THANATOS sind nach eigenem Bekunden die erste niederländische Extreme Metal Band und mit ihrer Bandgründung im Jahre 1984 eine der ältesten Death Metal Bands überhaupt. Zum 40sten Bandjubiläum bringt die Truppe am 15. November Anniversary Album „Four Decades Of Death“ mit einigen unveröffentlichten Songs und einer Bonus Live DVD.

Gründungsmitglied Stephan Gebédi (Hail Of Bullets) erklärt:

„From beyond the grave we bring you this album with unreleased stuff from the past four decades plus a cool live registration of our last show ever. Filmed at the Baroeg Open Air festival in our hometown Rotterdam on September 10th 2022, the band played songs ranging from the early demo days to our final album «Violent Death Rituals» in front of about 8000 people. This is a posthumous celebration of our 40th anniversary. Releasing this rare, unreleased stuff on CD/vinyl and our final show on DVD feels like a great way to end things or, to put it more bluntly, put the last nail in our coffin!“

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Trackliste:

01. A-Thanasia (2021 remake, originally recorded in 1989)
02. Putrid Existence (2021 remake, originally written in 1988)
03. Thou Shalt Rot (2021 remake, originally recorded in 2000)
04 Tied Up, Sliced Up (2021 new vocals, original recording 1992)
05. Violent Death Rituals (2018 studio demo)
06. Corporate Indoctrination (2018 studio demo )
07. The Silent War (2018 studio demo)
08. They Feed On Fear (2006 studio demo )
09. Destruction. Chaos. Creation. (2006 studio demo )
10. Justified Genocide (2006 studio demo )
11. March of The Infidels (2006 studio demo )
12. Unholy Predators (2023 version feat. Michelle Nocon)*

*CD bonus track

DVD Tracklist::

01. Intro
02. Dawn Of The Dead
03. The Murder Of Innocence
04. Violent Death Rituals
05. And Jesus Wept
06. Unholy Predators
07. Angelic Encounters
08. Feeding The War Machine
09. Outward Of The Inward
10. Global Purification
11. War
12. Credits

+ Bonus clips