Soulburn is a Dutch
death metal
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black-doom
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band.
History
Originally Soulburn emerged after a first demise of Dutch death metal band
Asphyx
Asphyx is a Dutch death metal band that was formed in Overijssel in 1987.
History
The band was formed in 1987 by Bob Bagchus and Tony Brookhuis. Joost was picked up for vocals and bass, but was replaced by Chuck Colli after the release of th ...
in the mid-90s, when founding members Eric Daniels (guitars) and Bob Bagchus (drums) looked for a separate outlet to unleash their mutual obsession with Bathory and Venom. After a demo and the cult ''Feeding On Angels'' debut album via Century Media Records in 1998, which featured Wannes Gubbels (Pentacle) on vocals and bass, Soulburn were put to rest when Asphyx returned with ''
On the Wings of Inferno
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'' in 2000 with the same line-up.
16 years after their debut album, Soulburn resurfaced with their new line-up featuring the core of Eric Daniels (guitars) and Bob Bagchus (drums), teaming with Twan van Geel (Legion Of The Damned) as vocalist/bassist and Remco Kreft (Nailgun Massacre) as second guitarist to create their second album, ''The Suffocating Darkness''. It was recorded with Harry Wijering (Harrow Productions) and mixing and mastering duties were taken over by Dan Swanö and
Unisound Studios
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. The front cover was designed by Timo Ketola (Watain, Deathspell Omega, etc.) and additional art was provided by Roberto Toderico (Asphyx, etc.). A video clip for the song “In Suffocating Darkness”, off ''The Suffocating Darkness'', can be seen online.
Review at Powermetal.de
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Soulburn released a split 7-inch EP with Desaster
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History
Desaster formed in 1988. The band had line-up issues before Infernal, the only remaining member of the orig ...
in 2015 featuring the new track “The Lats Monument Of God”. Soulburn released their third album ''Earthless Pagan Spirit'' on November 18, 2016, via Century Media Records. This album was recorded in The Netherlands at Harrow Studio as well as Double Noise Studio and then mixed and mastered by Magnus "Devo" Andersson at Endarker Studio in Sweden (Marduk, Ofermod, etc.).
In June 2018, Bob Bagchus departed Soulburn. He was replaced by Marc Verhaar.
Soulburn released their fourth album, ''Noa’s D'ark'' in November 2020.
Band members
Current members
* Eric Daniels - guitars (1996-1999, 2013–present)
* Twan van Geel - bass, vocals (2014–present)
* Remco Kreft - guitars (2014–present)
* Marc Verhaar - drums (2018–present)
Past members
* Wannes Gubbels - bass, vocals (1997-1999)
* Bob Bagchus - drums (1996-1999, 2013–2018)
Discography
Studio albums
*''Feeding on Angels'' (1998, Century Media Records)
*''The Suffocating Darkness'' (2014, Century Media Records)
*''Earthless Pagan Spirit'' (2016, Century Media Records)
*''NOA'S D'ARK'' (2020, Century Media Records)
Singles (7-inch)
* ''Split 7" with Desaster'' (2015, Cyclone Empire Records)
* ''Carpe Noctem" 2-track'' (2018, Floga Records)
Extended plays (12-inch)
* ''Demo 1996'' (2016, Flogga Records)
Demos
* ''Demo 1996'' (1996, self-released
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References
External links
Interview
at ''Terrorizer
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Dutch black metal musical groups