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dEUS – Belgian Gods Still Alive And Kicking After 35 Years

14 March 2026

Belgian Gods dEUS – without a shadow of a doubt the best band in Belgium‘s
rock history – palyed one of their two try-outs for their upcoming European/UK
tour last Tuesday at a small venue in Leffinge, Belgium.

The gigs sold out in no time.

On this new tour, commander-in-chief Tom Barman and his accomplices will play
their first 2 albums, Worst Case Scenario (1994) and In A Bar, Under The Sea (1996).
Not in the LPs chronological order. No, they zigzag through all of the tracks, which
leads to an unpredictable, exciting setlist.

I saw the band about 25 times, and they never disappointed. On stage, they inject their songs with jacked-up energy and inflammable intensity. This was (another) special night, as they performed several of their classic gems from those 2 full-lengths, like Via, Hotel Lounge, Morticiachair, Fell Off The Floor Man, Little Arithmetics, Roses, Serpentine, and Theme From Turnpike for the first time in a long while. Nostalgia ruled.

After 35 years, with a couple of hiatuses for solo projects, and 8 LPs, dEUS still are
a fiery force, and still the most prominent Belgian group today (to my ears), but also praised all over Europe and the UK.

Their sterling catalogue isn’t dated at all, thanks to their sonic versality, intriguing waywardness, and Barman‘s extraordinary songwriting skills from day one. I never
get bored with them. Hail hail!

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Belgium’s Supreme Collective dEUS Released Its Splendid Debut Longplayer ‘WORST CASE SCENARIO’ 25 Years Ago Today…

Posted on September 16, 2019 by JL

16 September 2019

25 years ago this day, 16 September 1994, legendary Belgian rockers dEUS released their dumbfound debut album ‘WORST CASE SCENARIO’. What started as a bunch of music freaks sharing albums they liked the best, from Tom Waits to Captain Beefheart and some Frank Zappa insanity in between, turned into one of the best Belgian bands ever, led by charismatic frontman Tom Barman. ‘WCS‘ was the spectacular start of a (still ongoing)
phenomenal career with many baffling LP’s, several line-ups and tons of astounding live performances (of which I attented many). Eventually Worst Case Scenario sold more than 300,000 copies and dEUS scored better and more with every new release from then on.

ALL MUSIC wrote: “The five-piece spent its time exploring its own interesting rock zone, referencing back to classic rock influences and jazz pioneers as much as any of its many frazzled contemporaries. It’s a bit facile to say that if Tom Waits were a young guy in 1992 he might have formed this band, but there’s something agreeably impassioned and rough about Worst Case Scenario which calls to mind Waits’ own avant- garage jazz efforts in the mid-’80s… Tom Barman’s singing hits both loud, full-bodied shrieks, and low-and-slow as needed, while the band in general strike a great balance between straight-ahead performance and subtle studio trickery…” Full review here. Score 4,5/5

Three key tracks…

– SUDS & SODA –