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Netherlands Deathfest, a new indoor metal festival set to debut next February has added 12 more bands to its already impressive bill. In a post to Facebook, the fest announced that Asphyx, Blasphemy (in an exclusive appearance for Europe), Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Lord Belial, Thanatos, and Wolfbrigade are amongst the newly added bands to a bill that already includes Autopsy (exclusive), Pig Destroyer and Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Cripple Bastards, Doom, Dropdead, Gruesome, Razor, Wormed and more. Formed to replace the Neurotic Deathfest, which ceased existence early this year after 12 years, the show is being booked by the brains behind Maryland Deathfest, who are branching out and also booking events such as Phil Anselmo’s Housecore Horror Festival later this year. 3 Day passes go on sale on August 15th at 10 AM CET here.
12 more bands confirmed for Netherlands Deathfest 2016!
Asphyx
Blasphemy – Exclusive European appearance!
Cyness
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult
Haemorrhage
Interment
Lord Belial
Ofermod
Thanatos
Visceral Disgorge
Wolfbrigade
WormedAgoraphobic Nosebleed *
Aosoth
Asphyx
Autopsy – Exclusive European appearance
Blasphemy
Contrastic
Cripple Bastards
Cruciamentum
Cyness
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult
Demilich
Disma
DOOM
Dropdead
Entrails
Entrails Massacre
Excruciating Terror *
Flesh Parade (Original line-up) *
Gruesome *
Haemorrhage
Heaving Earth
Interment
Lord Belial
Kraanium
Morpheus Descends *
Ofermod
Pig Destroyer
Razor
Severe Torture
Teethgrinder
Thanatos
Visceral Disgorge *
Vitamin X
Wolfbrigade
Wormed* = first time in Europe
This is not the full billing. More bands will be announced SOON!
3-day passes go on sale Saturday, August 15th at 10 am (CET)
Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/netherlands-deathfest-2016-tickets-17988974507
12 more bands confirmed for Netherlands Deathfest 2016!AsphyxBlasphemy – Exclusive European…
Posted by Maryland Deathfest on Wednesday, August 12, 2015
2014 sees Dutch Death-metallers Thanatos celebrating their thirtieth year as a band, and to celebrate, they’ve dropped a nice new slab of brutality. Global Purification (Century Media) is the band’s sixth full length, and even into their third decade they can still keep up with bands half their age.
From the off, what you’re treated to is a shade under 40 minutes of abrasive thrash-influenced death metal. From the opening title track to the band, [Stephan Gebédi (Vocals, Guitars), Paul Baayens (Guitars), Marco de Bruin (Bass), Yuri Rinkel (Drums)] sound like a barely contained explosion of rage. Gebédi’s guttural vocals, the relentless barrage of drums and copious amounts of neck-busting shredding combine to deliver a slab of well-delivered classic-sounding death metal.
There’s plenty of relentless savagery on offer. Every track delivers a pounding dose of aggressive chugging riffs and pummeling drums (‘Infestation of the Soul’, ‘Blood Will Be Spilled’) – but Thanatos aren’t afraid to show off some dexterity. ‘The Murder of Innocents’ starts at full speed before segwaying into an intricate set of guitar solos, while ‘Feeding the War Machine’ is nice groove-laden thrash number that wouldn’t be out of place on a Slayer album, yet surprises with a Black metal-influenced interlude. The album sounds great, too, which only makes those more melodic moments shine through.
‘Demonized Minority’ is a slower, ominous track that builds to a blasting end, while ‘Word Jihad’ is a full on death metal shredder complete with whammy dives, while closer ‘Bastion of Blasphemy’ wears its galloping thrash influences on its sleeve. One of the best aspects of this album is the flurry of solos – furious and melodic, they add something special to each track.
Thanatos know they do well and stick to it; aggression, brutality and storming solos. And they do it really well. It’s impressive to see a band with so many years under their belts to still be releasing such intense and aggressive records. Global Purification doesn’t reinvent the wheel at any point, but the energy Thanatos bring to the table ensures it doesn’t get old.
8.0/10
DAN SWINHOE