Genre(s):
Death Metal/Death'n'Roll
Lyrical Theme(s):
Social Matters/Death
Origin:
Netherlands (Goes)
Formed In:
1989
Status:
Active
Current line-up:
Jan-Chris De Koeijer - Vocals, Bass (Ayreon, ex-Sjolmord)
Boudewijn Bonebakker - Lead Guitar
Frank Harthoorn- Guitar
Ed Warby - Drums (Demiurg (Swe), Ayreon, Star One, ex-Impact (Hol), Aggressor (Hol), Tempter, ex-Valkyrie (Hol), ex-Elegy, Orphanage (Session, 1994), Thanatos (Hol) (Guest), Lana Lane, After Forever (Live, February 11, 2005), Hail of Bullets)
Former/Past Member(s):
Alex van Schaik - Guitars (1990-1991)
Marc Hoogendoorn - Drums (1990-1991)
Rene Merkelbach - Keyboard (1996-1998)
Additional notes:
Split up in December 1998, reformed in 2005; again signed with Nuclear Blast.
During the split-up each member went his own way, forming or joining mostly non-metal bands/projects.
Discography:
Gorefest - Tangled In Gore [demo] - 1989
Gorefest & Acrostichon & Disfigure & Sinister & Dead Head - Where Is Your God Now... ? [split] - 1990
Gorefest - Horrors In A Retarded Mind [demo] - 1990
Gorefest - Mindloss [full-length] - 1991
Gorefest - Promo 92 [demo] - 1992
Gorefest - Live Misery [ep] - 1992
Gorefest - False [full-length] - 1992
Gorefest - Nuclear Blast Sample 4 Way Split [split] - 1993
Gorefest - The Eindhoven Insanity [live album] - 1994
Gorefest - Erase [full-length] - 1994
Gorefest - Fear [ep] - 1994
Gorefest & Amorphis - Black Winter Day/Fear [split] - 1995
Gorefest - Freedom [single] - 1996
Gorefest - Soul Survivor [full-length] - 1996
Gorefest - Chapter 13 [full-length] - 1998
Gorefest - To Hell And Back: A Goreography [best of/compilation] - 2005
Gorefest - La Muerte [full-length] - 2005
Gorefest - Rise To Ruin [full-length] - 2007
Gorefest - The Demos [best of/compilation] - 2012
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Official site:
www.gorefest.nl
