Did you know that the first words of every sentence of each verse form a sentence as well in the song “This Day”. They are “Must Remember The Days” and “All Will Be Together”: This day Leaving, leaving behind more than a memory Leaving behind our days and time Wish, want you here to stay, […]
And finally we proudly present the very first album ‘As the Heavens Fall’ on both Spotify and Apple iTunes. This version has been especially remastered and includes 4 extra tracks: the original takes from the demo ‘Profanation’ recorded in 1992 including the song Judgements Day which has never been released on an album. This avant-garde […]
Something old and something new and it is definitely blue. No we are not getting married but there will be something new coming to you
Threnody was never very successful to stick to the same drummer. Starting with demo “Ode to the Lamented” (1990) Marc van Bel was first, soon to be followed by John Mutters on both the demo “Profanation” (1992) and the debut album “As the heavens fall” (1993). Marcel Gootjes was the drummer on the 1994 European tour followed by […]
February 1997 the third self-titled album “Threnody’ was released. It was recorded in Germany with producer Gerhard Magin in September and December 1996. Two new band-members played on this album: Ernst van Ee and Menno Gootjes. It is now available on Spotify and iTunes!
Threnody always stated that the band was founded in 1988. Earliest picture we could find was 1990. Cute boys! (Black & white picture was a choice, in fact colour pictures did exist at that time…)
In February 1997 the third self-titled album “Threnody” was released. It was recorded in Germany with producer Gerhard Magin in September and December 1996. Two new band-members played on this album: Menno Gootjes and Ernst van Ee. This album was released worldwide but Japan had a special edition. All lyrics and the added biography in the […]
Check out this unreleased raw Threnody video footage of the band playing “Fin de Siecle”. It was recorded live in 1995. The concert was at Simplon in the north of Holland. Next to Rene and Henry the line-up at the time was : Erik van de Belt on guitar and Richard van Leeuwen on drums. […]
Making a time warp to 1992: This was the press-kit of our second demo-tape “Profanation”. The tape that gave us good press, numerous good reviews, great fans and within weeks the first record deal.
Let’s talk about Bewildering Thoughts; This is the band’s most successful album, recorded in 1995 at Commusication Studios in Germany and produced by Gerhard Magin. In one of the many great reviews it was defined as brutal, melodic, progressive ”thinking man’s” metal. Now you can listen on Spotify.
