God Dethroned "The Grand Grimoire"

God Dethroned is a Dutch extreme metal band from Beilen, originally formed in 1990.

In 1996, after that band's 1994 album Fall of Life and a supporting European tour (with Impaled Nazarene), Sattler re-formed God Dethroned with guitarist Jens van der Valk (who did not share Sattler's anti-Christian sympathies either), bassist Beef, and drummer Roel Sanders. With this lineup a deal was signed with Metal Blade, and they issued The Grand Grimoire in Europe in 1997; the album was released in the U.S. the following year, along with a re-issue of The Christhunt, which featured the original cover art, with the dissected rat.

The Grand Grimorie did much better than The Christhunt did, and the band soon entered into a sort of high point. 

Track list:

1. The Art of Immolation 03:32   
2. The Grand Grimoire 05:32   
3. The Luciferian Episode 00:33   
4. Under a Silver Moon 06:48  
5. The Somberness of Winter 06:25
6. Sickening Harp Rasps 03:58  
7. Into a Dark Millennium 04:52
8. Coloseum Serenades 04:21  
9. Fire (Arthur Brown cover) 02:49

Total time:   38:50  

All music by God Dethroned.

All lyrics by Henri except "Fire" by Arthur Brown.

"The Grand Grimoire" is dedicated to the memory of Willem Barentz +1896 Nova Zembla.

Recording information:

Recorded at Franky's Recording Kitchen during late '96 and early '97.