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Prima-Nocte
3+ albums
dutchdeath metaldeath thrash metaldutch death metal
about
2000 From the smoking pile that once was the doom metal band Amethist a new death/thrash metal band arose. Remaining members Arjan, Gertjan and Erik decided to play faster and to create a sound being melodic like Nightwish and brutal like At The Gates. To this purpose they recruited Lieneke to add female vocals alongside Gertjan’s growls. Being inspired by the movie “Braveheart” the band name Prima Nocte was adopted. In this the band found enough inspiration to create a concept album explaining the law of the first night (Prima Nocte) During that same period a bass player was found in the person of Peter from death metal band Scrotum. Because of the non-availability of the internet domain name primanocte.com, and other bands in different genres using the same name, they decided to ‘rename’ the band to Prima-Nocte. 2002 Unfortunately the concept album never saw daylight… After trying for quite a while to make the melodic and the heavy parts work together, a style the band intended to play, and not being satisfied with it, Gertjan and Lieneke decided to leave Prima-Nocte Prima-Nocte continued and the band evolved further more in creating a death metal sound. Gertjan currently sings in the band Nymphea Aurora and Lieneke sings in the project Flower’s Grave. In Jeroen they found a new singer, a choice easily made because Jeroen and Erik knew each other from Sustained , a death/thrash band they both played in. 2003 Prima-Nocte recorded their first 3-track demo “The First N
