WEEK 130 – DISQUIET

My HeadBangers welcome from Utrecht, The Netherlands the melodic thrash band:

DISQUIET

“The Condemnation”

“Trenches of Blood”

Well my HeadBangers sign me up for more melodic thrash, I’m loving this.

Let’s take a look at their bio, straight from their press kit:

The Dutch melodic thrash outfit Disquiet was restablished in Utrecht 2008. The three track promo ‘Hate Incarnate’ (2008) indicates this fresh start: ‘Ten minutes of this intense music is never enough. The great sound and heavy production makes us hungry for more’.

Disquiet combines Bay Area oriented thrash metal mixed with melodic European elements. Imagine a mix of Testament with Arch Enemy, moderated with some modern metalcore influences.

January 2012, the band launches its first full-length album ‘Scars Of Undying Grief’. A product of perseverance with an in-your-face product on by Tommie Bonajo, demonstrates Disquiet’s approach to modern metal. ‘Disquiet’s debut album is better than many of the established order’ (Aardschok Magazine). ‘Disquiet has it’s own sound, packaged in great art-work’ (Rock Tribune), Thrash-tipp des monats’ (Metal Hammer).

Koen Romeijn (Detonation/Apophys/Heidevolk) joined the band in 2012 and Disquiet thrashed many (inter) national stages that year. Among these was Wacken Open Air, with 80.000 visitors one of the biggest metal festivals in the world. In 2013 shows in Germany and as one of the first Dutch metal bands in Suriname (South America), were added to that list. In 2014 this story continued with international shows in Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany (sharing the stage with Arch Enemy and Annihilator).

In 2015 Koen was replaced by Frank van Boven and the band started recording their new album ‘The Condemnation’ which was released worldwide january 2016 on Soulseller Records (Gorgoroth a.o.). ‘Melodic thrash meets death metal! The perfect soundtrack for every metal party!’ (Metal Hammer). ‘Unique and modern sound; a thrash album hard to beat this year’ (Rocktribune) and ‘10x Eremetaal (Aardschok).With a UK tour (2016) and support acts for Destruction, Death Angel and Flotsam and Jetsam, this thrash machine marches on. In 2017 Disquiet started writing new material for their upcoming album.

“Designed to Violate”

Let’s meet the Band:

Let’s meet the band:

Frank van Boven – Bass

Sean Maia – Vocals

Arthur Stam – Drums

Menno Ruijzendaal – Guitar

Fabian Verweij – Guitar

My Thoughts:

Well my HeadBangers there is nothing more that I love then melodic death metal. Now add in some Thrash, well hell I’m a convert. For those of you that don’t know:

Thrash metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo. The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead guitar work.

Melodic death metal is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal. The style originated and developed in Sweden and the United Kingdom around 1993.

There you have it guys, for those who didn’t know. We all have our favorite type of metal. Melodic Death, Folk, and Thrash are mine. Melodic Death and Thrash, it really gets the blood flowing. Mixing the 2 makes you feel it down in your bones, and all you want is more. No matter where I look on this planet, I am always find bands that amaze me and offer something different. That’s “Disquiet”, I am looking forward to some new music from them and to see them live at a gig it would be just amazing. Keep it up guys, you have one convert and I’m bring some HeadBangers with me. Looking forward to hearing more…..

That’s it for this week my HeadBangers. Join me next week for another band and and another song. In the meantime don’t stand to close to the fire if you can’t handle the burn…..

May 7, 2021 0

Weekly Band List

Week 132 – May 21 – Carmilla – Metal – Sverige, Sweden
Week 131 – May 14 – Wake Up Frankie – Thrash/Rock/Metal – Helsinki, Finland
Week 130 – May 7 – Disquiet – Melodic Death/Thrash – Utrecht, Netherlands
Week 129 – Apr 30 – Thanatos – Extreme Thrash/Death Metal – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Week 128 – Apr 23 – Arched Fire – Heavy Speed Metal – Lapland, Finland
Week 127 – Apr 16 – The Haunted – Heavy/Melodic Death Metal – Gothenburg, Sweden
Week 126 – Apr 9 – Updates
Week 125 – Apr 2 – All Taken – Hard Rock with a little Grunge – Los Angeles, California
Week 124 – Mar 26 – Aeon Of Awareness – Melodic Death Metal – Germany (Song Review)
Week 124 – Mar 25 – Scythian Fate – Dark Prog Thrash – Sydney/Melbourne – Australia
Week 124 – Mar 24 – Hate & Deceit – Danish Melodic Death Metal – Slagelse, Denmark
Week 123 – Mar 21 – Beyond the Pale – Dutch Metal – Utrecht, Netherlands
Week 122 – Mar 12 – Thy Kingdom Will Burn – Melodic Death Metal – Kouvola, Suomi
Week 121 – Mar 5 – H.E.A.T. – Hard Rock/Heavy Metal – Uppsland Väsby, Sweden
Week 120 – Feb 26 – Temple Balls – Hard Rock – Finland
Week 119 – Feb 19 – Aeon of Awareness – Melodic Death Metal – Germany
Week 118 – Feb 12 – Vreid – Black Metal / Black n Roll – Sogndal, Norway
Week 117 – Feb 5 – Artilharia – Heavy/Melodic/Speed/Thrash Metal – Brazil
Week 116 – Jan 29 – This week was for Alexi, COB, Rip my dear HeadBanger
Week 115 – Jan 22 – Paradise Lost – Death/Doom/Gothic Metal – Halifax, West Yorkshire
Week 114 – Jan 15 – Wintersun – Power/Folk/Melodic Death Metal – Helsinki, Finland
Week 113 – Jan 1 – Dark Tranquillity – Melodic Death Metal – Gothenburg, Sweden
Week 112 – Dec 25 – SepticFlesh – Greek Symphonic Metal – Athens, Greece
Week 111 – Dec 18 – Die From Sorrow – Melodic Death Metal – Beijing, China
Week 110 – Dec 11 – Fireproven – Progressive Metal – Finland
Week 109 – Dec 4 – Wolfheart – Winter Metal – Myrskylä, Finland
Week 108 – Nov 27 – Angelus Apatrida – Thrash – Albacete, Spain
Week 107 – Nov 20 – Gojira – Heavy Metal – Bayonne, France
Week 106 – Nov 13 – Enslaved – Prog/Black/Viking Metal – Sveio, Norway
Week 105 – Nov 6 – Like A Storm – Metal – Auckland, New Zealand

Week 104 – Oct 30 – Firewind – Power/Heavy Metal – Thessaloniki, Greece
Week 103 – Oct 23 – Shiraz Lane – Rock – Vantaa, Finland
Week 102 – Oct 16 – The Agonist – Metal – Montreal, Canada

Week 101 – Oct 9 – Butcher Babies – Heavy Metal – Los Angeles, CA
Week 100 – Oct 3 – BaYaT – Alternative Rock – Novi Sad, Serbia
Week 98 – Sept 25 – Dirt – Rock – Heksinki, Finland
Week 98 – Sept 18 – Unearth – MetalCore – Boston, Massachusetts
Week 97 – Sept 11 – Stratovarius – Power Metal – Finland
Week 96 – Sept 4 – SynlakrosS – Mel Death Metal – Valencia, Spain

Week 95 – Aug 28 – Striker – New Wave Heavy Metal , Canada
Week 94 – Aug 21 – Turisas – Metal – Hämeenlinna, Finland
Week 93 – Aug 14 – Tyr – Metal – Faroe Islands (Part of Denmark)
Week 92 – Aug 7 – After Release of EP – Interview with WuF, Kasperi Merilainen
Week 91 – July 24 – Review of EP – Wake Up Frankie – Helsinki, Finland
Week 90 – July 17 – SPECIAL ON THRASH METAL BANDS
Week 89 – July 13 – SPECIAL ON MELODIC DEATH METAL BANDS
Week 88 – July 10 – Hinayana Band – Melodic Death/Doom – Austin, Texas
Week 87 – July 3 – Viikate – Rock/Metal – Kouvola, Finland
Week 86 – June 26 – Lumberhead – Metal – Leipzig, Saxony (Germany)
Week 85 – June 19 – Nidhoeggr – Pagan Death Metal – Bern, Switzerland
Week 84 – June 12 – Aetherian – Dark Melodic Death Metal – Athens, Greece
Week 83 – June 5 – Frosttide – Epic Dark Folk Metal – Jyväskylä, Finland
Week 82 – May 29 – Amthrya – Advantgarde Death Black Metal – Italy
Week 81 – May 22 – Suicidal Angels – Trash – Athens, Greece
Week 80 – May 15 – Heart of Jordan – Alter Metal – Lansing, Michigan
Week 79 – May 8 – Parasite, Inc. – Melodic Death Metal – Aalen, Germany
Week 78 – May 1 – Wake Up Frankie – Grove/Trash/Rock – Helsinki, Finland
Week 77 – Apr 24 – Abbath – Black Metal – Bergen, Norway
Week 76 – Apr 17 – Entombed – Dark/Rock Death/Metal – Stockholm, Sweden
Week 75 – Apr 10 – Cruish-Nir – Gothic/Doom – Romania
Week 74 – Apr 3 – [Amatory] – MetalCore – St. Petersburg, Russia
Week 73 – Mar 27 – Njord – Viking Rock – Sandviken, Sweden
Week 72 – Mar 20 – Mystic Prophecy – Metal – Dortmund, Germany
Week 71 – Mar 13 – Astralborne – Melodic Death Metal – Toledo, Ohio
Week 70 – Mar 6 – Shakra – HardRock/Metal – Trub, Switzerland
Week 69 – Feb 28 – The Browning – Metal – Kansas City, Missouri
Week 68 – Feb 21 – Tempting Fate – Hard Rock/Metal – Los Angeles, California
Week 67 – Feb 14 – Dynazty – Hard Rock/Metal – Stockholm, Sweden
Week 66 – Feb 7 – Dreyelands – Melodic Progressive Metal – Budapest, Hungary
Week 65 – Jan 31 – HoundWolf – Heavy Metal – Witten, Germany
Week 64 – Jan 24 – Shadecrown – Melodic Death/Doom/Thrash Metal – Finland
Week 63 – Jan 17 – Sea of Treachery – Heavy Metal – Cincinnati, OH
Week 62 – Dec 21 – Immersed in Darkness – Black Metal – Brownsville, Texas
Week 61 – Dec 14 – Skälmöld – Metal – Reykjavík, Iceland
Week 60 – Dec 7 – The Local Band – Rock – Helsinki, Finland
Week 59 – Nov 30 – Re-Armed – Melodic Death/Thrash Metal – Kerava, Finland
Week 58 – Nov 23 – Ashen Crown – Metal – West Midlands, UK
Week 57 – Nov 16 – FEJD – Swedish Folk – Trollhattan, Sweden
Week 56 – Nov 9 – Forever Still – Hard Rock/Metal – Copenhagen, Denmark – This is where it all started. ONE YEAR AGO, THEY WERE THE FIRST LET’S REVISIT
Week 55 – Nov 2 – Krigere Wolf – Black Death Metal – Catania, Sicily
Week 54 – Oct 26 – Aephanemer – Melodic Death Metal – Toulouse, France
Week 53 – Oct 19 – Infected Rain – Nu Metal/Nu Metalcore – Chișinău, Moldova
Week 52 – Oct 12 – The Veer Union – Hard Rock/NuMetal – Vancouver, BC
Week 51 – Oct 5 – Ligature Marks – Metal – Portland, Oregon
Week 50 – Sept 28 – AEolian – Metal – Palma, Spain
Week 49 – Sept 21 – Smorrah – Thrash/Death Metal – Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Week 48 – Sept 14 – Beyond the Styx – Hardcore Metal – Tours, France
Week 47 – Sept 7 – Brackish Tide – Metal – Somerset County, MD
Week 46 – August 31 – Kryptos – Old School Heavy Metal – Bangalore, India
Week 45 – August 24 – Spyder Volt – Alternative Rock – Laredo, Texas
Week 44 – August 17 – Descent of The ArchAngel – Underground Metalcore – US
Week 43 – August 10 – Dark Messiah – Heavy Metal – Winnipeg, Canada
Week 42 – August 3 – Arcsin -Modern Melodic Progressive Metal – Miami, FL
Week 41 – July 27 – Methane Metal – Southern Thrash Metal – Sweden/Jersey
Week 40 – July 20 – Bloodred Hourglass – Melodic Death/Thrash – Mikkeli, FI
Week 39 – July 13 – Atarka – Metal – Birmingham, UK.
Week 38 – July 6 – Silverbullet Band – Symp Heavy Metal – Riihimaki, Suomi
Week 37 – June 29 – Hammer Down Hard – New Age Hard Rock/Metal
Week 36 – June 22 – Syth Glasgow – Old School Metal – Glasgow, Scotland
Week 35 – June 15 – Virtues – Metalcore – Brisbane, Australia
Week 34 – June 8 – Vovkulaka – Dark Angry Evil Metal – Odessa, Ukraine
Week 33 – June 1 – Executioner – Hardcore Thrash – San Antonio, Texas
Week 32 – May 25 – Night Shadow – Power/Speed Metal – San Diego, California
Week 31 – May 18 – Primitive Machine – Rock, Dublin City, Ireland
Week 30 – May 11 – Daggerplay – Punk, R&R, Power Pop, Helsinki, Finland
Week 29 – May 4 – Kalmo – Finnish Doom Metal – Kerava, Finland
Week 28 – April 27 – Repaid in Blood – Pure Fucking Geek Metal – San Jose, CA

Week 27 – April 20 – Arch Enemy – Melodic Death Metal – Halmstad, Sweden
Week 26 – April 13 – Falling Into Red – Hard Alter Rock – Pittsburg, PA
Week 25 – April 6 – Tulsadoom – Evil Barbaric Heavy Thrash – Vienna, Austria
Week 24 – March 30 – Dream Troll – Old School Rock – Leeds, England
Week 23 – March 23 – The 69 Eyes – Goth & Roll – Helsinki Finland
Week 22 – March 16 – Ghost Season – Alternative Metal – Athens, Greece
Week 21 – March 9 – Vane – Pirate Melodeath Metal – Poland
Week 20 – March 2 – Ravenscroft – Rock – Orange, California
Week 19 – Feb 23 – Love Machine – Heavy Rock – Milano, Italy
Week 18 – Feb 16 – Children of Bodom – Melodic Death Metal – Espoo, Finland
Week 17 – Feb 9 – 10 Gauge – Hard Rock – England, UK
Week 16 – Feb 2 – Everlit – Hard Rock – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Week 15 – Jan 26 – Victim of Illusion – Progressive Rock – Turin, Italy
Week 14 – Jan 19 – September Sky – Alternative Metal – Indianapolis, Indiana
Week 13 – Jan 12 – The Edge of Reason – Post Hardcore – Regensburg, Germany
Week 12 – January 1, 2019 New Years Day – The HU BAND – MONGOLIA
Week 11 – Dec 29 – Apocalyptica – Rock/Metal – Helsinki, Finland
Week 10 – Dec 22 – Hidden Scars – Prog/Indus Metal – Las Vegas, Nevada
Week 9 – Dec 15 – In Hell – Black Death Metal – Lille, France
Week 8 – Dec 08 – Fireproven – Prog Death Metal – Tampere, Finland
Week 7 – Nov 30 – Amon Amarth – Death Metal – Tumba, Sweden
Week 6 – Nov 23 – Chernobyls Uterus – Grindcore Metal – Pripyat, Ukraine
Week 5 – Nov 17 – Five Finger Death Punch – Metal – Las Vegas, Nevada
Week 4 – Nov 10 – Universal Theory – Gothic Metal – Madrid, Spain
Week 3 – Nov 03 – Mawcore – Hard Rock/Metal – Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Week 2 – Oct 27 – Sin7 Band – Heavy Metal – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Week 1 – Oct 20 – Forever Still – Hard Rock/Metal – Copenhagen, Denmark

May 6, 2021 35

A Video From Helsinki

Well my HeadBangers I was going through some videos of bands I saw while in Finland, in 2019. These guys, FEJD, are a Swedish Folk Band. I loved them that’s all I have to say. Just wanted to share, and look at all that flowing hair. I filmed this so it’s not perfect lmao.

May 2, 2021 0

WEEK 129 – THANATOS

My HeadBangers welcome from Rotterdam, Netherlands:

Credit goes to: Erik Negakinu, for the great featured photo, just excellent.

THANATOS

Thanatos is a Dutch extreme metal band. Thanatos is also the Greek God of Death. Their history started in 1984 making them the oldest death metal band from the Netherlands. Here we go HeadBangers get ready…..

“Violent Death Rituals – January 2020”

“The Silent War – February 2020”

I’m going to straight say this right now, I have never seen such a bunch of bad asses like these guys, and I would not want to mess with them lmao, but now let’s look at their bio:

Their second album, Realm of Ecstasy (some album covers show Realm of Ecstacy), received positive marks from Dutch music magazine Oor and various international magazines for its solid compositions and challenging arrangements. After enduring constantly changing line-ups and problems with distribution, promotion, and even ownership of the rights to the second album, Thanatos folded in 1992, the final straw being the cancellation of a tour with Cannibal Corpse and Exhorder.

In 1999, founding member Stephan Gebédi revived the band, which signs with Hammerheart Records. After re-releasing the first two albums with demo and live tracks, the band’s third full album, Angelic Encounters, emerged in 2000. In 2002 a mini-CD with original songs as well as covers from Celtic Frost and Possessed is released by Baphomet. After a few shows in Greece and a short tour with Pungent Stench, the band record their fourth album, Undead, Unholy, Divine, described as a solid return to 1980s metal (in the style of Slayer, Possessed) with the addition of blast beats. Release of a fifth album, Justified Genocide, was postponed when the band’s label at the time, Black Lotus Records, went bankrupt; Dan Swano finished the mix for the CD. To celebrate more than twenty years of Dutch death metal, Thanatos releases (on Chinese label AreaDeath Productions) a limited-edition box containing Emerging From The Netherworlds, Realm Of Ecstasy, and Angelic Encounters, besides 56 bonus tracks and 19 videos.

In February 2009, the band issued an update containing details about their upcoming album Justified Genocide. It was released on March 15 in Europe and April 6 in the UK and Ireland.

Century Media Records signed the band in 2012. The initial plan was to re-release the five studio albums of the band in 2012 and 2013, but the label offered the band a new recording contract which resulted in a new studio album from Thanatos in 2014, entitled Global Purification. This coincided with the band’s 30th anniversary in that year. In 2019, Thanatos celebrated their 35th anniversary with a double-CD compilation album, a 7 inch vinyl EP and a special show in their hometown Rotterdam featuring a lot of former band members. Later that year Thanatos signed a new record deal with French label Listenable Records and started recording their seventh studio album. The album, Violent Death Rituals, had a March 2020 release.

“Violent Death Rituals – March 2020”

Let’s meet these Netherland Metal Men

Stephan Gebedi _ Guitars & Vocals

Mous Mirer – Bass

Martin Ooms – Drums

Paul Baayesn – Guitars

My Thoughts:

Well my HeadBangers like I said such a bunch of bad asses, and I mean that. This band has the history that I love in a band, as well as that soul ripping deep dark metal with some thrash thrown in and those vocals, just kill me now. It always amazes me when a band starts outs, breaks up, but that one person, in this case Stephan, refused to give up on that gnawing pain in the gut that knew this band would make it and he never stopped. I know there were highs and lows along the way. I bow my head in respect to him. He could have let it fall by the wayside but he didn’t. It takes a strong person with iron inside to keep going till you see it appear. And here they are the Netherlands’ Gods of Death.

Well that’s it for this week my HeadBangers. Join me next week for another band and another song. In the meantime don’t stand to close to the fire if you can’t handle the burn…..