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God Dethroned is a Dutch
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band from
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, originally formed in 1990.


Biography

God Dethroned was formed in 1990 by
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and
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Henri Sattler, with Hans Leegstra (guitar) and Ard de Weerd. Sattler and Leegstra had previously been in Dysentery; Leegstra, quickly after the band formed, left the music scene altogether. They recorded a demo, ''Christ Hunt'', in 1991, after which Marco Arends joined on
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. Their first album, ''The Christhunt'', was released on the
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label Shark. Meanwhile, Arends left (to rejoin Altar) and was replaced by Marcel Beukeveld. ''The Christhunt'' did poorly; the label had refused to feature a dissected rat on the cover and did not promote the record at all. Dethroned went on hiatus the following year, in part because Sattler's anti-Christian sympathy was not shared by all, and Sattler formed a new group called Ministry of Terror. In 1996, after that band's 1994 album ''Fall of Life'' and a supporting European tour (with
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), Sattler re-formed God Dethroned with guitarist Jens van der Valk (who did not share Sattler's anti-Christian sympathies either), bassist Beef, and
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Roel Sanders. With this lineup a deal was signed with
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, and they issued ''The Grand Grimoire'' in Europe in 1997; the album was released in the U.S. the following year, along with a re-issue of ''The Christhunt'', which featured the original cover art, with the dissected rat. The Grand Grimorie did much better than The Christhunt did, and the band soon entered into a sort of high point. The lineup of Sattler, Van Der Valk, Beef and Sanders would record the album ''Bloody Blasphemy'', which many fans of the band consider to be their best work to date. Successful tours and shows with bands like
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,
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, and
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would later follow. After ''Bloody Blasphemy'', Sanders soon left the band and was replaced by Puerto Rican drummer
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. Laureano played with the band up till 2003, when he received an offer to join the American death metal band
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. He would record only one album with the band: 2001's ''Ravenous''. A new drummer was found, Ariën Van Weesenbeek, and the band entered the studio at the end of 2002 to record ''Into the Lungs of Hell''. More problems began to follow, as Beef and Jens were tired with the direction of the band and wanted to push for a more heavy and extreme sound with more anti-Christian lyrics (themes that had begun to start to fade to an extent on ''Ravenous''), whereas Sattler wanted to keep the band at a more melodic and darker sound with lyrics focused more on darkness, horror, nihilism, and other themes. After the recording and a short amount of touring for ''Into the Lungs of Hell'', both the bassist and guitarist left the band, and Henri Sattler had to go look out for members once again. Bassist Henk Zinger was quickly brought into the fold, and Ariën van Weesenbeek recommended Belgian guitarist Isaac Delahaye to the band. This lineup would finish up the remaining tour dates and would go back into the studio to record another album, 2004's ''
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''. After touring for a little while, the band then went back into the studio with legendary producer
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, and released ''
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'' in 2006 through American. In January 2008, two personnel changes were made. Since Ariën van Weesenbeek had joined
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band
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full-time in December 2007, he was replaced with former drummer Roel Sanders. After a writing period, ''Passiondale'' was recorded and released in early 2009. The album's concept is based on
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during
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. Once the album was completed, auditions were held and Susan Gerl was selected as the new guitar player. Shortly after the release Roel Sanders was asked to leave the band and Michiel Van Der Plicht was brought in. In 2010, Henri Sattler stated in a Metal Blade Press release:
"We are halfway through the writing process for a new album, which we will record starting end of May. First, we'll play on the Killfest tour in the U.S. supporting Overkill together with label mates Woe of Tyrants and many other great bands. Abigail Williams' axeman Ian Jekelis will take over touring duties for Susan, with whom we parted ways last January. We will announce the name of our new shredder right before we play our first European festival in May"
Shortly after, guitarist Danny Tunker (Prostitute Disfigurement, Detonation) was announced as the new lead guitarist. The new God Dethroned album ''Under The Sign Of The Iron Cross'' was released through Metal Blade on 22 November 2010 and met rave reviews. It marked the first time God Dethroned became 'Album Of The Month' in the Netherlands' Aardschok magazine. Sattler announced that 2011 will be the last year of the band and their final show will be in December, but they performed at
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festival in January 2012, after which they officially disbanded. Sattler announced that the band will reunite in 2015, performing at the 70,000 Tons of Metal Festival in January. While they will only be a "small selection of shows," according to Sattler, the band does have more shows planned for 2015. But later on, God Dethroned played a lot of shows and in 2017 they even recorded a new album ''The World Ablaze''. ''The World Ablaze'' is the third album of the band's World War I trilogy. The album got high ranks in metal charts. With lead guitarist Mike Ferguson and bass guitarist Jeroen Pomper, God Dethroned released ''Illuminati'' on 7 February 2020. The band's newest release, ''The Judas Paradox'', was released on 6 September 2024.


Musical style

God Dethroned originally formed as a
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band. When they reformed in 1996, they switched to
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and stayed that way until the release of ''Into the Lungs of Hell'', when they shifted to
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. They are, however, "an important part of the Dutch black metal scene", according to ''The Encyclopedia of Dutch Black Metal''. Their latest albums saw a return to their original blackened death metal sound.


Members

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,
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(1991-1993, 1996-2012, 2015-present) *Jeroen Pomper -
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(2015–present) *Dave Meester -
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(2019–present) *Frank 'Skillpero' Schilperoort -
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(2020–present) ;Former members *Ard de Weerd - drums (1991-1993) *Hans Leegstra - lead guitar (1991-1993) *Marco Barends - bass (1991-1992) *Marcel Beukeveld - bass (1992-1993; died 2016) *Jens van der Valk - lead guitar (1996-2003) *Beef - bass (1996-2003) *Roel Sanders - drums (1996-1999, 2008-2009) *
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- drums (1999-2001) *Ariën van Weesenbeek - drums (2001-2008) *
Isaac Delahaye Isaac Delahaye (born 9 January 1982) is a Belgian guitarist and composer, best known as the lead guitarist of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica since 2009. Prior to that he was lead guitarist in the Dutch death metal band God Dethroned. Dela ...
- lead guitar (2003-2009) *Susan Gerl - lead guitar (2009-2010) *Danny Tunker - lead guitar (2010-2012) *Henk Zinger - bass (2003-2012) *Mike Ferguson - lead guitar (2015-2019) *Michiel Van Der Plicht - drums (2009-2012, 2015-2020) ;Touring musicians *Ian Jekelis - lead guitar (2010-2015)


Timeline


Discography

* ''The Christhunt'' (1992) * ''The Grand Grimoire'' (1997) * ''Bloody Blasphemy'' (1999) * ''Ravenous'' (2001) * ''Into the Lungs of Hell'' (2003) * ''The Lair of the White Worm'' (2004) * ''
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'' (2006) * '' Passiondale'' (2009) * ''Under the Sign of the Iron Cross'' (2010) * ''The World Ablaze'' (2017) * ''Illuminati'' (2020) * ''The Judas Paradox'' (2024)


Music videos

* Necromagnon (1992) * Under the Golden Wings of Death (1999) * Villa Vampiria (2001) * The Lair of the White Worm (2004) * Poison Fog (2009) * On the Wrong Side of the Wire (2017) * The World Ablaze (2017) * Annihilation Crusade (2017) * Illuminati (2019) * Spirit of Beezelebub (2020) * Book of Lies (2020) * Asmodevs (2022) * Rat Kingdom (2024) * The Judas Paradox (2024) * The Hanged Man (2024)


References

*https://outburn.com/interviews/god-dethroned-under-pressure/


External links

* {{God Dethroned Dutch heavy metal musical groups Dutch death metal musical groups Dutch melodic death metal musical groups Dutch black metal musical groups Blackened death metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1991 Musical groups disestablished in 1993 Musical groups reestablished in 1996 Musical groups disestablished in 2011 Dutch musical quartets Midden-Drenthe 1991 establishments in the Netherlands Metal Blade Records artists