Origin: Netherlands  
Genres: Death Metal
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Last update/review: May 10, 2024

Pestilence

Pestilence was one of the top Dutch death/thrash bands of the late 80's and early 90's, with albums such as Consuming Impulse and Testimony Of The Ancients still regarded as some of the best death metal of the time. By the time of their fourth album (Spheres, released in 1993), they had risen to near Cynic levels, incorporating jazz/fusion influences and technical songwriting to a death metal base. The band disbanded around 1994, with guitarist Patrick Mameli stating that the band had tired of the metal scene and that the members wished to pursue other musical interests. However, as of 2008 Mameli has resurrected the band with a new lineup.

Recent album: Levels Of Perception, released on April 26, 2024.

Current Members

Patrick Mameli

vocals/guitars

Rutger van Noordenburg

guitars

Roel Käller

bass

Michiel van der Plicht

drums (ex-God Dethroned)

Former Members/Guests

Martin van Drunen

vocals/bass (Asphyx, ex-Comecon, Grand Supreme Blood Court, ex-Hail Of Bullets)

Randy Meinhard

guitars (ex-Sacrosanct)

Patrick Uterwijk

guitars

Santiago Dobles

guitars (Aghora)

Tony Choy

bass (Atheist)

Kent Smith

keyboards

Jeroen Paul Thesseling

bass (Obscura, ex-Sadist)

Stefan Fimmers

bass (ex-Necrophagist)

Tilen Hudrap

bass (ex-Paradox, ex-U.D.O., ex-Vicious Rumors)

Joost van der Graaf

bass (ex-Dew-Scented)

Marco Foddis

drums

Peter Wildoer

drums (ex-Agretator, ex-Arch Enemy, ex-Armageddon, Darkane, Non-Human Level, guest for Old Man's Child)

Yuma Van Eekelen

drums

David Haley

drums (guest for Aborted, The Amenta, ex-Blood Duster, Psycroptic, Werewolves)

Septimiu Harsan

drums


Discography



Malleus Maleficarum  
1988 Roadrunner
  1. Malleus maleficarum / Antropomorphia
  2. Parricide
  3. Subordinate to the domination
  4. Extreme unction
  5. Commandments
  6. Chemo therapy
  7. Bacterial surgery
  8. Cycle of existence
  9. Osculum infame
  10. Systematic instruction
  • Martin van Drunen
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Randy Meinhard
  • Marco Foddis


Consuming Impulse  
1989 Roadrunner
  1. Dehydrated
  2. Process Of Suffocation
  3. Suspended Animation
  4. The Trauma
  5. Chronic Infection
  6. Out Of The Body
  7. Echoes Of Death
  8. Deify Thy Master
  9. Proliferous Souls
  10. Reduced to Ashes
  • Martin van Drunen
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Patrick Uterwijk
  • Marco Foddis


Testimony Of The Ancients  
1991 Roadrunner
  1. The Secrecies Of Horror
  2. Bitterness
  3. Twisted Truth
  4. Darkening
  5. Lost Souls
  6. Blood
  7. Land Of Tears
  8. Free Us From Temptation
  9. Prophetic Revelations
  10. Impure
  11. Testimony
  12. Soulless
  13. Presence Of The Dead
  14. Mindwarp
  15. Stigmatized
  16. In Sorrow
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Patrick Uterwijk
  • Tony Choy
  • Kent Smith
  • Marco Foddis
1991 Readers' Album #25



Spheres  
1993 Roadrunner
  1. Mind Reflections
  2. Multiple Beings
  3. The Level Of Perception
  4. Aurian Eyes
  5. Soul Search
  6. Personal Energy
  7. Voices From Within
  8. Spheres
  9. Changing Perspectives
  10. Phileas
  11. Demise Of Time
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Patrick Uterwijk
  • Jeroen Paul Thesseling
  • Marco Foddis
1993 Readers' Album #27



Mind Reflections  COMPILATION
1994 Roadrunner
  1. Out Of The Body
  2. Twisted Truth
  3. The Process Of Suffocation
  4. Parricide
  5. Mind Reflections
  6. Dehydrated
  7. Land Of Tears
  8. Hatred Within
  9. The Secrecies Of Horror
  10. Subordinate To The Domination
  11. Dehydrated (live)
  12. Chemotherapy (live)
  13. Presence Of The Dead (live)
  14. Testimony (live)
  15. Chronic Infection (live)
  16. Out Of The Body (live)


Chronicles Of The Scourge  
2006 Metal War
  1. City of the Living Dead / Antropomorphia
  2. Parricide
  3. Echoes of Death
  4. Subordinate to the Domination
  5. Commandments
  6. Out of the Body
  7. Chemotherapy
  8. Cycle of Existence
  9. Suspended Animation
  10. The Trauma
  11. Antropomorphia
  12. Parricide
  13. Subordinate to the Domination
  14. Cycle of Existence
  15. Extreme Unction
  16. Chemotherapy
  17. Bacterial Surgery
  18. Systematic Instruction
  19. Consuming Impulse
  • Martin van Drunen
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Patrick Uterwijk
  • Marco Foddis


Resurrection Macabre  
2009 Mascot
  1. Devouring Frenzy
  2. Horror Detox
  3. Fiend
  4. Hate Suicide
  5. Synthetic Grotesque
  6. Neuro Dissonance
  7. Dehydrated II
  8. Resurrection Macabre
  9. Hangman
  10. Y2H
  11. In Sickness & Death
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Tony Choy
  • Peter Wildoer
2009 Readers' Album #57



Doctrine  
2011
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Patrick Uterwijk
  • Jeroen Paul Thesseling
  • Yuma Van Eekelen
2011 Readers' Album #63



Obsideo  
2013 Candlelight
  1. Obsideo
  2. Displaced
  3. Aura Negative
  4. Necro Morph
  5. Laniatus
  6. Distress
  7. Soulrot
  8. Saturation
  9. Transition
  10. Super Conscious
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Patrick Uterwijk
  • Stefan Fimmers
  • David Haley


Hadeon  
2018 Hammerheart
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Santiago Dobles
  • Tilen Hudrap
  • Septimiu Harsan


Exitivm  
2021 Agonia
  1. In Omnibvs (Intro)
  2. Morbvs Propagationem
  3. Deificvs
  4. Sempiternvs
  5. Internicionem
  6. Mortifervm
  7. Dominatvi Svbmissa
  8. Pericvlvm Externvm
  9. Inficiat
  10. Exitivm
  11. Immortvos
  12. Personatvs Mortem (Outro)
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Rutger van Noordenburg
  • Joost van der Graaf
  • Michiel van der Plicht


Levels Of Perception  
2024 Agonia
  1. Horror Detox
  2. Mvlti Dimensional
  3. Mobvs Propagationem
  4. Sinister
  5. Dehydrated
  6. Dominatvi Svbmissa
  7. Land of Tears
  8. Necromorph
  9. Deificvs
  10. Twisted Truth
  11. Sempiternvs
  12. Ovt of the Body
  • Patrick Mameli
  • Rutger van Noordenburg
  • Joost van der Graaf
  • Michiel van der Plicht



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