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ASPHYX
1991 - The Rack.
1992 - Last One On Earth.
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April 1, 1991 - 2026: 35 years of: The Rack.

A doomdeath icon.

Ripping to a different pace since 1987, this Dutch doom-deathmetal trio is now being heard. Now featuring ex-PESTILENCE Martin Van Drunen growling above and beyond, 1991's underground is fully deathhammered by ASPHYX.

Welcome into the Wasteland Of Terror.

The cult rises from a pile of "Vermin", as they feasts on the current death-scene. From the fast "Wasteland Of Terror" ravage, to the thrash-riffing of "Evocation", to the midpace massacre of "Pages In Blood" ...we are facing straight into the eyes of death. A dark cloud hovers, as "Ode To A Nameless Grave" and the 9min+ title-track for "The Rack" completely shuns light on the globe.

While most acts were focused on speed and mesmerizing fretwork, ASPHYX dwelled in mid-tempo brutality. With a thick production and built on a HELLHAMMER / CELTIC FROST pattern, the band kept the oldschool feel alive and rapidly became an underground attraction.

As more death ascends, the worldwide battleground would be once again krushed by ASPHYX, with 1992's Last One On Earth CD.

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The Rack = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHOddzkrhz4&list=OLAK5uy_koBrV1WWeZU8rfly-1m8q-DRv9kQBVQGU
Live in Germany in 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6GwDoZvINk
Crush The Cenotaph = full MCD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8OufcHS_us&list=OLAK5uy_lXLQxDco90mrXQ37bG_e7DqTLzo_3SVh0

October 1992 - 2022: 30 years of: Last One On Earth.

Sick and brutal, brutal and sick.

He's back, deathmetal's strongest asset, vocalist Martin Van Drunen ...they're back deathmetal's darkest asset: ASPHYX. Following 1991's trendsetting The Rack CD, from beneath the remains, Holland's merchants are standing as the last one on Earth.

The assault bursts with the "M.S. Bismarck" take-over. Heavy midpaced deathmetal with the empowerment of old-school CELTIC FROST. Reduces to ashes, we face "The Krusher" and the military strike of the 7min+ title-track "Last One On Earth".

Faster hate is spewed on "Serenade In Lead" and the destructive embodiment of "Food For The Ignorant". The cataclysmic finale of the sick "Asphyx (Forgotten War)" is a gigantic doom-death build-up of brutal consequences.

Diametrically deconstructed against the technical shredders of Florida, the reclusive ASPHYX-trio remains some of the heaviest deathmetal, featuring some of the most barbaric vokills unearthed. Sadly this unique union would be the last one for Van Drunen ...until 2009's glorious comeback Death ...The Brutal Way CD.

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Last One On Earth = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DQ3IkV0suY&list=OLAK5uy_l32n0SsE4cLHWspSC-pGB8U-3dQXkKNPE
Interview in 1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_kTqRaCCI

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