The band was formed in 1987 by Bob Bagchus and Tonny Brookhuis. Eric Daniels was found as a second guitarist and Chuck Colli joined on vocals and bass guitar; this line up released the Enter the Domain demo.[1] In March 1989
After leaving Pestilence in the early 1990s, Martin van Drunen joined Asphyx and the band signed to Century Media Records.[2]After the release of their first album, The Rack, they went on a European tour with Entombed, followed by a tour with Bolt Thrower andBenediction in 1992.
January 2007, the band re-united with van Drunen, Gubbels, Paul Baayens and Bagchus. They did not intend to record a new album, but focused only on live performances. However, in January 2008, they recorded a cover of a Celtic Frost song and a new song called "Death... The Brutal Way". In July 2008, they announced that new material was being prepared. Death...The Brutal Way was released in June 2009 by Century Media.

In March 2014, founding member Bob Bagchus has parted ways from the band and replaced by Stefan Hüskes as a new drummer.

On October 14, 2015, Asphyx made an announcement they are working on a new album at the end of November for the long-awaited Deathhammer follow up and begin their first tour at Latin America.


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UK's death metal
Formed around 2005 by Danny Price and Tommy Atkins, after a year or so of line up changes was put on hold until 2008.