There might be plenty of Bad Omens listed in the online Metal Encyclopedia, but for me there’s only one that counts: the Dutch Bad Omen. A three-piece that’s been tearing up stages across our little country since 2021 with their raw Ancient Evil Rock—the kind that drags your sorry carcass straight back to the eighties.
Those are the years Bad Omen proudly pull their influences from. You can hear it, you can feel it: Venom, Judas Priest, Mercyful Fate, Bulldozer. They rumble like a heavy excavator ploughing through an abandoned graveyard, crushing everything in their path.
After the demos ‘Returns…’ and ‘Hell’, and their killer debut album ‘Hell Returns’, the band is back with a brand new live tape: ‘Returns to Hell’. And really, what other title could it possibly have?
Recorded straight from the soundboard at the legendary Willemeen in Arnhem, June 2025—no frills, no nonsense, just hit record and let it rip. Raw, loud, filthy—exactly how it should be. The smell of sweat and stale beer? You’ll have to provide that yourself.
Nine tracks in total, including ‘Get Fucked’, ‘Back Alley Ritual’, and the devastating ‘Final Bombing’. Every single one played harder, faster, and meaner than their studio versions. You’ll feel it, you’ll get it—and if you’ve got a vivid imagination, you might even smell it.
Available via Bandcamp—no fancy download links, no streaming. This is Old School, back-to-basics. If you don’t own a cassette deck, you’re a poser and you’re not worthy of it.
Here’s to the next chapter for these guys—making you feel young again, taking you back to a time when the internet was still science fiction and mobile phones were for businessmen and weighed 20 kilos.
