Edwin Nederkoorn (Amersfoort, 1972) plays drums in deathmetallers Pleurisy. He started at age 18, inspired by 70's rock like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and old-school (especially Swedish) Death Metal. Edwin has also played in Desultory and Bloodphemy. Nederkoorn:

"I started Pleurisy many years ago after I heard some great music from bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden. We practised alot and after a few years we recorded some demo's which resulted in our first deal. The first official release was our split album [with Asgaia] in 1996, from which some songs appeared on compilation cd's. In 1999 we released our first debut album and did many shows in and around Holland. In 2003 we released our second album and did our first tour in Sweden, Gemany and Holland."

In 2001 Edwin started Bloodphemy and recorded one demo but left the band within a year. He was replaced by Quint Meerbeek.



Edwin played with Desultory around 1993 and recorded only one song for a compilation CD with them.



Nederkoorn and his fellow Pleurisy band members decided to quit working with their vocalist Roy Vermeulen in January 2002. The recordings of their new album "Dazed & Deranged" in May 2002 for Teutonic Existence Records were vocalised by George Oosthoek (Orphanage). For this album Edwin learned how to play with a click-track.



In March of 2003 Pleurisy switched to another label and signed a worldwide recorddeal with SoulReaper Records.



"Dazed & Deranged" was released in May 2003. This album contains melodic yet furious and heavy Death Metal. Looking into the near future, Edwin Nederkoorn is going to play a lot of shows, a little tour in Germany in November 2004 and to record a new Pleurisy album.