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DETHRONED
Henri
Sattler - vocals & lead guitars
Isaac Delahaye - lead guitars
Henk "Henke" Zinger - bass
Ariën Van Weesenbeek - drums
“'The Lair of the White Worm' is an album that
shows a renewed band on a much higher level than the
highly acclaimed 'Into the Lungs of Hell' album. The
songs are more extreme in two ways; more intense melodies
and more brutality at the same time. The idea of the
title of the album is based on Bram Stoker's book of
the same name. It's a quite unknown story and it was
fun to use it for our new album.
The
number of guitar leads on this album has increased to
about 17, compared to 5 on the previous album. This
is mainly because of our new guitar player Isaac Delahaye,
who brought in highly skilled techniques and feeling.
Varying from leads that fit to the brutal songs to Arch
Enemy-like melodic leads, sometimes with great harmonies.
Further we saw the coming of a new bass player named
Henk "Henke" Zinger, who showed himself as
a devoted musician with loads of energy.
The
lyrics on the new album deal with a variety of topics
such as nihilistic, historical and movie-like themes.
Everybody
who thought the band would continue the 'Into the Lungs
of Hell' way, and feared the band would fall asleep
will definitely wake up after listening to songs such
as 'Nihilism', 'The Lair of the White Worm', 'Loyal
to the Crown of God Dethroned' to name a few. Intensity
and variety are the key words for God Dethroned's music
in 2004 and further..." (Henri Sattler)
Main
man Henri Sattler formed GOD DETHRONED in 1990. After
one demo they released their debut album "The Christhunt"
in 1992 on a tiny German label. Due to problems with
the other band members and the record company, Henri
decided to split the band. He then formed Ministry Of
Terror, a Thrash Metal band, and released the "Fall
Of Life" album with them in 1994. After a European
tour Henri left the band and re-formed GOD DETHRONED.
With new band members and better songs in his back,
Henri and the new GOD DETHRONED recorded "The Grand
Grimoire" and inked a deal with Metal Blade. Many
successful tours followed in Europe, the U.S. and Japan
with great Death and Black Metal acts like Cannibal
Corpse, Morbid Angel, Immortal, and Marduk, just to
name a few.
In
the meantime most of the renowned festivals were played:
Dynamo Open Air, Wacken, Graspop and Summer Breeze.
However, not everything went smooth. Drummer Roel Sanders
left the band after the US tour promoting "Bloody
Blasphemy". Nile's Tony Laureano played on the
"Ravenous" album, but couldn't stay for obvious
reasons. Janne from The Crown played on the tour and
finally new drummer Ariën van Weesenbeek came in,
whose first recording experience with the band was "Into
the Lungs of Hell". The press around the globe
received this album very well and again the band toured
around Europe and played more festivals like Party San
and Summer Breeze.
Bassist
Beef and guitar player Jens didn't have the motivation
any more to keep on touring and playing, so they decided
to call it quits after about 8 years. About 2 months
before the recording of "The Lair of the White
Worm" bass player Henk joined the band, and 2 weeks
before the recording axe-man Isaac came in. The result:
an intense new album. Loads of variety, highly skilled
musicianship, and cool songs!
GOD
DETHRONED already started promoting the new album by
playing festivals (Occultfest) and shows in the Benelux
and Germany. After the release of the album the band
will hit the road on a much larger scale, because it's
about time to play The States and Japan again soon.
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