After announcing back in 2014 that they were on permanent hold, Dutch tech death metal legends Pestilence are back together again, and announced on their Facebook page that they will play some shows in 2017.

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Tech death metallers Pestilence released a new album last year, Obsideo, but according to mastermind Patrick Mameli, the band is now inactive. Patrick Mameli recently announced that he will begin work on a new death jazz fusion project (featuring all new and original members) under the title Necromorph. This seems like the end for Pestilence but Mameli is keeping the door open for shows in the future.

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Dutch tech-death metal monsters Pestilence are pleased to announce that they will headline the Pest Over Europe 2014 tour, where they will be presenting their new, seventh studio album Obsideo, out since November 11th, 2013 through Candlelight Records. Main support on the road will be French black metallers Seth, who have returned last year with their fifth album The Howling Spirit. Opening the package will be the new sensation of the British extreme metal Ancient Ascendant. The complete list of tour dates can be seen below!

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Event:	Pestilence: Pest Over Europe 2014

The legendary death metal band Pestilence has been preparing the release of their new album Obsideo for a while. Today we can hear a new song from the opus at last. The group released a lyric video for the song "Necro Morph". The new output will be out on the 11th of November via Candlelight Records in the UK and one day later in the US. As for the new song, it is available for you to enjoy or hate right here.

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Candlelight Records has announced the signing of Pestilence to a worldwide deal. The celebrated eastern Netherlands-based technical death metal band is currently preparing to enter the studio to begin work on its seventh album, titled Obsideo. The album wil be produced by the band's vocalist/guitarist Patrick Mameli and will feature ten new songs, including "Necromorph", "Saturation", "Soulrot", "Laniatus" and "Superconcious".

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Death metallers Pestilence are preparing their new album although the release date is still under wraps. The band's new drummer, David Haley, will be recording drums in February. The band has started to reveal some details about it and you can now check out below the cover art for Obsideo, their upcoming new release.

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Patrick Mameli, guitarist/vocalist of Dutch technical death metal masters Pestilence, has posted a short update about the band's new upcoming album. The band had previously announced that it would be titled Obsideo.

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After announcing Tim Yeung as the new drummer of the band a few months ago, Dutch death metal outfit Pestilence has now issued the following update: "We are very pleased that we can officially announce that David Haley (Psycroptic) will replace Tim Yeung for the upcoming Pestilence album and upcoming shows. Bassist Stefan Fimmers (ex-Necrophagist) already joined Pestilence for the new album Obsideo and live performances."

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Guitarist/vocalist Patrick Mameli of the resurrected late '80s/early '90s death metal outfit Pestilence has issued the following update:

"Recently, bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (Nufutic, Obscura) and drummer Yuma van Eekelen (Exivious, The New Dominion) have decided to work more intensively on their main projects. Therefore, bassist Stephan Fimmers (Necrophagist) and drummer Tim Yeung (Morbid Angel, Divine Heresy, Vital Remains, Hate Eternal) will join Pestilence for the upcoming new album Obsideo and live performances."

Stephan Fimmer gave the following statement: "I'm looking forward to be part of a great, new Pestilence album - Obsideo - I'm sure that the upcoming album is gonna blast!! It's great to join the band and play with these awesome musicians."

Patrick Mameli added: "I would like to thank Jeroen Paul Thesseling and Yuma van Eekelen for their hard work and great musicianship on the Doctrine album and live shows and we (Patrick Mameli and Patrick Uterwijk) wish them both good luck in the future with their projects."

Pestilence 2012 line-up:

Patrick Mameli - Guitar/Vocals
Patrick Uterwijk - Guitar
Stephan Fimmers - Bass
Tim Yeung - Drums

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Doctrine, the new album of Dutch death metallers Pestilence, will be released in late April through Mascot Records.

The eleven-track CD was recorded and mixed at Woodshed Studio in southern Germany with engineer Victor Bullok (Triptykon, Dark Fortress).

Regarding the direction of the band's new music, guitarist/vocalist Patrick Mameli previously stated: "The new material sounds, again, way different from the previous albums, and is going to top all previous Pestilence material, stated by insiders already."

One of the new songs on the album, called "Sinister", has been made available for streaming over at this location.

Doctrine tracklist:

01. The Predication (intro)
02. Amgod
03. Doctrine
04. Salvation
05. Dissolve
06. Absolution
07. Sinister
08. Divinity
09. Deception
10. Malignant
11. Confusion

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Source:	pestilence.nl
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Dutch bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (Pestilence, Obscura) will promote the recently completed Pestilence album Doctrine with a new custom made bass guitar. This week the German bass manufacturer Warwick confirmed to support Thesseling by building a seven-string fretless version of their classic Thumb NT series that he plays exclusively since 17 years.

"In the studio we decided to record the new Doctrine material with a low F-sharp tuning on bass, but then I still needed to find a way to work it out for live performances. I'm proud of the long-term collaboration with Warwick; this masterpiece will make it sound extremely massive.", according to Jeroen. Pestilence's Doctrine will be released in April through Mascot Records. Obscura will release its new album, Omnivium, in March via Relapse Records.

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Band profile:	Pestilence

Pestilence recently announced its first-ever tour of South America in February. So far the following shows have been confirmed (with more dates to be announced soon):

Pestilence - South American Tour:

Feb. 09 - Moulin Rouge - Caracas, Venezuela
Feb. 11 - Derrama Magisterial - Lima, Peru
Feb. 12 - Macabre Chili Fest - Valparaiso, Chile
Feb. 13 - The Roxy Live - Buenos Aires, Argentina

In other news, Dutch bass player magazine De Bassist conducted a video interview with Jeroen Paul Thesseling (Pestilence, Obscura). The 7-minute segment was filmed on December 17th, 2010 at De Effenaar during Holland's Eindhoven Metal Meeting. Jeroen talks about his background as a fretless bass player, the switch to a new tuning, and much more. You can now watch the chat below.

Thesseling is one of the very few bassists in the metal scene that plays fretless basses. He recently recorded the albums Doctrine (Pestilence), Omnivium (Obscura) and Quarterpast (MaYaN), all to be released within the next few months.


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Epica vocalist/guitarist Mark Jansen has started a new project called MaYaN. The following statement regarding the band has been posted on Epica's website:

"Although Epica has been touring around the world for months, Mark found the time to put another band together, which he takes very seriously: MaYaN. Mark founded MaYaN together with Jack Driessen (ex-After Forever) and Frank Schiphorst, named after the wise and rich mayan culture.

"There was only one record label we wanted to sign with: Nuclear Blast, so we didn't even look for other companies to work with and we're very happy that this appreciation is mutual", Mark says and announces: "The debut album will be recorded and mixed at the end of the year 2010 and the beginning of 2011 by Sascha Paeth (who produced the former Epica records as well). We're also stoked to announce that Jeroen Paul Thesseling (Pestilence, Obscura), known for his signature six-string fretless playing in progressive death metal, will join as permanent member on bass guitar. Isaac Delahaye (Epica, ex-God Dethroned) and Arien van Weesenbeek (Epica) will complete the line up!"

The release of the album will take place around May 2011 and the CD presentation will be at Paradiso - Amsterdam! The music is a mixture of death, black and progressive metal combined with symphonic orchestral arrangements. "We'll work with some very interesting guests and these will be announced very soon!"


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Pestilence will embark on a North American tour, supported by Warbringer, Vital Remains, Enfold Darkness and Sacrificial Slaughter. This will be Pestilence's first US tour in over 16 years. Dates run as follows:

05/30 - Baltimore, MD @ Maryland Deathfest (Pestilence only)

05/31 - Chattanooga, TN @ Club Mosaic (no Warbringer)
06/01 - New Orleans, LA @ The Bar (no Warbringer)
06/02 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
06/03 - Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater
06/04 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
06/05 - Tempe, AZ @ Club Red
06/06 - Ramona, CA @ Ramona Mainstage
06/07 - Los Angeles, CA @ Ultra Violet
06/08 - San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
06/09 - Portland, OR @ Satyricon
06/10 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
06/13 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
06/14 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie's
06/15 - Toronto, ON @ Mod Club Theater (no Warbringer)
06/16 - Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Electriques (no Warbringer)
06/17 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater

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Event:	Pestilence + Vital Remains

Ex-Pestilence bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling, who played on the band's fourth album Spheres (1993), will rejoin the Dutch death metallers after a break of 15 years. Thesseling has played in the Progressive Death Metal band Obscura since late 2007 and played on their second album Cosmogenesis, released in February this year. He will play in both bands as of now.

Here is a comment from Thesseling: "After such a long period of time it's great to be part of Pestilence again. I'm convinced that this cooperation will result in brilliant technical death metal. In order to avoid misunderstandings I want to emphasize that I will continue to work with my German colleagues of Obscura as well."

Pestilence vocalist/guitarist Patrick Mameli had this to say: "I'm very happy to welcome Jeroen once more to the Pestilence camp. Also a big thanks goes out to Tony Choy, who successfully participated on the Resurrection... album and tour. We all wish him the best of luck in the future!!! Tony is just too busy that we had to find a suitable replacement. I'm convinced that Jeroen, just like Tony on Resurrection..., will put his signature on this new Pestilence album, that fans really don't have to compare these two great bass players with each other. Both have a great style. Also, I would like to stress that, by no means, this collaboration with Jeroen, will result in a Spheres part 2, since this is not our goal. Our goal is to create the most brutal and technical Pestilence album ever. I'm currently composing new songs with the 8 string Ibanez, which will give Pestilence a new dimension in our own style. Keywords: Low, chunky and a-tonal morbidity!!! So be ready to be blown away!!!"

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Band profile:	Pestilence