Biography

Get the new album 'Violent Death Rituals' now from: https://www.shop-listenable.net/en/371_thanatos When THANATOS emerged in the metal scene of the early 1980's, ‘metalheads’ were still seen as outcasts. Both the fans and the music itself were raw, unpolished and there was a huge ‘us against the world’ feeling. We were at war with the establishment, organised religion and disco. The latter turned out to be the least dangerous enemy, but hey, we’re talking about the eighties, right?! The current metal scene has lost a lot of its rough edges. A lot of bands have adopted a polished, plastic sound and a somewhat happy, politically correct attitude. Thank god, or rather Satan, for bands that still choose to go against the grain, stir up some controversy and never let go of the ‘us against the world/fuck the mainstream!’ attitude. Bands like THANATOS who have been haunting the Underground Metal scene since the beginning of 1984. 2019 marked the band’s 35th anniversary and what better way to celebrate this than by signing a new record deal?! 2020 sees the release of their 7th full length album ‘Violent Death Rituals’, once again mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö. And although this album was a pretty tough one to make due to a lot of unforeseen circumstances, this is definitely an album to be proud of. ‘Violent Death Rituals’ combines elements of aggressive Thrash Metal and old school Death Metal and takes you back to when Metal was about breaking rules and boundaries