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PESTILENCE has found a new drummer for the upcoming U.S. tour

December 17th, 2009

Patrick Mameli (guitar, vocals) of the resurrected late '80s/early '90s death metal outfit PESTILENCE has released the following statement:

"The waiting has come to an end. PESTILENCE has found a new drummer for the upcoming U.S. tour and maybe even the next PESTILENCE album!!!

After, actually, a short period of time, after many mails and auditionings, our minds (Patrick Mameli and Patrick Uterwijk's) were already set in the same direction. Somebody caught our attention. Someone really special and driven. His blasts and double-bass drum parts are amazing and furious!! His way of thinking about Peter (Wildoer's) parts are phenomenal and give just the right vibe to the already recorded songs for the 'Resurrection Macabre' album.

Video footage of the infamous audition will follow shortly.

His name is Yuma Van Eekelen. Remember that name! He's gonna be VERY BIG pretty soon! He is a very worthy replacement of Peter Wildoer, who will remain a drumgod!

Let's go back to Yuma for a second! We will follow up shortly with an update on this guy and show you parts of his audition so y'all can see this guy's skills.

So, people, please don't send in more stuff because PESTILENCE has found a NEW DRUMMER!!!

Stay tuned on what happens next!!!"

Bassist JEROEN PAUL THESSELING Promotes Hellborg Amplification Line

November 25th, 2009

Dutch bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (PESTILENCE, OBSCURA) will promote the Hellborg amplification line by Germany's bass manufacturer Warwick. Thesseling, known for his signature six-string fretless playing in extreme metal, has played Warwick Thumb basses exclusively since 1993. Jeroen will be using a Hellborg stack during the upcoming PESTILENCE and OBSCURA tours in addition to Hellborg preamps for recordings of both bandÕs upcoming studio albums.

More information on Thesseling's Warwick gear can be found here.

Thesseling joined the German progressive death metal band OBSCURA in late 2007 and played on the group's second full-length album "Cosmogenesis". This past October, Jeroen rejoined PESTILENCE after a 15-year break. He will also join PESTILENCE during their 2010 tours.

Pestilence rejoined by Jeroen Paul Thesseling after 15-year hiatus

October 30th, 2009

Obscura bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling, who played on Pestilence's fourth album "Spheres" (1993), will rejoin the Dutch death metallers Pestilence after a break of 15 years. Thesseling, known for his six-string fretless signature, joined the German progressive death metal band Obscura in late 2007 and recorded their second full-length album "Cosmogenesis", released in February this year.

"After such a long period of time it's great to be part of Pestilence again. I'm convinced that this cooperation will result in brilliant technical death metal. In order to avoid misunderstandings I want to emphasize that I will continue to work with my German colleagues of Obscura as well.", says Jeroen in a statement on his website.

Patrick Mameli stated:

"I'm very happy to welcome Jeroen once again to the Pestilence camp. Also a big thanks goes out to Tony Choy, who succesfully participated on the "Resurrection Macabre" album and tour. We all wish him the best of luck in the future!!! Tony is just too busy that we had to find a suitable replacement. I'm convinced that Jeroen, just like Tony on "Resurrection", will put his signature on this new Pestilence album, that fans really don't have to compare these two great bass players with eachother. Both have a great style. Also, I would like to stress that, by no means, this collaboration with Jeroen, will result in a "Spheres" part 2, since this is not our goal. Our goal is to create the most brutal and technical Pestilence album ever. I'm currently composing new songs with the 8 string Ibanez, which will give Pestilence a new dimension in our own style. Keywords: Low, chuncky and a-tonal morbidity!!! So be ready to be blown away!!!

Touring's over for now

September 4th, 2009

Dear readers,

Well, the touring, the festivals and the travelling, it all has come to an end for us. I think we covered pretty much all the countries in Europe we really wanted to go to!

Also, I want to give props and a big thank you, to the guys in the band, Choy, Wildoer and Uterwijk for their input and strength to finish this tour. Also a warm shout goes out to all the fans that have attended our show(s). We really appreciate this!! Now we will have a nice and long break to regroup and I have already started working on new material for the upcoming new Pestilence album. It´s so exciting to compose new songs using the RG2228GK ( 8-string ) provided by HOSHINO/IBANEZ. Again, I will try to push the limit to new musical heights. The new material will be nothing like you´ve ever heard before from Pestilence yet I will be trying hard to maintain the Pestilence style to a maximum. By now everybody should be used to the fact that no Pestilence album sounds alike. This new material will be out of this world!!!

So hang in there, and for now Peace,
Patrick Mameli

Seven days and counting...

March 9th, 2009

Only week to go 'til the official release date of "Resurrection Macabre"!

You do remember that you can pre-order the album direcly from us, right? Here's a direct link for you: The Pestilence Shop.

Here's a small teaser for you: mr. Mameli recording vocals for the album.

An endorsement deal with Ibanez

February 17th, 2009

We're proud to announce that Patrick Mameli and Patrick Uterwijk sign an endorsement deal with Ibanez guitars!

Another track from "Resurrection Macabre" online!

February 5th, 2009

Take a little moment, close all doors and windows, turn the volume up and grab on to your seat for the new track "Hate Suicide"!!

Next month we will release the third and last new track on our Myspace.

New track from "Resurrection Macabre" now online!

January 8th, 2009

Happy brutal new year all!

The recording has been finished for "Resurrection Macabre", only a few details on the artwork and we are done for the release on March 13 in Europe and April 14 in the US.

To give a taste of the brutal new material you can listen to one of the new tracks either here or on our MySpace. The song "Horror Detox", is the first of three songs that will be uploaded to our MySpace page before the releasedate. Hope you all like it!!

And to sum up this update: There will be more tourdates announced soon, so make sure to check out pestilence.nl or MySpace on regular basis.