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Pestilence is tagged as: death metal, technical death metal, progressive death metal, thrash metal, old school death metal

Pestilence is a death metal band from Enschede, The Netherlands founded in 1986. Later they incorporated more jazz and fusion elements into their music. They released four albums before disbanding in order to pursue other musical directions in 1994. Pestilence reformed in 2008 and released their album ‘Resurrection Macabre’ a year later in March. In late April 2011, the band released ‘Doctrine’.
Pestilence started in the Netherlands in mid 1986 as a thrash metal band. The lineup, consisting of Patrick Mameli (guitar, vocals), Randy Meinhard (guitar), and Marco Foddis (drums), recorded two demos before gaining the attention of Roadrunner Records. After the first demo, Martin van Drunen (bass, vocals) joined them. These two demos - Dysentery (1986) and The Penance (1987) - are raw, sounding mostly like a cross between Possessed and Schizophrenia-era Sepultura. After signing to Roadrunner Records, Pestilence released their debut album titled Malleus Maleficarum in 1988, further refining their approach to thrash metal. The new material was tighter and more focused than the demos. Shortly thereafter, guitarist Randy Meinhard left the band to pursue other musical goals in a new band named Sacrosanct.
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Top 10 Pestilence Songs
Dehydrated
Out of the Body
The Process Of Suffocation
Suspended Animation
Chronic Infection
Amgod
The Trauma
Echoes of Death
Doctrine
The Predication
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Top 10 Pestilence Albums
Consuming Impulse
Testimony of the Ancients
Resurrection Macabre
Spheres
Malleus Maleficarum
Mind Reflections
The Penance
Dysentery
Consuming Impulse/Testimony of the Ancients
Mallevs Maleficarum
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