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God Dethroned
God Dethroned
	God Dethroned at Party.San Metal Open Air 2017
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Origin	Beilen, Netherlands
Genres	Blackened death metal; melodic black/death; death metal (early);
Years active	1990–1993; 1996–2011; 2014–present;
Labels	Shark Records; Metal Blade; American;
Members	Henri "T.S.K." Sattler; Michiel Van Der Plicht; Jeroen Pomper; Dave Meester;
Past members	Former members
Website	goddethroned.com

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

Biography

God Dethroned was formed in 1990 by singer and guitar player 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 bass. Their first album, The Christhunt, was released on the German 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 Impaled Nazarene), Sattler re-formed God Dethroned with guitarist Jens van der Valk (who did not share Sattler's anti-Christian sympathies either), bassist Beef, and drummer Roel Sanders. With this lineup a deal was signed with Metal Blade, 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 Marduk, Immortal, and Deicide would later follow. After Bloody Blasphemy, Sanders soon left the band and was replaced by Puerto Rican drummer Tony Laureano. Laureano played with the band up till 2003, when he received an offer to join the American death metal band Nile. 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 The Lair of the White Worm.

After touring for a little while, the band then went back into the studio with legendary producer Rick Rubin, and released The Toxic Touch in 2006 through American.

In January 2008, two personnel changes were made. Since Ariën van Weesenbeek had joined Dutch symphonic metal band Epica 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 The Battle of Passchendaele during World War I. 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 70000 Tons of Metal 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 death metal band. When they reformed in 1996, they switched to blackened death metal and stayed that way until the release of Into the Lungs of Hell, when they shifted to melodic death metal. 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

God Dethroned,live at With Full Force 2018
Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Henri Sattler
Drummer Michiel Van Der Plicht
Bassist Jeroen Pomper

Current Lineup

Henri "T.S.K." Sattler - vocals, rhythm guitar (1991-1993, 1996-2012, 2015-present)
Jeroen Pomper - bass (2015-present)
Dave Meester - lead guitar (2019-present)
Frank 'Skillpero' Schilperoort - drums (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)
Tony Laureano - drums (1999-2001)
Ariën van Weesenbeek - drums (2001-2008)
Isaac Delahaye - 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) (Reissued in 1998)
The Grand Grimoire (1997)
Bloody Blasphemy (1999)
Ravenous (2001)
Into the Lungs of Hell (2003)
The Lair of the White Worm (2004)
The Toxic Touch (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

^ Divita, Joe. "God dethroned return with 'the world ablaze,' unleash deathly melodic new single 'on the wrong side of the wire'". Loudwire. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

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

External links

Official website

[1] Divita, Joe. "God dethroned return with 'the world ablaze,' unleash deathly melodic new single 'on the wrong side of the wire'". Loudwire. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

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 ==Biography==
-God Dethroned was formed in 1990 by [[vocalist|singer]] and [[guitar|guitar player]] 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 [[bass guitar|bass]]. Their first album, ''The Christhunt'', was released on the [[Germany|German]] 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 [[Impaled Nazarene]]), Sattler re-formed God Dethroned with guitarist Jens van der Valk (who did not share Sattler's anti-Christian sympathies either), bassist Beef, and [[drummer]] Roel Sanders. With this lineup a deal was signed with [[Metal Blade]], 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.
+God Dethroned was formed in 1990 by [[vocalist|singer]] and [[guitar|guitar player]] 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 [[bass guitar|bass]]. Their first album, ''The Christhunt'', was released on the [[Germany|German]] 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 [[Impaled Nazarene]]), Sattler re-formed God Dethroned with guitarist Jens van der Valk (who did not share Sattler's anti-Christian sympathies either), bassist Beef, and [[drummer]] Roel Sanders. With this lineup a deal was signed with [[Metal Blade]], 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 [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]], [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]], and [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] would later follow. After ''Bloody Blasphemy'', Sanders soon left the band and was replaced by Puerto Rican drummer [[Tony Laureano]].  Laureano played with the band up till 2003, when he received an offer to join the American death metal band [[Nile (band)|Nile]]. 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, 2005's ''[[The Lair of the White Worm]]''.
+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 ''[[The Lair of the White Worm]]''.
-After touring for a little while, the band then went back into the studio with legendary producer [[Rick Rubin]], and released ''[[The Toxic Touch]]'' in 2006 through [[American Recordings (US)|American]] .
+After touring for a little while, the band then went back into the studio with legendary producer [[Rick Rubin]], and released ''[[The Toxic Touch]]'' in 2006 through [[American Recordings (US)|American]].
 In January 2008, two personnel changes were made. Since Ariën van Weesenbeek had joined [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[symphonic metal]] band [[Epica (band)|Epica]] 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 [[The Battle of Passchendaele]] during [[World War I]]. 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:<blockquote>"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.
+In 2010, Henri Sattler stated in a Metal Blade Press release:<blockquote>"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"</blockquote>in a Metal Blade Press release.
+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"</blockquote>
 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.
+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 [[70000 Tons of Metal]] festival in January 2012, after which they officially disbanded.
@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 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's newest album, ''Illuminati'' was released on 7 February 2020.
+''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==
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 ==Members==
 <gallery perrow="4" caption="God Dethroned,live at [[With Full Force]] 2018" widths="180" heights="180">
-God Dethroned With Full Force 2018 02.jpg|Singer and rhythm guitarist Henri Sattler
+God Dethroned With Full Force 2018 02.jpg|Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Henri Sattler
-God Dethroned With Full Force 2018 17.jpg|Lead guitarist Mike Ferguson
-God Dethroned With Full Force 2018 08.jpg|Bassist Jeroen Pomper
 God Dethroned With Full Force 2018 10.jpg|Drummer Michiel Van Der Plicht
+God Dethroned With Full Force 2018 08.jpg|Bassist Jeroen Pomper
 </gallery>
 ;Current Lineup
-*Henri "T.S.K." Sattler - [[Death growl|vocals]], [[rhythm guitar]], [[lead guitar]] (1991-1993, 1996-2012, 2015-present)
+*Henri "T.S.K." Sattler - [[Death growl|vocals]], [[rhythm guitar]] (1991-1993, 1996-2012, 2015-present)
-*Michiel Van Der Plicht - drums (2009-2012, 2015-present)
+*Jeroen Pomper - [[Bass guitar|bass]] (2015-present)
-*Mike Ferguson - lead guitar (2015-present)
+*Dave Meester - [[lead guitar]] (2019-present)
-*Jeroen Pomper - bass (2015-present)
+*Frank 'Skillpero' Schilperoort - [[Drum kit|drums]] (2020-present)
 ;Former members
@@ Line 80: / Line 81: @@
 *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)
+*Ian Jekelis - lead guitar (2010-2015)
 ===Timeline===
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   at:05/05/2017 color:black layer:back
   at:07/02/2020 color:black layer:back
+  at:06/09/2024 color:black layer:back
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  bar:Tunker text:"Danny Tunker"
  bar:Ferguson text:"Mike Ferguson"
+ bar:Meester text:"Dave Meester"
  bar:Barends text:"Marco Barends"
  bar:Beukeveld text:"Marcel Beukeveld"
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  bar:Weesenbeek text:"Ariën van Weesenbeek"
  bar:Plicht text:"Michiel Van Der Plicht"
+ bar:Skillpero text: "Frank Schilperoort"
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   bar:Gerl from:30/06/2009 till:30/06/2010 color:Guitar
   bar:Tunker from:30/06/2010 till:01/02/2012 color:Guitar
-  bar:Ferguson from:01/08/2014 till:end color:Guitar
+  bar:Ferguson from:01/08/2014 till:01/02/2019 color:Guitar
+  bar:Meester from:01/02/2019 till:end color:Guitar
   bar:Barends from:01/01/1991 till:30/06/1992 color:Bass
   bar:Beukeveld from:30/06/1992 till:30/06/1993 color:Bass
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   bar:Weesenbeek from:30/06/2001 till:30/06/2008 color:Drums
   bar:Plicht from:30/06/2009 till:01/02/2012 color:Drums
-  bar:Plicht from:01/08/2014 till:end color:Drums
+  bar:Plicht from:01/08/2014 till:02/01/2020 color:Drums
+  bar:Skillpero from:28/02/2020 till:end color:Drums
 }}
 == Discography ==
-* ''The Christhunt'' (1992) (Reissued in 1998)
+* ''[[The Christhunt]]'' (1992) (Reissued in 1998)
 * ''The Grand Grimoire'' (1997)
-* ''[[Bloody Blasphemy]]'' (1999)
+* ''Bloody Blasphemy'' (1999)
 * ''[[Ravenous (God Dethroned album)|Ravenous]]'' (2001)
-* ''Into the Lungs of Hell'' (2003)
+* ''[[Into the Lungs of Hell]]'' (2003)
 * ''The Lair of the White Worm'' (2004)
-* ''The Toxic Touch'' (2006)
+* ''[[The Toxic Touch]]'' (2006)
-* ''Passiondale'' (2009)
+* ''[[Passiondale_(album)|Passiondale]]'' (2009)
-* ''[[Under the Sign of the Iron Cross]]'' (2010)
+* ''Under the Sign of the Iron Cross'' (2010)
-* ''[[The World Ablaze]]'' (2017)
+* ''The World Ablaze'' (2017)
 * ''Illuminati'' (2020)
+* ''The Judas Paradox'' (2024)
 === Music videos ===
@@ Line 185: / Line 194: @@
 * Spirit of Beezelebub (2020)
 * Book of Lies (2020)
+* Asmodevs (2022)
+* Rat Kingdom (2024)
+* The Judas Paradox (2024)
+* The Hanged Man (2024)
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+*https://outburn.com/interviews/god-dethroned-under-pressure/
 == External links ==
-* {{Official website|http://www.goddethroned.com/}}
+* {{Official website|https://goddethroned.com/}}
 {{Authority control}}
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 [[Category:Musical groups reestablished in 1996]]
 [[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2011]]
-[[Category:Musical quartets]]
+[[Category:Dutch musical quartets]]
 [[Category:Midden-Drenthe]]
 [[Category:1991 establishments in the Netherlands]]

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	Germany United States
Artists	MusicBrainz

v t e God Dethroned
Henri Sattler Michiel Van Der Plicht Jeroen Pomper Dave Meester Tony Laureano Ariën van Weesenbeek Isaac Delahaye Danny Tunker Henk "Henke" Zinger
Studio albums	The Christhunt (1992) Ravenous (2001) Into the Lungs of Hell (2003) The Lair of the White Worm (2004) The Toxic Touch (2006) Passiondale (2009) Illuminati (2020)