On the 28th of October 2010 we played at the Petit_Campus in Montreal.  Being so close to Halloween, Jean-Philippe decided to dress up; partly because he loves Halloween and mostly becauses he loves to dress up :-P

We shared the bill with our good friends from Karcius. 

If you don't know the great music of Karcius, go check them out!  You won't regret it.

It was a small venue, but it made for an intimate show.  

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Claude Dufresne

The 22nd of May 2010 we launched INTRUSION at the Olympia in Montréal.  This was the first occasion for many to hear the latest line-up and meet the new members of Hamadryad.   

We did the all the songs from the new CD and a few "classic".  The new songs were very well received and we had lots of fun meeting everybody after the show.

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Hugues Bergevin and Alain Larivière

Our second appearance at this marvellous festival.  We did a mini-tour of the Charente-Maritimes region, playing 7 shows in 14 days.  The following pictures come from the Crescendo's show at  St-Palais-Sur-Mer (France), home of the Crescendo Festival. 

For Jean-Philippe and Nick this was their first time at the festival and for the rest of us, we were so happy to have a chance to meet some friends again.  (Quickly a new album so we can be invited back :D)  

Great food, great people, great sights, great wine and great friends that we miss already.

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Caro Duban and Laurent Lemaitre

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Jean-Claude Adelmand

The 28th of July 2007 we opened for Deep Purple at the Bell Center in Montréal.  This was a dream come true for us.  Let's just say that all of us were walking just a few inches off the ground all day. 

The response from the crowd was fantastic and lots of them came to meet us after our set.

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Claude Dufresne, Cynthia Dufresne & Eduardo Lopez

The 28th of July 2007 we opened for Deep Purple at the Bell Center in Montréal.  These pictures were taken during this memorable day before and during our soundcheck. 

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Claude Dufresne, Cynthia Dufresne & Eduardo Lopez

The 28th of July 2007 we opened for Deep Purple at the Bell Center in Montréal.  These pictures were taken before and after our set in the backstage.

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Claude Dufresne, Cynthia Dufresne & Eduardo Lopez

The 29th of July 2007 we opened for Deep Purple at the Pavillon De La Jeunesse in Québec City.  This was the first show ever in that new building.  We met the guys from Deep Purple after the show and had a great chat. 

It was only our second show ever in Quebec City so we made quite a few new friends between the two sets.

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Claude Dufresne and Yves Gagnon

The 29th of July 2007 we opened for Deep Purple at the Pavillon De La Jeunesse in Québec City.  These pictures were taken before and after our set in the backstage.

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Claude Dufresne, Cynthia Dufresne & Eduardo Lopez

In concert , on Saturday October 6th, at the Rocking Chair, in Switzerland.  This was our first time in that country but surely not our last.

We met some old friends from all over Europe and had a great time.

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Maxime Rochat

In concert , on Saturday October 13th, at the ProgResiste convention in Vervier, in Belgium.  This was also our first time in that country but surely not our last.

The fans would not let us go and we did three encores for an additional 50 minutes.  Let just say that was incredible.  We made a whole bunch of new friends and we can't wait to go back.

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Jean-Luc Cruwels & Claude Wacker

In concert at the 2007 edition of the "Festival Des Musiques Progressives de Montréal" (FMPM), on Sunday September 16th at Pierre-Mercure concert hall in Montreal.  Along with seven other bands on .  The set we played included two new songs from our upcoming third studio effort:  Pray My God and Funk-A-Trunk.

We were thrilled by the audience response and we're more than happy to meet with them afterwards in the lobby.

PHOTOS BY

Claude Dufresne

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Robert Dansereau

Here is Hamadryad's HQ for creating new material, rehersals and recording sessions.  We also periodically use the studio facilities to record other bands and artists or work on side projects as well.

PHOTOS BY Denis Jalbert

Our first appearance on European soil, we played two shows in the Charente-Maritimes region (near Bordeaux).  This one was at  St-Palais-Sur-Mer (France), home of the Crescendo Festival. 

For their  tenth year, the 2006 edition included an incredible site and venue (a huge stage outside sitting on the beach!)  Graced by magnificent weather, facing the Atlantic Ocean and a huge crowd awaited us... not to be forgotten soon!   This show was recorded and eventually became our third CD and first live release "Live In France 2006".

PHOTOS BY

Christian Lamarche, Serge Llorente, Erwan Vincent, F.Cuaz, Patrick Pignon

ARTWORK BY

Jean-Claude Adelmand

The Rites Of Spring Festival 2006 held at the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, near the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania (USA).  We played on the afternoon along with Karmakanic and a couple of other bands on Saturday April 27th.

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Claude Dufresne, Brigitte Boulay and Christian Lamarche

Two times in a few months!  Again we were the opening act for a British group, this time for Arena at the Medley in Montréal on November 3rd 2005. 

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Claude Dufresne, Claude Labrecque

In concert on July 17th at the Medley in Montreal, opening for British group IQ.  We played many songs from the new 2005 Release "Safe In Conformity" and adapted a couple of songs from "Conservation Of Mass" to a quartet.

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Claude Dufresne, Brigitte Boulay, Claude Labrecque

At last!  The long awaited second studio release.  The party was held on April 7th 2005 at the great Plaza Theatre in Montreal.  We played a 60 minutes concerts to present the new songs to the public.

PHOTOS BY Claude Dufresne

Our second studio effort.  This time recorded entirely at Hamadryad Head Quarters in St-Eustache near Montréal and produced by Jean-François.  The sessions began in August and were finished in December 2005.

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Philippe Lopes, Denis Jalbert

We opened the 2002 festival on wednesday  night march 6th at the principal venue, the Teatro Del Estado at 7 PM. We had lot's of fun all thru the week the festival was held.  Along with it, came the great Mexican weather and hospitality. 

We played many songs from our "Conservation Of Mass" album + an old favorite, Genesis's "Firth Of Fifth". On this show, the crowd felt like a long awaited big hug, as we received a huge response and a couple of standing ovations...

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Claude Dufresne and Christian Lamarche

Great venue! La Petite Église at St-Eustache near Montreal on September 22nd 2001.  No opening act on this one.  We played the integral "Conservation Of Mass" album, plus many old favorite covers like "Firth Of Fifth" from Genesis, King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" and the three closing songs of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon".   It was also a great feeling to meet and exchange words with the audience afterwards . 

PHOTOS BY Claude Dufresne

Various moments collected through the years of band members,

contributors & friends.