Xenomorph (band)

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Xenomorph
General information
origin Leiden , Netherlands
Genre (s) Death metal
founding 1994
resolution 2005 or later
Last occupation
Remco Kreft
Peter "De Tombe" "P-ter S" Spies
Jasper "JRA" aptroot
Marc "Bomber" Verhaar
former members
Electric bass
 Dennis Van Driel
Drums
 Ciro Palma
Electric guitar
 Coert "Crutch" Zwart
Electric guitar
 Vincent Scheerman aka Vince Dissect
singing
 Carmen van der Ploeg

Xenomorph was a Dutch death metal band from Leiden , which was founded in 1994 and split up around 2005.

history

The band was founded in 1994 by guitarist Coert "Crutch" Zwart, bassist Dennis Van Driel and drummer Ciro Palma. In the same and in the following year, Carnificated Dreams and Passion Dance, the first two demos appeared . The group increased its profile through tape trading . In 1995 Remo Kreft joined the band as the second guitarist. The demos appeared in 1996 as the 1,000-piece limited compilation Acardiacus on Teutonic Existence Records . After that it became quiet around the band, whereupon the line-up changed significantly. So the rhythm department was changed and Peter “De Tombe” “P-ter S” Spies was added as a singer. Jasper "JRA" Aptroot took over the bass while Marc "Bomber" Verhaar played the drums. In 1998 the next demo appeared with Promo 98 . Then a record deal with System Shock Records was signed, which in April 2001 the debut album Baneful Stealth Desire was released. Appearances at various European festivals followed. In addition, a European tour with Masters , Krabathor and Trauma was held in 2002 . In 2003 Zwart left the cast, whereupon Vincent Scheerman came on as a replacement. The group then planned to release the next album in early 2004. However, it was only released in 2005 under the name Necrophilia mon amour on Under Her Black Wings Records . Then the band broke up.

style

Baneful Stealth Desire was the rock hard the Death and Black Metal assigned, and also thrash metal -typical riffs were used. The singing is deep and reminds of Chuck Schuldiner and Abbath . The borrowings from Gothic Metal , which would be expressed in Carmen van der Ploeg's singing in the song Once Upon Armageddon , were felt to be out of place. The discreetly used keyboard sounds were received more positively. David from Metal.de wrote about Necrophilia mon amour that you can hear "sticky Death Metal with a lot of old-school feeling". The speed of the songs is usually very high, although the drums are a bit behind. The riffs would be reminiscent of Immortal 's. Usually, however, there is a lack of varied, independent songwriting . When listening to the songs, he often felt reminded of The Amenta and occasionally Therion and Amon Amarth . The singing consists of deep, incomprehensible growls , but treats " satanic topics and dark doom scenarios". Overall, the album is only average Death Metal. Thomas Schönbeck from bloodchamber.de saw it similarly , who described the album as classic average Death Metal. The music occasionally reminds me of Immortal, but seems too one-dimensional in the long run.

Discography

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Eduardo Rivadavia: Xenomorph. Allmusic , accessed January 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Biography. rockdetector.com, archived from the original on May 22, 2016 ; accessed on January 20, 2019 .
  3. ^ Joel McIver: Extreme Metal . Omnibus Press, 2000, ISBN 0-7119-8040-3 , p. 153 .
  4. ↑ Xenomorph (5) - Necrophilia Mon Amour. Discogs , accessed January 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Xenomorph . Baneful Stealth Desire. In: Rock Hard . No. 169 , June 2001.
  6. ↑ David: Xenomorph - Necrophilia Mon Amour. Metal.de , accessed on February 9, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Thomas Schönbeck: Xenomorph - Necrophilia Mon Amour. bloodchamber.de, accessed on February 9, 2019 .