---
title: "Dead Neanderthals"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-neanderthals"
genre: "Drone Metal"
country: "Netherlands"
---

# Dead Neanderthals

**Dead Neanderthals** is a drone metal band, from Netherlands.

Dead Neanderthals is a two-person Dutch free-jazz band that has incorporated metal and grindcore. They have released several albums, many of which were based on improvisation, and have been called "one of Europe’s premier experimental free jazz duos."

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Neanderthals

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Dead Neanderthals |
| Genre | Drone Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Netherlands |
| Releases in catalog | 31 |

## Genres

[Drone Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/drone-metal) · [Grindcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/grindcore-classic)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Otto Kokke](https://themetalnet.com/musician/otto-kokke) | Saxophone |  | Current |
| [René Aquarius](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rene-aquarius) | Drums (drum set) |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | [Dead Neanderthals](https://themetalnet.com/album/362c128a-4988-4504-b2ed-4e76db574cff) | Album |
| 2011 | [The Saw](https://themetalnet.com/album/f9f11faf-6051-4172-85ed-3733c2f0f740) | EP |
| 2011 | [The V-Shaped Position](https://themetalnet.com/album/c32e7cf2-b7cf-4fa1-a75d-b7aa3649093e) | Album |
| 2012 | [Jazzhammer / Stormannsgalskap](https://themetalnet.com/album/2388787b-232f-4992-8e0d-751aa799628e) | EP |
| 2013 | [...and it ended badly](https://themetalnet.com/album/251383c1-937a-415d-8747-c40893013518) | Album |
| 2013 | [Body Horror](https://themetalnet.com/album/4e579e43-a476-4516-954e-278c0759cd17) | EP |
| 2013 | [Meat Shovel](https://themetalnet.com/album/0d14f45c-646d-4a1a-87d1-e13d223d5303) | EP |
| 2013 | [Polaris](https://themetalnet.com/album/104f5dfb-8d03-49f4-b42d-ab292b96522d) | Album |
| 2014 | [Prime](https://themetalnet.com/album/f15d6e53-3a5f-4b71-b71a-8982bb47b81e) | Album |
| 2015 | [Worship the Sun](https://themetalnet.com/album/aed96036-b413-4fdf-9cb7-cd9ad32d0c50) | Album |
| 2016 | [Dolphin](https://themetalnet.com/album/f5912801-af42-4f1c-b430-48c72da27150) | EP |
| 2017 | [Craters](https://themetalnet.com/album/c4314ff9-1df7-46bd-8e44-92f3ffb6eaa4) | Album |
| 2017 | [Molar Wrench](https://themetalnet.com/album/ac9de6b6-445e-4ed7-b6fe-af30bf666394) | Album |
| 2017 | [Organ Donor](https://themetalnet.com/album/73e6d595-4b32-40e3-b8ab-a86fbbc520bf) | EP |
| 2017 | [The Depths](https://themetalnet.com/album/3762afdc-2837-4f4e-8038-d7cdddb99df3) | EP |
| 2017 | [Womb of God](https://themetalnet.com/album/a1c9e094-4919-4b20-98c2-884dfa0c2fe8) | Album |
| 2018 | [Gestation](https://themetalnet.com/album/615208b4-25a1-4ddd-ab7e-4356dc1978ba) | EP |
| 2018 | [Life](https://themetalnet.com/album/a295b10b-940d-4bdb-ba5c-908f0361c63d) | Album |
| 2019 | [Ghosts](https://themetalnet.com/album/83df8abb-3a97-40f7-a749-3d8ace82e1e1) | Album |
| 2019 | [Mankind](https://themetalnet.com/album/42cb67ef-4e6b-4681-9e8b-84f845fecc99) | EP |
| 2020 | [Blood Rite](https://themetalnet.com/album/7479ecba-d04b-4a78-a52e-ef20e65d057a) | Album |
| 2020 | [Cosmic Slime](https://themetalnet.com/album/9b08499c-4a89-4e82-afe4-6ba814df9d8e) | Album |
| 2021 | [Corporeal Flux](https://themetalnet.com/album/d124d610-3192-4ac2-88c2-1a0d5ede0dd5) | Album |
| 2021 | [Rat Licker](https://themetalnet.com/album/99a1873b-e420-46a6-a0ba-4e4e37b2b759) | EP |
| 2022 | [Click](https://themetalnet.com/album/36ab4420-e7fa-4cdb-9eaf-eb33f4f07dbd) | Album |
| 2022 | [Metal](https://themetalnet.com/album/3c76d0b7-673a-4f9c-a036-a8f7efd546fb) | Album |
| 2023 | [Specters](https://themetalnet.com/album/250692fc-a4c8-438a-aaac-55559b2536fa) | Album |
| 2024 | [Cast Down and Hunted](https://themetalnet.com/album/6aaf82d5-406b-4dea-9f2b-0af7d7b2ef30) | Album |
| 2024 | [Other Worlds](https://themetalnet.com/album/e70bce1d-8899-4334-8803-af331c1ba770) | Album |
| 2025 | [Evocations](https://themetalnet.com/album/fc9cb789-e89f-4270-9ed1-7ce0795e8214) | Album |
| 2025 | [Incantations](https://themetalnet.com/album/82e0401f-2f92-4d9f-b207-ae5b659f8964) | Album |

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- [SERPICO](https://themetalnet.com/band/serpico) (same tags)
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## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://deadneanderthals.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DEADNEANDERTHALS
- x: https://twitter.com/deadneanderthal
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/deadneanderthals
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6GsBA1bAzQ1jhLVs6wwBvq

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-neanderthals](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-neanderthals). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt