{{Short description|Dutch death metal/grindcore band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Consolation | image = | caption = | origin = Zaanstreek, Netherlands | genre = Death metal, grindcore | years_active = 1989–1999, 2002–2005, 2008- | label = Displeased Records | associated_acts = Nembrionic, Putrefied, Unlord, Cardinal, FuckFace, The Untuned, Dauthuz | website = | current_members = Toep Duin<br/>Dennis Jak<br/>Rein Schorel<br/>Arjan van Exter<br/>Robert van der Mijle | past_members = Manoloxx<br/>Jehudi van der Poll<br/>Roel Sluitman<br/>Machiel Siekerman<br/>Hans Ruff }}
'''Consolation''' is the name of a former Dutch death metal/grindcore band from the Zaanstreek<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | title = Consolation | publisher = Zaanse Pophistorie | date = | url = http://www.zaansepophistorie.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=199&Itemid=26 | format = | doi = | access-date = 2008-12-18}}</ref> that formed in 1989. They released three full-length albums through Displeased Records and were called the Dutch "Gods of Grind";<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |author-link= |title=Consolation |publisher=Popinstituut Nederland |date= |url=http://www.popinstituut.nl/Encyclopedia/Artist.aspx?id=2041&name=Consolation |format= |doi= |access-date=2008-12-18 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> at their peak, in the late 1990s, they were one of the highest rated metal bands in the Netherlands, according to Dutch metal magazine ''Aardschok''.<ref>{{cite web | last = Woning | first = Robbie | author-link = | title = Report: Death-Benediction, Consolation | publisher = Aardschok | date = Dec 1998 | url = http://www.emptywords.org/ASconcertreview12-98.htm | doi = | access-date = 2008-12-18}}</ref>
The band split up in 1999. They more or less restarted in 2002 as Cardinal, playing shows as late as 2005.<ref>{{cite web | title = Alle Namen Extreme Aggression Festival Bekend | publisher = Aardschok Rockommunity | date = 2005-04-25 | url = http://aardschok.com/content/view/274/20/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213935/http://aardschok.com/content/view/274/20/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2016-03-03 | access-date = 2008-12-18}}</ref> A real comeback under their old name came in late 2008, when they announced reunion shows at the end of 2008<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | title = Consolation Plans Reunion Shows | publisher = | date = 2008-11-25 | url = http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=40457 | format = | doi = | access-date = 2008-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Consolation, Seita, Jackal, Laboratory Sickness to Perform at Holland's Zaans Metaal Festival|publisher=Blabbermouth|date=2008-11-27|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=109790|access-date=2008-12-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201014223/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=109790|archive-date=2008-12-01}}</ref> and the beginning of 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metal Battle |publisher=Poppodium Romein |url=http://www.poppodiumromein.nl/agenda.php?id=264 |access-date=2008-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209033641/http://www.poppodiumromein.nl/agenda.php?id=264 |archive-date=2009-02-09 }}</ref>
==Discography== *Unnamed (demo, 1990) *''Beautyfilth'' (Album, Displeased Records, 1993) *''Hardcore Leeft'' (split with Nembrionic Hammerdeath and Osdorp Posse, 1994) *''The Truth'' (EP, Displeased, 1994) *''Brave Melvin from the Southern Point'' (Album, Displeased, 1995) *''Stahlplaat'' (Album, Displeased, 1998)
==Members== * Dennis Jak (founder) - guitar, vocals * Toep Duin - drums * Manoloxx - vocals (- 1996) * Rein Schorel - bass * Arjan van Exter - vocals (1998- ) * Robert van der Mijle - guitar, vocals
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