Pestilence is a Dutch death metal band formed in 1986 in Enschede. They are considered pioneers of European death metal, with albums like Consuming Impulse (1989) and Testimony of the Ancients (1991) cementing their reputation. Frontman Patrick Mameli has kept the band active through various line-up changes, maintaining their extreme and technically demanding sound.
A touring metal festival featuring Obscura, Pestilence, Cryptic Shift, Thus and DVRK. Technical death metal and progressive metal from Europe and beyond.
Shred Fest brings five bands of technical death metal and extreme metal to Leeuwarden: Obscura, Pestilence, Cryptic Shift, Thus and DVRK.