Carthago

"In 146 B.C. de city of Carthago (Carthage) was destroyed by the Romans. In 1994 order was created out of this chaos, Carthago was recreated......................................but now she is indestructible!"

Carthago, a gothic and progressive rockband from Katwijk, The Netherlands, was formed in July 1994.
Guitarist Rob Ouwehand and Bassplayer Arris Ouwehand met up in Rock-Coverband "Order Out Of Chaos" in 1990. Rob's passion for progressive music lead the way for creating their own material in early 1993. Epic songs with high male vocals were their musical trademarks at this time. In 1994 Carthago was born. In the same year their first demo "The Change" was released.




In 1997 after some line-up changes the band gets on solid ground. Their music at this stage was very much influenced by the comming of two female voices Margreet van Duyvenbode (1996) and Stella de Ruiter (1997). The musicstyle was becoming more spiritual and gothic combined with progressive rock. In this period Carthago was support-act for American bands like "Fates Warning", "Omen" and "Vicious Rumors". In 1998 they win a regional contest "de Grote Prijs van de Bollenstreek". In 1999 their 2nd demo "Experience" was recorded and they became 3rd in the finale of a contest called "de Zuidhollandse Popjacht" (the semifinal from a big music-prize in The Netherlands). Due to this contest many live shows were given.

Again after some line-up changes between 1999 and 2001 keyboardplayer Paul van der Plas (2000) and Drummer Mendel Moerenhout (2001) joined.