Guitarist Rutger van Noordenburg exits PESTILENCE
16-01-2025
Dutch long running progressive death metal band PESTILENCE announces the exit of Rutger van Noordenburg, their lead guitarist for the last 6 years. Van Noordenburg is still part of his own band SHINIGAMI and host a radio show Loodzware Jongens on Kink FM.
In a statement on social media, he says:
“Dear all, my time with Pestilence had come to an end. It is time for new musical adventures. I would like to thank the guys in the band and management and especially Patrick for this awesome high speed train I was able to board for the last 6 years. We played countless shows in many countries and I feel very fortunate for all the memories created, all the friends made and all the fans out there. It has simply been an amazing experience being welcomed by fans and friends around the globe and experiencing it all with a great bunch of guys. See you all soon \,,/,”
PESTILENCE added to it they with him all the best.
PESTILENCE‘s re-recorded best-of album, “Levels Of Perception”, was made available in April via Agonia Records. The LP features twelve tracks from across the band’s 38-year career.
Re-recording of the tracks has not only managed to breathe new life into them — half thanks to new line-up, and other half by implementing subtle changes which reflect Mameli‘s matured vision and refined with years of experience aesthetic — but also sets them apart from cheap, unimaginative compilations, by unifying the album’s sound as befits a full-length release.
PESTILENCE was established in the Netherlands in 1986 and is considered to be a progressive death metal phenom, labeled on the same genre-defying scale as DEATH, CYNIC and ATHEIST. The group is led by founder, guitarist and mastermind Mameli, who’s been the band’s binding factor through two breakups and reunions. Both a reinvention and a confirmation of everything the band has been standing for since 1986, PESTILENCE is more than ever breaking new grounds and exploring the further outposts of extreme metal on “Exitivm” (2021) — the band’s most recent album, which landed on several Billboard charts. In 2023, the band remastered and reissued its classic catalog, and announced “Portals” to be the title of its next studio album, which is currently in the works.
“Levels Of Perception” track listing:
01. Horror Detox(re-recording)
02. Mvlti Dimensional (re-recording)
03. Mobvs Propagationem (re-recording)
04. Sinister (re-recording)
05. Dehydrated (re-recording)
06. Dominatvi Svbmissa (re-recording)
07. Land Of Tears (re-recording)
08. Necromorph (re-recording)
09. Deificvs (re-recording)
10. Twisted Truth (re-recording)
11. Sempiternvs (re-recording)
12. Ovt of the Body (re-recording)
“Levels Of Perception” recordings lineup:
Patrick Mameli – vocals and lead guitars
Michiel Van Der Plicht – drums
Rutger Van Noordenburg – lead guitars
Joost Van Der Graaf – bass
PESTILENCE’s last official full-length album ‘Exitivm’ was released on June 25th in 2021 on Agonia Records. The album marked a return to a full Dutch line-up, having previously worked with members from all over the world. Lead singer/guitarist *founder and band leader Patrick Mameli is the only original member of the band.
“Exitivm” track listing:
01. In Omnibvs (Intro)
02. Morbvs Propagationem
03. Deificvs
04. Sempiternvs
05. Internicionem
06. Mortifervm
07. Dominatvi Svbmissa
08. Pericvlvm Externvm
09. Inficiat
10. Exitivm
11. Immortvos
12. Personatvs Mortem (Outro)
PESTILENCE “Exitivm” lineup:
Patrizio Mameli – vocals, lead guitars
Rutger Van Noordenburg – lead guitars
Joost Van Der Graaf – bass
Michiel Van Der Plicht – drums
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