| Fuck, this is gonna be hell. Writing a bio about Nahende Vernichtung in English I mean. |
| And who wants to read about our past and present anyway. Or am I mistaken? |
| Well, for you people who would like to know !!!!!!!!!! |
| AUG. 1991 : |
| You've probably never heard of this small village in Belgium called "Beernem" but it's there where |
| Rik(guitar) and Stefan(bass) decide to start a band. At the time, both are into bands like |
| "Black Flag, Exploited, Misfits, Ramones, etc. so there is no doubt how they want their own |
| band to sound like. The search for a drummer and a singer isn't that hard and soon there is : |
| Willie on drums, Lazy on vocals and on top of that an extra guitarplayer(Wouter). |
| Back then they are still in school and you know what that means, hey? No money, cheap |
| amplifiers, cheap guitars and a drumset that looks as if a train drove over it. The knowledge |
| on how to play their instrument is still very little and the covers they play of their favourite bands |
| do sound more like chaotic versions of some of the very first Napalm Death songs. After |
| calling themselves "Drop Dead, Insanity, Silent scream and The Toxic Pigs" they come up with |
| a name found in a book called "Kunst gegen den krieg". |
| NAHENDE VERNICHTUNG : (is German for "Approaching Destruction") |
| It's aug.'92 : Wouter decides to leave so does Stefan and because at the time the others have |
| problems finding a rehearselroom and also with their parents about bad results at school, they |
| decide to put their band on hold for some time. Doesn't mean they quit but the intention is to |
| stop doing gigs for a certain period. That period is gonna last three long years. |
| They never stop practising though and in the meantime they've replaced Stefan by Paul. |
| A few months later Lazy suddenly dissapears( moved to another city) and it's somewhere end '95 |
| when they decide to fully go on with it. In the meantime Rik and Paul have learned how |
| to "sing" properly and after a few gigs wich one of them is recorded they manage to get |
| themselves into a recording studio to do a 5-track tape. On it, the're also three songs of |
| live tape I mentioned before but because of some difficulties(again), it's aug.'96 when finally |
| the demo comes out. A hundred copies are made of it and they are gone in no time. They |
| play a lot during that time but they never cross borders. |
| It's july '97 and they start recording songs for a MCD but due to a lack of money it's gonna |
| take five months to finish the recording, mix and mastering. It's febr.'98 when it comes out |
| and on it : Ten tracks of fast furious hardcore-crustpunk. The reason why some of you never |
| could get one is simply because they tryed to do things as DIY as possible. Means, you only |
| could get it at gigs or directly through the band. It's now deleted but I hope somebody will |
| re-release and distribute it someday. |
| Octobre 1998 : After a few hassles, Paul decides to quit, but he stays close to the band. |
| I think because I'm a big fan and good friends with them for a long time, Rik and Willie ask |
| me if I would like to do the bassparts, wich I thankfully accept. In fact, just in time for the next |
| recording session. Three songs for a split-ep with another Belgian band "The Barjackers". |
| It's only Rik's voice that you hear on the split and because my voice isn't rough enough we have |
| to find us a singer. After some talking, a guy called Alex decides that he is the man for the job. |
| He's got a great voice, kinda' like Call from Discharge and we do one recording with him |
| (sounds great though) but we have to let him go because of no motivation. These two |
| songs aren't going to be released I think. |
| Anyway, one sunday night at the pub, a guy (WARD) comes up to me and asks me if we are |
| still looking for a singer and if he could give it a try. Shit!!!!, turns out he's a great guy and he can |
| sing too, so we're back on track. |
| In the meantime, the split comes out and we can start playing shows again. |
| ABOUT the split : It's not released on any label but if you try you can order it through some of |
| them 'cause we trade a lot nowadays. Also you can order it directly through us. |
| And like I said, we trade too. |
| Plans for another single in the spring of 2000 are being delayed due to Willie's broken finger, |
| so it's may I think when we can start playing again and it's sept. when we finally record our |
| new stuff.( five new songs). |
| It's june 2001 when the single comes out (released on Filthy Ear Recs.) . In July we're touring Germany |
| with Visions Of War . (tourmanager is Laurel from Yellow dog Recs/Autoritar) |
| After that we start writing new songs + playing a few gigs in Belgium and Holland. |
| The rest you can find in the news section. |