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THANATOS

THANATOS Holland's leading Death/Thrash Metalband

About Me

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…An illustrious name that has been haunting the Underground Metalscene since 1984…
After several demo tapes and line up changes, they released two classic Death/Thrash Metal albums, ‘Emerging From The Netherworlds’ and ‘Realm Of Ecstasy’, in the early nineties and shared the stage with bands like Kreator, Sepultura, Death, Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, Autopsy and Death Angel to name but a few.
Because of several internal and external problems, Thanatos split up in 1992 and was reformed by founder member Stephan Gebédi in 1999 featuring a new line up that included members from Sinister, Houwitser and Cremation. The third Thanatos album, ‘Angelic Encounters’, was released in 2000 followed by more shows with bands like Vader, Dying Fetus, Exhumed, Cryptopsy, Krisiun, Destruction and Necrophagia. Despite great reviews the band was not totally satisfied with this album. Two more line up-changes lead to the present line up:
Stephan Gebédi – guitars /vocals
Paul Baayens – guitars
Marco de Bruin – bass
Yuri Rinkel – drums
In 2002 the band recorded four new songs and two cover songs in a small 8-track studio to attract some interest from record companies. Baphomet Records released these recordings as an official mini-CD. In 2003 Thanatos signed a new recording deal with rising Greek label Black Lotus Records.
The first result of this co-operation was the band’s fourth full-length album entitled ‘Undead.Unholy.Divine.’ which was released in August 2004. The album was recorded and mixed in the Excess Studios in Rotterdam, Holland and mastered by Attie Bauw in Amsterdam. It features the band’s strongest, most aggressive and heaviest material so far. Ranging from fast and furious blastbeats to slow, grinding doomparts, this album is a well-executed combination of ‘old school’ thrash influences and modern death metal. The strong anti-religious and Italian Horror-inspired lyrics are the icing on the cake.
SELLING POINTS
• 4th Full-length album of one of Europe’s absolute Cult Death Metal acts!
• Their most complete and most extreme album ever!
• Produced in the Excess Studios, Rotterdam, Holland
(Sinister, Houwitser, Elegy, After Forever)
• Mastered by Attie Bauw (Judas Priest, Gorefest, Scorpions, Melechesh a.o.)!
• Guest Vocals by Ashmedi (Melechesh) and Ed Warby (Gorefest, Ayreon)!

DISCOGRAPHY
• Emerging From The Netherworlds
(Shark/Cargo 1990, re-released by Hammerheart 1999)

• Realm Of Ecstasy (Shark/Cargo 1992, re-released by Hammerheart 2000)
• Angelic Encounters (Hammerheart 2000, Hammerheart America 2001)
• Beyond Terror (MCD) (Baphomet/Red Stream 2002)
• Undead.Unholy.Divine. (Black Lotus Records 2004)
Visit Thanatos on the web :
www.thanatos.info

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Member Since: 11/5/2005
Band Website: thanatos.info
Band Members: Stephan Gebédi – guitars/vocals
Paul Baayens – guitars
Marco de Bruin – bass
Yuri Rinkel – drums

Influences: Venom, Slayer, Possessed, Death,
Celtic Frost, Dark Angel, Mercyful Fate,
Priest, SabbathBeyond Terror

Thanatos "War" Belgium 2006
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Sounds Like: Thanatos
Record Label: various
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

promo 2008 online

Hey there! We have just uploaded 3 songs from our 2008 promo on our MySpace page. These 3 tracks were mixed by the one and only Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Hail of Bullets) and he did one he...
Posted by THANATOS on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:55:00 PST

THANATOS NEWS UPDATE SPRING 2008

What's up, metal thrashing maniacs?! Just a quick word to assure you that Thanatos are far from being dead, buried and forgotten. The band members are just extremely busy with all their other bands/pr...
Posted by THANATOS on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:48:00 PST

NEW SHIRTS AVAILABLE !!

»We´ll have new shirts avialable from the first week of December 2007. Black shirts with white logo on front plus the words `Undead.Unholy.Divine.´, large white Heptagram on the back, available in Lar...
Posted by THANATOS on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:31:00 PST

BOX SET SOLD OUT !!!

The Thanatos box set and accompanying shirts are TOTALLY sold out! so please do not send anymore orders. If you're still looking for the box set, there is a small chance that you can still order it di...
Posted by THANATOS on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:10:00 PST

New Thanatos tracks available for download

We have just uploaded 4 tracks from our forthcoming album 'Justified Genocide'. All songs have been made available for download at www.myspace.com/thanatos666 . So far no label seems to have...
Posted by THANATOS on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:05:00 PST

Thanatos will not play |Southxtreemnoise Fest 2007

..> Thanatos will not play Southxtreemnoise Fest 2007 Unfortunately Thanatos will not play the Southxtreemnoise Fest in Naples, Italy on August 4th. Since the organiser/promotor all of a sudden ca...
Posted by THANATOS on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:19:00 PST

BOX SET STILL AVAILABLE !!!

BOX SET STILL AVAILABLE! we still have a limited numbers of Thanatos box sets left, so if you still want to order it, contact us now! The box set, which includes 3 double-CD's, small posters and postc...
Posted by THANATOS on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:05:00 PST

Baroeg Open Air 2007 Cancelled!!!

Due to a stabbing incident at the Baroeg club in Rotterdam, Holland, a couple of weeks ago, in which some Polish punkrocker was killed, the mayor of the city has decided to close down the venue for 3 ...
Posted by THANATOS on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:24:00 PST

open air / outdoor appearances August 207

Thanatos have been confirmed for two outdoor appearances so far this Summer. On August 4 th we'll play the SouthXtreemNoise Death Metal Fest  in Napels, Italy together with bands like Dismember, ...
Posted by THANATOS on Thu, 24 May 2007 12:15:00 PST

Box set orders

You can order the Thanatos box set directly from us. The box set, which includes 3 double-CD's, small posters and postcards is available for 30 euros  (including postage) for Europe or ...
Posted by THANATOS on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:53:00 PST