---
title: "Thanatos"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/thanatos"
genre: "Thrash Metal"
country: "Netherlands"
formed: 1984
---

# Thanatos

**Thanatos** is a thrash metal band, from Netherlands, active 1984 to present.

Thanatos was a Dutch death/thrash metal band from Rotterdam, formed in 1984. They have released seven studio albums.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatos_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Thanatos |
| Genre | Thrash Metal |
| Parent genre | Thrash Metal |
| Origin | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Formed | 1984 |
| Releases in catalog | 10 |

## Genres

[Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Yuri Rinkel](https://themetalnet.com/musician/yuri-rinkel) | Membranophone | 2001 to present | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1990 | [Emerging From the Netherworlds](https://themetalnet.com/album/b96c691b-2a2d-3cb7-a7cb-c4083fcbbedd) | Album |
| 1992 | [Realm of Ecstacy](https://themetalnet.com/album/cda517da-9355-3f6f-8888-d6f3b0386218) | Album |
| 2000 | [Angelic Encounters](https://themetalnet.com/album/8735fd9b-a852-4213-b824-305a8a2f0b59) | Album |
| 2002 | [Beyond Terror](https://themetalnet.com/album/04ec7146-143e-4837-8eb5-3f04ae5c89e8) | EP |
| 2004 | [Undead. Unholy. Divine.](https://themetalnet.com/album/7af6a846-20e3-3be4-9169-40b59a8a7ba9) | Album |
| 2006 | [The Burning of Sodom / ...and Jesus Wept](https://themetalnet.com/album/b916f82f-9e3f-45e7-9871-88209ca66ba1) | EP |
| 2009 | [Justified Genocide](https://themetalnet.com/album/db778775-b4df-4ba3-84f8-bf0d6ffd732d) | Album |
| 2014 | [Global Purification](https://themetalnet.com/album/0f178306-bd0e-4b01-80a1-b0d432d142a0) | Album |
| 2019 | [Blind Obedience / Thanatos](https://themetalnet.com/album/19a7198e-0fc1-4c5f-9bb5-e68a7fa9db5f) | EP |
| 2020 | [Violent Death Rituals](https://themetalnet.com/album/e1b4a935-4459-49dc-9228-4a0a301d313c) | Album |

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- [Napalm Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/napalm-death) (listened together)
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## Official and external links

- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvEJuKOg-Iw4Gax3pdqgxDA
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Thanatos/293
- bandcamp: https://thanatos666.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thanatos/150901861608686
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/62929
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7iOkvDGpFFVssOu6Z72yfe

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