Netherlands
Doomdeath
Page online:
November 21, 2002
Last update/review:
September 8, 2024
Officium Triste
Ne Vivam , the 1997 debut from the Dutch band Officium Triste,
is a classic example of a perfect, though generic, representation
of a genre.
In this case, the genre is doomdeath.
Officium Triste's style is very slow, dreary, ponderous doom
metal overlayed with brutal death metal vocals.
The familiar influences here are worth mentioning, such as early
Paradise Lost
or early
My Dying Bride minus the violins.
Ne Vivam is adequately arranged and produced, a fine entry in the
doomdeath field, but it doesn't stray at all from the confines of
said genre, and thus it doesn't stand out as being much different
frmo many other albums of this style.
It's a fine addition to doomdeath completists, but not of
interest to those not into the slower side of metal.
Recent album: Hortus Venenum ,
released on September 6, 2024.
Current Members
Pim Blankenstein
vocals
William van Dijk
guitars
Gerard de Jong
guitars
Theo Plaisier
bass
Martin Kwakernaak
keyboards
Niels Jordaan
drums
Former Members/Guests
Johan Kwakernaak
guitars
Bram Bijlhout
guitars
Johan
bass
Lawrence Meyer
bass
Discography
Studio
Live
Compilation
Ne Vivam
1997
Teutonic Ex.
Frozen Tears
Lonesome
A Journey through Lowlands Green
One with the Sea
Dreams of Sorrow
Stardust
Psyche Nullification
The Happy Forest
Pim Blankenstein
Johan Kwakernaak
Gerard de Jong
Johan
Martin Kwakernaak
Split w/ Cold Mourning
EP
1998
Weeping Willow
Fading Like A Dying Candle
Downfall (Through Veils Of Grey)
Fall Of Life [Cold Mourning]
In The Midst Of Stones [Cold Mourning]
Pim Blankenstein
Johan Kwakernaak
Gerard de Jong
Johan
Martin Kwakernaak
Roses On My Grave
EP
1999
To The Gallows
Roses on my Grave
Headstone
Pim Blankenstein
Johan Kwakernaak
Gerard de Jong
Johan
Martin Kwakernaak
The Pathway
2001
Displeased
Pathway of broken glass
Foul Play
Camouflage
Divinity
Deep down
This is goodbye
Pim Blankenstein
Johan Kwakernaak
Gerard de Jong
Lawrence Meyer
Martin Kwakernaak
Reason
2004
Displeased
In Pouring Rain
The Silent Witness
This Inner Twist
The Sun Doesn't Shine Anymore
A Flower In Decay
Pim Blankenstein
Johan Kwakernaak
Gerard de Jong
Lawrence Meyer
Martin Kwakernaak
Giving Yourself Away
2007
Displeased
Your Eyes
My Charcoal Heart
Signals
On The Crossroads Of Souls
Inside The Mind
Master Of Your Own Demise
Pim Blankenstein
Johan Kwakernaak
Gerard de Jong
Lawrence Meyer
Martin Kwakernaak
Charcoal Hearts - 15 Years Of Hurt
COMPILATION
2009
Displeased
No Hope
Divinity (re-recorded)
My Charcoal Heart (acoustic version)
Love Like Blood
Fading Like A Dying Candle
Downfall (Through Veils of Grey)
Intro: Officium Triste part II
Mountains of Depressiveness
Dreams of Sorrow
Mors Viri
2013
Hammerheart
Your Fall from Grace
Burning All Boats and Bridges
Your Heaven, My Underworld
Interludium
To the Gallows
The Wounded and the Dying
One with the Sea (Part II)
Like Atlas
Pim Blankenstein
Bram Bijlhout
Gerard de Jong
Lawrence Meyer
Martin Kwakernaak
Niels Jordaan
The Death Of Gaia
2019
Transcending Obscurity
The End Is Nigh
World in Flames
Shackles
A House in a Field in the Eye of the Storm
The Guilt
Just Smoke and Mirrors
Like a Flower in the Desert
Losing Ground
Pim Blankenstein
William van Dijk
Gerard de Jong
Theo Plaisier
Martin Kwakernaak
Niels Jordaan
Live At Willemeen
LIVE
2020
Hortus Venenum
2024
Transcending Obscurity
Behind Closed Doors
My Poison Garden
Anna's Woe
Walk in Shadows
Forcefield
Angels with Broken Wings
Pim Blankenstein
William van Dijk
Gerard de Jong
Theo Plaisier
Martin Kwakernaak
Niels Jordaan