Pestilence, to simplify matters greatly, has had two eras. 1) The early Martin van Drunen-dominated era from ’84 to ’94, (with Patrick Mameli stepping up
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“Through a will to create pure rhythmic brilliant chaos, came a manifestation of power and heaviness” ……..The melding of melding of minds and ideas between guitarist
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