Threnody

Threnody
General information
origin	Schiedam , Netherlands
Genre (s)	Death metal
founding	1988
Website	http://www.threnody.com/
Current occupation
Vocals , electric guitar	Rene Scholte
Electric bass	Henry McIlveen
Drums	Ernst van Ee
former members
Drums	Richard van Leeuwen
Drums	John Mothers
Drums	John Suyker
Electric guitar	Erik van de Belt
singing	Aldo Hook
Drums	Mark van Bel
Electric guitar	Menno Gootjes
Electric guitar	Hans Hanson

Threnody is a Dutch death metal band from Schiedam that was formed in 1988.

history

The band was formed in 1988. In 1990 and 1993, Ode to the Lamented , on which Mark Van Bel can be heard as the drummer, and Profanation, the first two demos , before the group signed a contract with Massacre Records in 1993 . The debut album As the Heavens Fall was released in the same year . The album title as well as the text of the title song are an expression of the emotional state of the musicians in 1993, the year of the Yugoslav war , xenophobia in Germany , the Bulger murder in England and other world events provoking pessimism. After a European tour in mid-1994 with Malevolent Creation and Sickening Gore , Richard van Leeuwen replaced the drummer John Suyker. Suyker had made up his mind to catch up on school leaving qualifications. Then the band went back to the studio, with Gerhard Magin working as producer , to record their second album Bewildering Thoughts in the Commusication Studios in Germany . The band consisted of the singer and guitarist Rene Scholte, the guitarist Erik van de Belt, the bassist Henry McIlveen and the drummer Richard van Leeuwen. The phonogram was released in 1995. In addition, the band reached the finals of the largest music competition in the Netherlands, in which 1,400 applicants had participated. After another short tour through Europe, the drummer Richard van Leeuwen left the band and was replaced by Ernst van Ee. Guitarist Erik van de Belt also left the line-up a short time later, whereupon Menno Gootjes joined as a replacement. After appearances together with Death , Sepultura and Paradise Lost , another tour followed in March 1996. In September 1996 the group went back to the studio to record their third self-titled album. The sound carrier, which had been produced again by Magin, was released in 1997. After that, van Ee left the band for a short time, whereupon van Leeuwen returned to the band, before van Ee returned to the cast. In 1999 the group began work on their fourth album. However, these were interrupted because Gootjes left the band to start their own band. With a different line-up, the band recorded the album Control in 2004 at Soundpark Studio in Schiedam, before it was released in 2005.

style

According to Armin Schäfer and Fabian Fischer in the book The Ultimate Hard Rock Guide Vol I - Europe , the band on Bewildering Thoughts processes not only influences from Progressive Metal but also Thrash Metal and Hardcore Punk influences. In an extra edition of the Metal Hammer , Anthony van den Berg stated that the band played on Ode to the Lamented Thrash Metal- oriented Death Doom . According to Gregor Arndt from Metal Hammer , the band combines Death Metal with Progressive Metal in the style of Psychotic Waltz on As the Heavens Fall . He also described it as atmospheric death metal, which bands like My Dying Bride and Anathema could have done better. Claudia Pajzderski from the same magazine stated in her review of Bewildering Thoughts that the group is "clearly on the trail of their compatriots Gorefest ". The group plays technically demanding Death Metal that doesn't lack variety. Pajzderski stated in her review of Threnody that the band continued their style on the album. On the album there is "Death Metal paired with progressive parts and aggressive vocals". Im bang! Magazine, the interviewer Andreas Reissnauer and the CD reviewer Patrick Schmidt were not congruent in their assignments. While Reissnauer wrote of Death Metal, which distinguishes the instrumental skills up to "very good basslines, which for once can even be heard", for Schmidt in As the Heavens Fall Gothic and Doom were dominant and only the singing style was a reference to Death Metal .

Discography

• 1990: Ode to the Lamented (demo, self-published)
• 1993: Profanation (demo, self-publication)
• 1993: As the Heavens Fall (album, Massacre Records )
• 1995: Bewildering Thoughts (Album, Massacre Records)
• 1997: Threnody (album, Massacre Records)
• 2005: Control (Album, Redrum Recordz )

Web links

• Official website
• Threnody at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on January 9, 2015 ; accessed on January 9, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Garry Sharpe-Young , Horst Odermatt & Friends: The Ultimate Hard Rock Guide . Volume I: Europe . Bang Your Head Enterprises Ltd, 1997, p. 562 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Biography. (No longer available online.) Threnody.com, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 8, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Andreas Reissnauer: Threnody . Not original, but different!?! In: Bang! The rock magazine! No. 2 (March / April), 1994, pp. 22 .
5. ↑ Anthony van den Berg: NL Scene . Death. In: Metal Hammer Extra Thrash . No. 10 , 1991, pp. 50 .
6. ^ Gregor Arndt: Threnody . As the Heavens Fall. In: Metal Hammer . January 1994, p. 57 .
7. ^ Claudia Pajzderski: Threnody . Bewildering Thoughts. In: Metal Hammer . August 1995, p. 59 .
8. ^ Claudia Pajzderski: Threnody . Threnody. In: Metal Hammer . April 1997, p. 58 .
9. ↑ Patrick Schmidt: Threnody . As the Heavens Fall. In: Bang! The rock magazine! No. 2 (March / April), 1984, hearing fall, p. 26 .