Pestilence is one of the best Technical Death Metal bands ever!! All their albums are fucking masterpieces. Every Death Metal fan should like them, they're (or were) really good.

Mega-Slayer, have you bought 'Spheres' yet?

Pestilence were great, especially on Testimony of the Ancients, where the timing of guitar solos is perfect, everytime the solos kick in I get this "the timing can't get fucking better than this" feeling, also the solos were dark and very characterful, Testimony has probably my favorite guitar solos ever. Anyway the other releases were very good too, but for me they didn't top Testimony. Then again, I find that Spheres has best Pestilence lyrics, especially love the lines "united pride-collective stupidity".

Written by Lucas on 28.04.2007 at 01:33

Mega-Slayer, have you bought 'Spheres' yet?

Ohh hell yeah,I bought that awhile ago,I like the uniqueness and technicality of it,but it hasn't hooked me as much as the other albums.

Great band. First time I listened to "Land of Tears," I was hooked. Now, to buy an album...

Musically, this band is fantastic. It's a shame that the vocals suck, but that's ok because the instruments make me forget about the dude that's in the process of losing his voice. And the solos......omg

Written by Dangerboner on 06.05.2007 at 07:36

It's a shame that the vocals suck

I guess you are referring to Patrick mameli's vocals because Martin van Drunen's vocals kicked ass.

I was referring to both of them. I prefer my death metal vocals to be low, as opposed to a dude that sounds like he's losing his voice. I love the band though, especially Consuming Impulse.

I love the vocals, as I find them more aggressive than your average "cookie monster" kind of low growls, but each to his own , and yes, the band was amazing, my favorites being Testimony of the Ancients and Consuming Impulse.

Written by Guest on 08.05.2007 at 00:09

I love the vocals, as I find them more aggressive than your average "cookie monster" kind of low growls, but each to his own , and yes, the band was amazing, my favorites being Testimony of the Ancients and Consuming Impulse.

agree...I like both singers equally, each contributed to a whole different sound on each album...these are the kind of vocals I listen to and like the most for death metal you can understand the lyrics clearly at the same time it remains aggressive, plus the technical attributes from this band makes the singing even better.

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agree...I like both singers equally, each contributed to a whole different sound on each album...these are the kind of vocals I listen to and like the most for death metal you can understand the lyrics clearly at the same time it remains aggressive, plus the technical attributes from this band makes the singing even better.

I agree with you, and think that Pestilence's vocals were much better from the death metal norm, as the über low "cookie monster" growl typical in death metal is usually fairly boring and lacks aggression (to my ears at least).

I have been into Pestellence for about a year and a half now. I like them alot, they are one of my favorite early DM bands. That being said, I still am not a die hard fan or anything. At least not yet, I need to get the money to invest a little deeper into them. Reguardless I love consuming impulse.

I heard Mameli's going to ressurrect Pestilence, he's reportedly working on the new material, which he has described as modern version of Testimony...and Spheres, only "more tech and way more brutal than ever before". The lineup will be Mameli on guitars and vocals, Tony Choy on bass, and Peter Wildoer (DARKANE, NON-HUMAN LEVEL) on drums. Personally I'm a bit sceptical over this whole affair, I hope that by "modern" and "more tech and brutal" he doesn't mean boring wank solos and unmemorable riffs over pointless blastbeats.

Written by Guest on 19.01.2008 at 17:25

I heard Mameli's going to ressurrest Pestilence, he's reportedly working on the new material, which he has described as modern version of Testimony...and Spheres, only "more tech and way more brutal than ever before". The lineup will be Mameli on guitars and vocals, Tony Choy on bass, and Peter Wildoer (DARKANE, NON-HUMAN LEVEL) on drums. Personally I'm a bit sceptical over this whole affair, I hope that by "modern" and "more tech and brutal" he doesn't mean boring wank solos and unmemorable riffs over pointless blastbeats.

Sounds quite cool, Testimony is probably my favorite release by Pestilence(although it's quite hard for me to separate them in terms of liking). He managed to come up with good stuff before, so I hope this won't be disappointing. And you're quite paranoid of solo wankery

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Pestilence were one of those classic bands that took the old idea, maybe Destruction or Slayer, and threw it pell-mell into the new idea, say Possessed or Sepultura, and made something great out of it. Starting as a death metal band known for its crushing songs, they moved on to become one of the founders of the technical death metal movement. Now you can see complete reviews of each of their works with mp3 samples.

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Pestilence - Chronicles of the Scourge

For those who appreciate the lure of classic-period Pestilence, making music halfway between the proto-death of Destruction and the upcoming technical death metal of Morbid Angel, this live album provides a delicious insight into both songs in progress and what the experience of a Pestilence concert might have been. With two shows, from 1988 and the following year, in reverse chronological order, this CD presents an opportunity to study this essential Dutch band in their formative habitat.

Pestilence - Chronicles of the Scourge Review

I have listened to all pestilence's albums , the one i like most was the testimony of the ancients ,one of the very special death metal albums , pure , and fuckin powerful , and lots of (TUPA TUPA) just like the drums should sound

My buddy just showed me echoes of death


god this band is amazing!

Shame the band is not better known, great weird Dutch Death metal. Still I can't stand Van Drunen's grunts, sure the cliche cookiemonster grunts are lame but at least I can listen longer to it. Van Drunen's drunk retard grunts makes me turn off the CD after the first song.

Apparently they have a new song up on their myspace. It's kind of boring though.

http://www.myspace.com/pestilenceofficial

EDIT: I just realized how mediocre the new song sounds when Suspended Animation started playing after that.

If that song will be a good representation of the material on the upcoming album, the album itself will probably be nothing to get excited about. Also the cover art is fugly.

Written by Guest on 07.01.2009 at 09:39

Apparently they have a new song up on their myspace. It's kind of boring though.

http://www.myspace.com/pestilenceofficial

EDIT: I just realized how mediocre the new song sounds when Suspended Animation started playing after that.

If that song will be a good representation of the material on the upcoming album, the album itself will probably be nothing to get excited about. Also the cover art is fugly.

Agreed, I have a VERRRRRYYYYY BAD feeling about the new album.

I liked this new song but yes, it's very different from Suspended Animation... One song doesn't make an album and I'll wait to make my judgement.

I don't know what to think about the new songs. I listened to them a couple of times and I can't make up my mind.
Allthough it is very well played I'm missing something...

I liked the second new song more than the first one.

I've just heard one new song on their myspace (and it's not that bad...) !

Pestilence is a great band! I started listening to their discography as I m going to see them live in about 2 months. The new songs sound very good especialy Devouring Frenzy which is a KILLER song! From this great band i expect a powerful release!

Pestilence is great,they've reunited as of 2008 and theres a new album suppose to be out in 2009 called Resurrection Macabre. but nothin will get as good as consuming impulse dehydrated was a classic,reunited after 16 years,that tells you anything can happen

I can already bet that the new album is going to disappoint many.

Written by VPeter on 10.03.2009 at 20:19

I can already bet that the new album is going to disappoint many.

I have to say that I have the same feeling...

Written by SlaytallicA on 10.03.2009 at 20:45

Written by VPeter on 10.03.2009 at 20:19

I can already bet that the new album is going to disappoint many.

I have to say that I have the same feeling...

why people? i expect a great brutal n fast album!!!!

Written by Deadmeat on 10.03.2009 at 21:20

Written by SlaytallicA on 10.03.2009 at 20:45

Written by VPeter on 10.03.2009 at 20:19

I can already bet that the new album is going to disappoint many.

I have to say that I have the same feeling...

why people? i expect a great brutal n fast album!!!!

Brutal and fast?
With current Mameli and Choy? Hell, they are 16 years older than on Spheres (althoguh Choy didn't play on that one) and 18 years after Testimony of the Ancients. And besides, Petsilence were never brutal or truly fast.