Dutch metal formation REFORMIST brings you a modern blend of metal. Hailing from the Rotterdam and Eindhoven area, REFORMIST brings music full of thick grooves, atmospheric cleans, brutally hard-hitting riffs, and vocals possessed with emotion. Heavy, catchy, and groovy progressive metal music, for a widespread audience.
REFORMIST has performed at Baroeg Open Air, Poppodium 013, Melkweg Amsterdam, Patronaat Haarlem, Mezz Breda, Pul Uden, Baroeg Rotterdam, and many more. In 2022, the band was part of Popronde. The stage has been shared with bands such as Ill Niño, InVisions, and Cold Night For Alligators. See REFORMIST live at one of the upcoming gigs.
Voyages
REFORMIST released their debut full length album Voyages, May 28th 2025, containing 10 songs, including 4 singles that each have a professional music video. There are physical copies of CDs and vinyl, and merchandising. Voyages shows the versatile music that the band makes; Heavy, catchy, and groovy progressive metal music, for a widespread audience.
Earlier releases
REFORMIST has released two singles Hivemind and Oblivion in 2022 and 2023. In 2024, they released a collaboration single Venomous with the Dutch metal band Changing Tides. All singles made an impact on the metal scene and resulted in exponential growth of fans and followers. The debut EP REFORM, REBUILD was released on July 2nd, 2021, containing 6 songs, including the singles “Rebuild”, “The Sound of Panic”, and “The Warning”.
REFORMIST
● Freek Kruijswijk – Vocals
● Matthijs van den Hoven – Guitar
● Mark van Gils – Guitar
● Jeffrey Vermeulen – Drums
Check out the music page to find out more about REFORMIST.