Merel Bechtold

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Merel Bechtold
Merel Bechtold performing with Delain in 2015
Background information
Born	(1992-02-27) February 27, 1992 (age 33)
Origin	Blaricum, Netherlands
Genres	Death metal, power metal, symphonic metal, hard rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, Composer
Instrument	Guitar[1]
Years active	2007–present
Member of	Dear Mother
Formerly of	Purest of Pain, Delain, MaYaN
Website	merelbechtold.com

Merel Bechtold (born February 27, 1992) is a guitarist from the Netherlands. She was born in Blaricum. She started playing guitar in 2007 at the age of fifteen. Half a year later she founded the band Purest of Pain, in which she played lead guitar until its disbandment in 2018. In 2013, she released the single "Momentum" and in 2014 she starred at the large metal festival Wacken Open Air.