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Line-up 1990

In the beginning…

Threnody always stated that the band was founded in 1988. Earliest picture we could find was 1990. Cute boys! (Black & white picture was a choice, in fact colour pictures did exist at that time…)

Threnody - Threnody avalon japan 1997

Konnichiwa

In February 1997 the third self-titled album “Threnody” was released. It was recorded in Germany with producer Gerhard Magin in September and December 1996. Two new band-members played on this album: Menno Gootjes and Ernst van Ee. This album was released worldwide but Japan had a special edition. All lyrics and the added biography in the […]

Faith, religion, leader, chaos, fear

Check out this unreleased raw Threnody video footage of the band playing “Fin de Siecle”. It was recorded live in 1995. The concert was at Simplon in the north of Holland. Next to Rene and Henry the line-up at the time was : Erik van de Belt on guitar and Richard van Leeuwen on drums. […]

Profanation 1992 - Press kit

1992

Making a time warp to 1992: This was the press-kit of our second demo-tape “Profanation”. The tape that gave us good press, numerous good reviews, great fans and within weeks the first record deal.

Remember the 90’s?

Let’s talk about Bewildering Thoughts; This is the band’s most successful album, recorded in 1995 at Commusication Studios in Germany and produced by Gerhard Magin. In one of the many great reviews it was defined as brutal, melodic, progressive ”thinking man’s” metal. Now you can listen on Spotify.

Hello world

  It is with pride that we are introducing the new Threnody website! Our goal is to consolidate our presence online and interact with our ever faithful fans, and also to present a new generation with our legacy. We hope you have fun!!!