Mike Coolen (Brotherhood Foundation, Chillburn and Medicamento, among others) is Within Temptation's new drummer. The Dutch female-fronted symphonic band's drummer position was vacant after Stephen van Haestregt decided to depart last year in order to focus on My Favorite Scar."Yeahhhh we are a full team again! Mike has played with us in the past on a few occasions before. The chemistry has always been very good both on stage as on personal level so he was the first on our mind. So, Mike great to have you onboard!"
And what better way to introduce the new drummer then to let the man himself do it:
