GRIM FATE - THE NETHERLANDS

Perished In Torment – 2020 – Xtreem

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Members
Vocals
Pier Dijkstra

Guitar
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Bass
Pier Dijkstra

Drums





History & Biography
The act was founded by Wim in 2017 and issued a demo called Decomposition. Chaos Records of Mexico issued an EP called Emerging From The Crypt. The Netherlands-based death metal band Grim Fate signed a deal with Xtreem Music in 2018 for the release of its debut album whose recording sessions would start in October at Triple Seis Sound. The album was mixed and mastered by Jonny Petterson (Ashcloud/Wombbath) at Studio Unbound for a planned release during the first months of 2019. The band did not feature a drummer. The band had not played live and a planned tour with Funebrarum fell apart. Grim Fate’s Perished In Torment was out through Xtreem Music on the 7th of April 2020.

From Ancient Slumber/The Horrid Silence Thus Began was a Grim Fate and The Sombre split in 2021. Two members lacked side-projects and were part of the founding line-up of Headless Dawn in 2021. The band appeared at the Schoonebeek Deathfest, which was a first gig after the pandemic and a memorial to the death of Sven Gross of Fleshcrawl/Burial Remains. Sven had died of cancer in June of 2026. The All-Consuming Void Of Death And Decay was a Grim Fate and Mouflon split release in 2024. Meat 5000 Records had a split CD called Slaughterhouse Of Agony, featuring Grim Fate and Mancuerda who each contributed three tracks, two originals and one cover version (Autopsy and Celtic Frost respectively). Pier Dijkstra left the band and in came singer Jasper Post of Deadspeak.

Wim De Vries is an organizer for the Drachten Deathfest.


Reviews

GRIM FATE/MANCUERDA - SLAUGHTERHOUSE OF AGONY - MEAT 5000  
The Slaughterhouse Of Agony split CD with music by Grim Fate and Mancuerda, is described by the label as showcasing, "two of the heaviest forces in underground death metal." The description is hyperbolic and not to be taken literally, but the phrase is not wrong insofar as both bands are true death/doom metal acts and let in no outside influences.
The disc is mostly slow or mid-paced, but Grim Fate's Forever In Agony and Christian Filth venture into faster territory. Whatever the speed, these six tracks are heavy, crushing, crude and mostly devoid of any type of additions. There is the odd lead, if those simplistic rhythms could be called that, and a film overdub, but overall this is the essentials and fundamentals of extreme underground dirty brutal metal. It's just that two of the six tracks - one per band - are cover versions of Autopsy and Celtic Frost songs. Who needs more of those? - Anna Tergel


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