Martin van Drunen

Martin van Drunen (Born 1966, Uden) is a Dutch death metal vocalist, who started out in the band Pestilence.[1] In this band, he also performed the bass duties live. He recorded two albums with them, Malleus Maleficarum[2] and Consuming Impulse.[3] After his departure from Pestilence, he joined Asphyx as the singer and bass player in 1990[4] and recorded five albums in total. He performed the vocals on Comecon's second album Converging Conspiracies in 1993[5] and then formed his own band called Submission. In 1995, he was asked to replace Karl Willetts in the UK death metal band Bolt Thrower.[6] He did two tours with them, but never recorded an album.

Martin van Drunen
Martin van Drunen performing live with Asphyx at The Fridge in London, on 22 September 2007
Background information
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Death metal
Occupation(s)	Bassist, vocalist, lyricist
Instruments	Bass, vocals
Years active	1986–present
Associated acts	Pestilence, Asphyx, Comecon, Bolt Thrower, Hail of Bullets, Grand Supreme Blood Court

In 2006, an "all-star" death metal band by the name Hail of Bullets was formed with van Drunen doing vocals, ex-Houwitser bass player Theo van Eekelen, Gorefest drummer Ed Warby and both Thanatos guitarists Paul Baayens and Stephan Gebédi.[7] In May 2008, they released an album called …Of Frost and War.[8] In 2009, van Drunen performed guest vocals on The Project Hate MCMXCIX's album The Lustrate Process. In October 2010, Hail of Bullets released their second album On Divine Winds.[9]