Origin: Netherlands  
Genres: Doomdeath
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Page online: November 21, 2002
Last update/review: January 21, 2020

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



Ne Vivam  
1997 Teutonic Ex.
  1. Frozen Tears
  2. Lonesome
  3. A Journey through Lowlands Green
  4. One with the Sea
  5. Dreams of Sorrow
  6. Stardust
  7. Psyche Nullification
  8. The Happy Forest
  • Pim Blankenstein
  • Johan Kwakernaak
  • Gerard de Jong
  • Johan
  • Martin Kwakernaak


Split w/ Cold Mourning  EP
1998 Weeping Willow
  1. Fading Like A Dying Candle
  2. Downfall (Through Veils Of Grey)
  3. Fall Of Life [Cold Mourning]
  4. 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
  1. Roses on my Grave
  2. Headstone
  • Pim Blankenstein
  • Johan Kwakernaak
  • Gerard de Jong
  • Johan
  • Martin Kwakernaak


The Pathway  
2001 Displeased
  1. Pathway of broken glass
  2. Foul Play
  3. Camouflage
  4. Divinity
  5. Deep down
  6. This is goodbye
  • Pim Blankenstein
  • Johan Kwakernaak
  • Gerard de Jong
  • Lawrence Meyer
  • Martin Kwakernaak


Reason  
2004 Displeased
  1. In Pouring Rain
  2. The Silent Witness
  3. This Inner Twist
  4. The Sun Doesn't Shine Anymore
  5. A Flower In Decay
  • Pim Blankenstein
  • Johan Kwakernaak
  • Gerard de Jong
  • Lawrence Meyer
  • Martin Kwakernaak


Giving Yourself Away  
2007 Displeased
  1. Your Eyes
  2. My Charcoal Heart
  3. Signals
  4. On The Crossroads Of Souls
  5. Inside The Mind
  6. 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
  1. No Hope
  2. Divinity (re-recorded)
  3. My Charcoal Heart (acoustic version)
  4. Love Like Blood
  5. Fading Like A Dying Candle
  6. Downfall (Through Veils of Grey)
  7. Intro: Officium Triste part II
  8. Mountains of Depressiveness
  9. Dreams of Sorrow


Mors Viri  
2013 Hammerheart
  1. Your Fall from Grace
  2. Burning All Boats and Bridges
  3. Your Heaven, My Underworld
  4. Interludium
  5. To the Gallows
  6. The Wounded and the Dying
  7. One with the Sea (Part II)
  8. Like Atlas
  • Pim Blankenstein
  • Bram Bijlhout
  • Gerard de Jong
  • Lawrence Meyer
  • Martin Kwakernaak
  • Niels Jordaan


The Death Of Gaia  
2019 Transcending Obscurity
  1. The End Is Nigh
  2. World in Flames
  3. Shackles
  4. A House in a Field in the Eye of the Storm
  5. The Guilt
  6. Just Smoke and Mirrors
  7. Like a Flower in the Desert
  8. 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
  1. Behind Closed Doors
  2. My Poison Garden
  3. Anna's Woe
  4. Walk in Shadows
  5. Forcefield
  6. Angels with Broken Wings
  • Pim Blankenstein
  • William van Dijk
  • Gerard de Jong
  • Theo Plaisier
  • Martin Kwakernaak
  • Niels Jordaan



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