However, in the encyclopedia of extreme metal, Thanatos stands for an equally deadly death/thrash combo from Holland whose history reaches as far as 30 years in the past, till 1984!!! Though the band remained unjustly in the shadow of other Dutch death metal titans like ASPHYX, PESTILENCE or GOREFEST their second album titled "Realm of Ectasy" from 1992 belongs clearly to the best of the scene and not only the Dutch one of that time.



THANATOS returned to the scene in 1999 and they let everybody know on a regular basis they still have not ended up in the abyss of the eternal darkness. With their sixth studio recording called "Global Purification" they did earate the stale rooms of priests` dormitories in the Vatican.