Delain

Lucidity brought to fruition Westerholt's dream of a musical project, featuring many well-known musicians from the metal community: Marko Hietala, Liv Kristine, Ariën van Weesenbeek, Ad Sluijter, George Oosthoek and Guus Eikens, Sharon den Adel and Jan Yrlund.

Rob van der Loo, Ronald Landa and Sander Zoer were added on bass, guitar and drums respectively to round out the live band.

The band toured extensively in support of the album, visiting many new countries such as the United States and Mexico, as well as performing at high-profile festivals in Europe, including Hellfest, Lowlands, Wacken Open Air and Sonisphere.

[5] In February 2010, Delain announced they had started working on their third album, and that bassist Rob van der Loo would leave the band the same year due to time constraints.

[10] During their 2011 live shows, Delain debuted three new songs — "Manson" (later renamed to "Mother Machine"), "Get the Devil Out of Me" and "Milk and Honey" — from their third album, We Are the Others.

On 4 June 2014, it was announced that drummer Sander Zoer would step down from the band for personal reasons; he would continue working behind the scenes of Delain.

The replacement drummer was announced to be Ruben Israel, who had stepped in for Zoer during Delain's tour with Kamelot.

Bassist Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije suffered an injury on 26 November 2014, when he was accidentally hit by a streamer cannon, causing his left testicle to rupture.

[21] On 30 August 2018, Joey de Boer was made a permanent member of Delain after filling in for Ruben Israel, who left the band in October 2017.

[26] On 27 September 2019, "Burning Bridges", the first single off of the album was released, which made its debut days before during their North America tour.

[29] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the band was nominated by Arch Enemy vocalist Alissa White-Gluz for a benefit livestream concert called Together at Home.

Lead singer Charlotte Wessels and guitarist Timo Somers both participated and did an acoustic version of songs and were the final performers of the livestream nominations.

"[31] In Wessels' statement on her departure, she added that she was moving onto her solo career, but wishing the other members and the fans well: "I hope that Delain remains a positive force in everyone's lives.

"[3]On 9 June 2021, Westerholt stated in an interview that the band will not be a solo project but will continue to be a live entity that will consist of new and former members.

[4] It was announced on 28 June 2021 that Sander Zoer who previously was Delain's drummer, had returned as the first member for the new lineup of the band.

[33] On 28 February 2022, it was announced that former bassist Rob van der Loo would be featured as a guest musician for the album.

[49] In support of the EP's release, Delain is set to tour North America in March 2025 with Xandria and Edge of Paradise.

[50][51] The band is set to take a year off from touring, after a performance at the Metropool in Enschede in October 2025, to focus on songwriting for their upcoming eighth studio album.

Delain performing in 2007
Delain performing in Strasbourg, 2011
Delain performing at Epic Metal Fest in 2015
Delain performing in 2017
Delain performing in Leipzig in 2024