Martin van Drunen

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Martin van Drunen
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Van Drunen performing with Asphyx at The Fridge in London, 2007
Background information
Born1966 (age 56–57)
Netherlands
Genres Death metal
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsVocals, bass (early)
Years active1986–present
Member of Asphyx, Grand Supreme Blood Court
Formerly of Hail of Bullets, Pestilence

Martin van Drunen (born 1966) is a Dutch death metal vocalist who started out in the band Pestilence. [1] In this band, he also performed the bass duties live. He recorded two albums with them, Malleus Maleficarum [2] and Consuming Impulse . [3] After his departure from Pestilence, van Drunen joined Asphyx as the singer and bass player in 1990 [4] and recorded five albums in total. He performed the vocals on Comecon's second album Converging Conspiracies in 1993 [5] and then formed his own band called Submission. In 1995, he was asked to replace Karl Willetts in the UK death metal band Bolt Thrower. [6] He did two tours with them, but never recorded an album. He is also the brother of the American theologian David Van Drunen.

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In 2006, an "all-star" death metal band by the name Hail of Bullets was formed with van Drunen doing vocals, ex-Houwitser bass player Theo van Eekelen, Gorefest drummer Ed Warby and both Thanatos guitarists Paul Baayens and Stephan Gebédi. [7] In May 2008, they released an album called …Of Frost and War . [8] In 2009, van Drunen performed guest vocals on The Project Hate MCMXCIX's album The Lustrate Process . In October 2010, Hail of Bullets released their second album On Divine Winds . [9]

Discography

With Pestilence

With Asphyx

Albums

EPs & Others

With Comecon

With Death By Dawn

With Hail of Bullets

With Grand Supreme Blood Court

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References

  1. ↑ Serba, John. "Biography: Pestilence". AllMusic . Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review: Malleus Maleficarum". Allmusic . Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  3. ↑ Serba, John. "Review: Consumin Impulse". Allmusic . Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Asphyx". Allmusic . Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "Credits: Converging Conspiracies". Allmusic . Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  6. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Bolt Thrower". Allmusic . Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  7. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Biography: Hail of Bullets". Allmusic . Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  8. ↑ Prato, Greg. "Review: Of Frost and War". Allmusic . Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  9. ↑ Metal Judgement. "Review: On Divine Winds". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
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