It all started out as nothing more then a studio project by Jared Gunston & Matthew Engelbrecht. They decided to get together and write some material just for the fun of it in
Studio. Jared bringing the "Modern Metalcore" into the picture and Matt bringing the "Old School Thrash" combined their influences and abilities to create the sound of "Chromium". Adrian Basson, current Bassist, was the origianal drummer for the band, but later moved onto Bass when the band moved up to Johannesburg. Hannes Matthysen, you could say was a "lucky find" - when the band was looking for a new drummer to take Basson's origianal place, Gunston was given a list of numbers for drummers that were on another bands audition list, lucky for Chromium they found him first!
November 2006, CHROMIUM relocates to Johannesburg. In this time they also received an Endorsement from Hughes & Kettner (One of the best amplification brands of all time)
During 2007, Chromium relocate to Johannesburg, doing over 100 shows that year alone, and also getting new sponsors/endorses on board. Such as: "Music Connection", "Dean Guitars South Africa" and "Jagermeister"
They’ve been all over the country including various shows in Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, East London, Pietermaritzburg, Durban, Cape Town & Pretoria, also including their new home town Johannesburg.
Some highlights include: “Nightfall Festival, featuring Blind Guardian”, “Devil Driver tour to South Africa, November 2008”; Ramfest (Cape Town), DoorStock, various Zeplins metal fests (Pretoria), Seasons Wither Rock Festival in Johannesburg. Performing live on GoRock (On DSTV) and releasing 2 music videos.
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