Sinister (band)
| Sinister | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Death metal |
| founding | 1989 |
| Website | http://www.sinister-hailthebeast.com/ |
| Founding members | |
| Mike van Mastrigt (until 1996) | |
| Ron van de Polder (until 1992) Corzas Nanuruw (until 1991) |
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| Adrie Kloosterwaard | |
| Current occupation | |
formerly bass, now guitar |
Alex Paul (since 1998) |
singing |
Aad Kloosterwaard |
bass |
Bas van den Bogaard (since 2005) |
Drums |
Edwin van den Eeden (since 2008) |
| former members | |
bass |
Corzas Nanuruw (1989–1991) |
guitar |
Frank Faaze (1991) |
guitar |
André Tolhuis (1991-1994) |
bass |
Michel Alderliefsten (1996) |
singing |
Eric de Windt (1997-1999) |
singing |
Joost (2000) |
guitar |
Bart van Wallenberg (1996-2001) |
singing |
Rachel Heyzer (2001-2004) |
guitar |
Pascal Grevinga (2003-2004) |
Drums |
Paul Beltman (2005-2007) |
Sinister ( lat. 'The left', later in English 'ominous') are a death metal band from Schiedam ( Netherlands ).
history
After their demo Sacramental Carnage , Sinister were signed to the German music label Nuclear Blast . The band released three albums that were well received by the audience. Mike van Mastrigt showed a keen interest in Satanism and the occult ; after his departure, Sinister's lyrical concept moved away from it. Most of the band didn't feel connected, instead the bassist Alex Paul, who now writes most of the lyrics, and the new singer wrote anti-Christian lyrics.
The crisis in the death metal scene in the mid-1990s did not leave Sinister unaffected. The band split from Nuclear Blast and released Creative Killings on the Dutch label Hammerheart Records .
This did not lead to the hoped-for upturn for the band; they returned to Nuclear Blast. The band attracted attention at times because of its singer Rachel Heyzer. Her growls were almost indistinguishable from a man's. Rachel was replaced by a male singer after a while.
The band broke up temporarily in 2005.
Discography
- 1990 Sinister (single)
- 1990 Putrefying Remains (single)
- 1990 Perpetual Damnation (Demo)
- 1991 split single with Monastery
- 1991 Sacramental Carnage (Demo)
- 1992 Cross the Styx
- 1993 Diabolical Summoning
- 1995 Hate
- 1996 Bastard Saints
- 1998 Aggressive Measures
- 1999 Cross the Styx / Diabolical Summoning (re-release)
- 2001 Hate / Bastard Saints (re-release)
- 2001 Creative Killings
- 2003 Savage or Grace
- 2006 Afterburner
- 2006 Prophecies Denied (DVD)
- 2008 The Silent Howling
- 2010 Legacy of Ashes
- 2012 The Carnage Ending
- 2014 The Post Apocalyptic Servant
- 2015 Dark Memorials
- 2017 Syncretism
- 2020 Deformation of the Holy Realm