Dutch musician Joost van der Graaf, born 1973, has been active in music since he was fourteen years old.

As a bass player he explored many styles in many bands. From Soul to Deathmetal, from P-funk to Ska and Gospel. In the 90’s he toured Europe for the first time, as bass player/vocalist in Creepmime (Mascot Records), to promote the album ‘Chiaroscuro’. After Creepmime he studied music at ‘The Djam’ in Amsterdam and became a working musician, performing and teaching.

When the Metal started flowing again, Joost co-formed I CHAOS (RITF records, Suburban distr.) The band released two albums: ‘The Human Repellent’ and ‘Masterbleeder’. In this period he was also stand-in bassist for Sinister, touring Russia. In 2012 he became a permanent member of German Thrashers Dew-Scented (Metalblade), releasing three full-lengths with them up to 2018: ‘Icarus’, ‘Insurgent’ & ‘Intermination’. The band toured Europe several times, together with bands like Testament, Exodus, Death Angel, Six Feet Under, Sacred Reich, Prong and in Japan with The Black Dahlia Murder.

Joost teaches ‘Bass Skills’ and ‘Band Development’ at The Metal Factory in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Next to the band activities he co-founded Dutch company Raw Resonance, developing music programs for primary and secondary education but also creating large interactive musical projects, like on Lowlands festival in 2017 and 2018. Nowadays, he is working on his own project called Choreomanic and proudly plays with Dutch iconic act PESTILENCE (Agonia Records) appearing on the album ‘Exitivm’.

Joost endorses Ibanez basses & DR strings