Patrick Mameli - whose signature vocal, guitar and songwriting skills constitute the hallmark of PESTILENCE - finds "Levels of Perception" to be a testament to the band's role in death metal's progression. "I've always wanted to do a best-of album, because it would mean that I've achieved something in the past; something that still has its value today," Mameli reflects. "To be able to choose from songs that I composed...
CHOREOMANIC saw the light when the world came to a halt in spring 2020 due to the Covid pandemic. With canceled tours and no local gigs, musician Joost van der Graaf (Pestilence, Dew-Scented, I CHAOS) started writing music in which different influences from his past came together.
"I had just joined Pestilence and was busy with the material, preparing for a beautiful US tour with Possessed. Then the pandemic struck....
The new album of Dutch death metal legends PESTILENCE is one week away and to sweeten the wait, the band releases a music video for a new track titled 'Sempiternvs'. The video was recorded at Paard in the Netherlands with post production by Stratos Kountouras (Varathron). Watch the video below, before the new album "Exitivm" comes out on June 25th: https://youtu.be/BCkvtPdZYGQ
Following the release of their new single and music video "Deificvs" (available here), iconic Dutch death metallers PESTILENCE announce a live stream from Paard. The biggest music venue of The Hague (Netherlands) will host PESTILENCE from 9PM CEST (3PM EDT) on June 4th, with a special setlist featuring 4 new songs of the upcoming album "Exitivm". The stream can be accessed upon free registration on Paard's...
Dutch death metal legend PESTILENCE is premiering a music video for a new song titled "Morbvs Propagationem". It's the first song taken off the band's new album, "Exitivm", which is set to be released on June 25th via Agonia Records. The video was filmed by Grupa 13 production house (Kreator, Behemoth, Amon Amarth) with costumes by Prepostevolution. Watch the video at this link: https://youtu.be/ZORCcePzoE8
Legendary dutch death metallers PESTILENCE have parted ways with drummer Septimiu Harsan due to personal and professional matters, partly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The band already found a replacement in Michiel van der Plicht (live drummer for countrymen Carach Angren), with whom PESTILENCE will record their upcoming album "Exitivm", tentatively slated for release later this year on Agonia Records
PESTILENCE had this to say: "Right before the drum recordings...
Legendary, genre-defying and long-running progressive death metallers PESTILENCE, originally established in the Netherlands in 1986, have signed a worldwide record deal with Agonia Records, by the courtesy of Hadeon Records. The band is currently working on their new album titled "Exitivm".
From auspicious thrash metal beginnings, which earned them a deal with Roadrunner Records, to a spot-on death metal transformation, which turned them into a genre pioneering phenom, PESTILENCE is...
