The phrases "melodic" and "death metal" don't necessarily go hand in hand, but Fragmentum are one of the few bands that take the unique approach of combining both factions together - as heard throughout their debut album, 'Pugnacity,'. The band - which is led by band members Jan Bruggeman and Gunnar Nopens - hails from Belgium and was originally formed in 2015. Connected in previous metal projects Mental Shadow, Octahedron and Bellator they now fully represent Fragmentum, a musical, graphical and philosophical synergy. "We have this 'special band', being able to be straight forward with each other makes it easy to take decisions, it's not only about the music" Gunnar is resolute in his rhythm guitar playing, vocals, composing songs, web site development and programming, as Jan takes up the lead guitar, grunt vocals, songwriting and design. This alliance of musical creativity resulted in an EP, 'D!VERGE,' containing 3 agitating songs with rousing melodies and a diverging Daft Punk cover. In December 2018 Herwig, having been a part of Bellator for several years, re-enforced the band on keyboards, and in February 2019 Frederik was brought on board ultimately to solidify the bands live performance. Fragmentum have in recent weeks completed an incredible tour throughout the USA with Finnish deathmetal legends Children Of Bodom. This was Fragmentum's debut USA tour which received rave response and reviews from industry, fans and the whole touring team - setting the stage perfectly for the arrival of their debut full-length almost exactly one month later.
