God Dethroned
A stalwart Dutch blackened death metal group, God Dethroned emerged in the early 1990s with a sound steeped in the blazing, riff-based deviltry of bands like Slayer and Possessed. Debuting in 1992 with the punishing Christ Hunt, God Dethroned have remained true to their death metal roots over the decades, issuing nearly a dozen collections of uncompromising sonic brutality, including the sequential World War I concept LPs Passiondale (2009), Under the Sign of the Iron Cross (2010), and World Ablaze (2017). God Dethroned were formed in 1991 by vocalist Henri Sattler with several friends (credited only as M. Beukeveld, M. Arends, and A. Dijkstra). The Dutch death metal band recorded a demo and got the opportunity to release an album on the small German label Shark in 1992. Titled The Christhunt, it did little commercially, and God Dethroned went on hiatus the following year, with Sattler forming a new group called Ministry of Terror. Following that band's 1994 album Fall of Life, and a supporting European tour, Sattler decided to re-form God Dethroned with guitarist Jens, bassist Beef, and drummer Roel. This new lineup scored a deal with Metal Blade, which issued The Grand Grimoire in late 1997; the album was released in the U.S. the following year and achieved a fair amount of airplay on college-radio metal shows. The Christ Hunt was reissued later that year with the cover art the band had originally wanted (a dissected rat), and the official follow-up, Bloody Blasphemy, appeared in 1999. Arriving in 2001, Ravenous marked the studio debut of drummer Tony Laureano, and in 2003, for their menacing fifth studio long-player, Into the Lungs of Hell, the group switched drummers again, introducing Ariën van Weesenbeek (Epica) into the fold. The melodic, yet punishing Lair of the White Worm and The Toxic Touch dropped in 2004 and 2006, respectively, and in 2009 God Dethroned unleashed their first concept LP, the First World War-themed Passiondale, which saw them return to the crushing blackened death metal style of their earlier works. A flurry of lineup changes preceded the release of 2010's narrative-driven Under the Sign of the Iron Cross, which was followed by an indefinite hiatus. God Dethroned returned for a smattering of shows in 2015, and eventually made their way back into the studio. The resulting World Ablaze, the long-awaited third entry in their WWI series, was released in 2017. The band welcomed new guitarist Dave Meester (ex-Apophys) into the fold for their tenth full-length effort, 2020's pugilistic Illuminati.© Steve Huey & James Christopher Monger /TiVo Read more
A stalwart Dutch blackened death metal group, God Dethroned emerged in the early 1990s with a sound steeped in the blazing, riff-based deviltry of bands like Slayer and Possessed. Debuting in 1992 with the punishing Christ Hunt, God Dethroned have remained true to their death metal roots over the decades, issuing nearly a dozen collections of uncompromising sonic brutality, including the sequential World War I concept LPs Passiondale (2009), Under the Sign of the Iron Cross (2010), and World Ablaze (2017).
God Dethroned were formed in 1991 by vocalist Henri Sattler with several friends (credited only as M. Beukeveld, M. Arends, and A. Dijkstra). The Dutch death metal band recorded a demo and got the opportunity to release an album on the small German label Shark in 1992. Titled The Christhunt, it did little commercially, and God Dethroned went on hiatus the following year, with Sattler forming a new group called Ministry of Terror. Following that band's 1994 album Fall of Life, and a supporting European tour, Sattler decided to re-form God Dethroned with guitarist Jens, bassist Beef, and drummer Roel. This new lineup scored a deal with Metal Blade, which issued The Grand Grimoire in late 1997; the album was released in the U.S. the following year and achieved a fair amount of airplay on college-radio metal shows. The Christ Hunt was reissued later that year with the cover art the band had originally wanted (a dissected rat), and the official follow-up, Bloody Blasphemy, appeared in 1999.
Arriving in 2001, Ravenous marked the studio debut of drummer Tony Laureano, and in 2003, for their menacing fifth studio long-player, Into the Lungs of Hell, the group switched drummers again, introducing Ariën van Weesenbeek (Epica) into the fold. The melodic, yet punishing Lair of the White Worm and The Toxic Touch dropped in 2004 and 2006, respectively, and in 2009 God Dethroned unleashed their first concept LP, the First World War-themed Passiondale, which saw them return to the crushing blackened death metal style of their earlier works. A flurry of lineup changes preceded the release of 2010's narrative-driven Under the Sign of the Iron Cross, which was followed by an indefinite hiatus.
God Dethroned returned for a smattering of shows in 2015, and eventually made their way back into the studio. The resulting World Ablaze, the long-awaited third entry in their WWI series, was released in 2017. The band welcomed new guitarist Dave Meester (ex-Apophys) into the fold for their tenth full-length effort, 2020's pugilistic Illuminati.
© Steve Huey & James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Passiondale
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records + on 28 Apr 2009
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Into the Lungs of Hell
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 24 Mar 2003
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Illuminati
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 7 Feb 2020
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The World Ablaze
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 5 May 2017
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The Grand Grimoire
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 25 Jul 1997
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Ravenous
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records + on 24 Apr 2001
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Bloody Blasphemy
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records + on 31 May 1999
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The Toxic Touch
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 31 Oct 2006
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The Lair of the White Worm
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records + on 25 Jan 2004
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Under the Sign of the Iron Cross
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 23 Nov 2010
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Illuminati
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 13 Dec 2019
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Spirit of Beelzebub
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 10 Jan 2020
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On the Wrong Side of the Wire
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 4 Apr 2017
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The World Ablaze
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 13 Apr 2017
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Annihilation Crusade
Metal - Released by Metal Blade Records on 27 Apr 2017
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