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Martin van Drunen
Martin van Drunen
Dutch metal singer (and bassist)
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Asphyx
Asphyx
band
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Desaster
Desaster
band
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Runemagick
Runemagick
band
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Necrophagia
Necrophagia
American band
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Samhain
Samhain
American rock band
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Destruction
Destruction
German thrash metal band
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Diabolic
Diabolic
American Death Metal Band
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Bolt Thrower
Bolt Thrower
English band
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Morbid Saint
Morbid Saint
band that plays thrash metal
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Messiah
Messiah
band
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Immolation
Immolation
American death metal band from New York
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Armoured Angel
Armoured Angel
band
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Holy Moses
Holy Moses
German band
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The Undead
The Undead
american horror punk band
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Hobbs' Angel of Death
Hobbs' Angel of Death
band
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The Crown
The Crown
death / thrash metal band from Sweden
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Lȧȧz Rockit
Lȧȧz Rockit
American band
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Helheim
Helheim
Norwegian black and viking metal band
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Hirax
Hirax
American thrash metal band
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Tarot
Tarot
Finnish band
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Political Asylum
Political Asylum
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Invocator
Invocator
band
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Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg
british heavy metal band
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Hooded Menace
Hooded Menace
Finnish band
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Loudblast
Loudblast
band that plays death metal
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Repulsion
Repulsion
American band
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Esoteric
Esoteric
British metal band
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Avulsed
Avulsed
band
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Temple of Blood
Temple of Blood
American Christian metal band
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Seventh Angel
Seventh Angel
band
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Holy Dragons
Holy Dragons
band
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Sacrilege
Sacrilege
band that plays punk rock
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Chastain
Chastain
band
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Sadus
Sadus
band that plays thrash metal
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Demigod
Demigod
Finnish band
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Swans
Swans
American band
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Konkhra
Konkhra
band
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Darkthrone
Darkthrone
Norwegian black metal band
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Church of Misery
Church of Misery
Japanese band
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Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim
English rock band
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Bulldozer
Bulldozer
band
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Hatchet
Hatchet
American thrash metal band
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Dark Fortress
Dark Fortress
German black metal band
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Necrophobic
Necrophobic
Swedish death metal band
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ThanatoSchizO
ThanatoSchizO
Portuguese metal band
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Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost
Swiss metal band
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T.T. Quick
T.T. Quick
American band
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Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
American crossover thrash band
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Torture Squad
Torture Squad
band
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Shade Empire
Shade Empire
Finnish metal band
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Abramelin
Abramelin
Australian death metal band
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Ratos de Porão
Ratos de Porão
Brazilian band
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Gang Green
Gang Green
American punk rock band
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Annihilator
Annihilator
Canadian thrash metal band
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Krabathor
Krabathor
band
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Necromance
Necromance
German band
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Death Angel
Death Angel
American thrash metal band
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Alastis
Alastis
band
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Running Wild
Running Wild
German heavy metal band
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Sabbat
Sabbat
band
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Bathory
Bathory
Swedish metal band
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Giuffria
Giuffria
American band
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Agathocles
Agathocles
band
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Forbidden
Forbidden
American thrash metal band
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The Queers
The Queers
American punk band
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Starz
Starz
1970s American heavy metal and power pop band
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Immortal Souls
Immortal Souls
band that plays melodic death metal
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Nocturnus
Nocturnus
band
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Monstrosity
Monstrosity
American death metal band
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Circle of Dead Children
Circle of Dead Children
band
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Unholy
Unholy
Finnish doom metal band
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Salem
Salem
Israeli extreme metal band
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Epidemic
Epidemic
American band
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Treat
Treat
band
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V8
V8
Argentine heavy metal band
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Graveland
Graveland
Polish musical group; black metal band
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Mastermind
Mastermind
American progressive rock band
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Sodom
Sodom
German thrash metal band
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Dies Irae
Dies Irae
Polish band
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Dark Angel
Dark Angel
American thrash metal band
Intro
Dutch death metal band

Thanatos is a Dutch extreme metal band. With a history dating back to 1984, they are the oldest death metal band from the Netherlands. Their second album, Realm of Ecstasy (some album covers show Realm of Ecstacy), received positive marks from Dutch music magazine Oor and various international magazines for its solid compositions and challenging arrangements. After enduring constantly changing line-ups and problems with distribution, promotion, and even ownership of the rights to the second album, Thanatos folded in 1992, the final straw being the cancellation of a tour with Cannibal Corpse and Exhorder.

In 1999, founding member Stephan Gebédi revived the band, which signs with Hammerheart Records. After re-releasing the first two albums with demo and live tracks, the band's third full album, Angelic Encounters, emerged in 2000. In 2002 a mini-CD with original songs as well as covers from Celtic Frost and Possessed is released by Baphomet. After a few shows in Greece and a short tour with Pungent Stench, the band record their fourth album, Undead. Unholy. Divine, described as a solid return to 1980s metal (in the style of Slayer, Possessed) with the addition of blast beats. Release of a fifth album, Justified Genocide, was postponed when the band's label at the time, Black Lotus Records, went bankrupt; Dan Swano finished the mix for the CD. To celebrate more than twenty years of Dutch death metal, Thanatos releases (on Chinese label AreaDeath Productions) a limited-edition box containing Emerging From The Netherworlds, Realm Of Ecstasy, and Angelic Encounters, besides 56 bonus tracks and 19 videos.

In February 2009, the band issued an update containing details about their upcoming album Justified Genocide. It was released on March 15 in Europe and April 6 in the UK and Ireland.

Century Media Records signed the band in 2012. The initial plan was to re-release the five studio albums of the band in 2012 and 2013, but the label offered the band a new recording contract which resulted in a new studio album from Thanatos in 2014, entitled Global Purification. This coincided with the band's 30th anniversary in that year. In 2019, Thanatos celebrated their 35th anniversary with a double-CD compilation album, a 7 inch vinyl EP and a special show in their hometown Rotterdam featuring a lot of former band members. Later that year Thanatos signed a new record deal with French label Listenable Records and started recording their seventh studio album. The album, Violent Death Rituals, had a March 2020 release.