JAGANNATH - NIJVERDAL (OVERIJSSEL) 1985

BIOGRAPHY: Holland has never been the biggest thrash country in the 80's. Luckily, there are some true quality bands in this genre. Jagannath is one of them. They formed in '85 in Nijverdal (a town in the east). The band was influenced by bands like Nasty Savage, Hallow's Eve but also names like Trouble. They released their first demo in '88, which was a 4 tracker. Opener "Flight of the Goblin" is somehow a classic; maybe because of the incredible heavy guitar sound. In between the lot of thrash band which had a thin guitar sound, Jagannath really excelled in creating a thick wall of guitars. Just like Hallow's Eve, Jagannath had a little horror-like atmosphere on the demo, maybe because of the pretty creepy vocals. One year later Jagannath released it's second demo called "Crionic Substance". This band progressed a lot in this year, 'cause with this demo they turned out into a much more technical band. Still awesome thrash, with some slower (Trouble-like) parts too. These guys could really play, while vocalist Egbert delivers some creepy vocals again. Even though the quality of both demo's was pretty high, the band never released a full lenght album. After years of silence, Jagannath did a reunion gig at the Raise your Fist festival in 2005. Even though it was still early when they played their set, the songs certainly survived the test of time. Later that year, the band also did a gig in France. Since then, it became pretty silent around Jagannath again...

(Julian)

MEMBERS:

Egbert Berenst - Vocals
Alwin Besselink - Guitar (Other bands: Skullcrusher)
Gert-jan Aaltink - Guitar
Jeroen Haas - Bass
Barry Rozenkamp - Bass
Mark Portier - Bass (Other bands: Adetar)
Ric Brand - Drums
Wilfred Grootenhuis - Drums

DISCOGRAPHY:

1988 Demo I
1989 Crionic Substance (DEMO)

MEMORABILIA


Cover of the first demo from '88


Cover of the "Crionic Substance" demo from '89


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