachsen.

In 2015 the band found a replacement for their former drummer Peter Thomsen in the hard hitting Allan Sørensen ex. Royal Hunt as he has played with for almost 20 years.

Producer Tue Madsen has produced, mixed and mastered Buth Monsters Statement first album and Sleazy Fantasy there second album.

Shows
The band was officially formed in december 27th 2013, whith there first koncert at venue Dæmones Port, followed by lots af jobs in Denmark, Europe and playing festivals such as RockStage Tongerse, Mosten Raceday Festival and Nordic Noise by Target. Statement has supported Famous American rock band Tesla, and is touring with Grumpynators.

Discography

 * Monsters (March 2014)
 * Sleasy Fantasy (March 2016)

External References
http://www.statementband.com