# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merel-bechtold
# Generated: 2026-09-01T16:09:57.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merel-bechtold"
name: "Merel Bechtold"
slug: "merel-bechtold"
description: "Merel Bechtold is a Dutch musician. 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."
tagline: "Dutch musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Gentle_Storm_Rockharz_2015_18_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1992-02-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.19
  momentum:             2.755102040816327
  historical:           7.482506666666666
  currentAttention:     12.52319109461966
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  208
  category: null
totalFollowers: 8620
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/merelbechtold/"
    handle:    "merelbechtold"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/merel.bechtold"
    handle:    "merel.bechtold"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.merelbechtold.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7cq1cDiqwut75TL7QtmOjA"
    handle:    "@merelbechtold"
    followers: 8620
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2777903"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "ميريل بيتشتولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merel_Bechtold"
    title: "Merel Bechtold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merel_Bechtold"
    title: "Merel Bechtold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merel_Bechtold"
    title: "Merel Bechtold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merel_Bechtold"
    title: "Merel Bechtold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merel_Bechtold"
    title: "Merel Bechtold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merel_Bechtold"
    title: "Merel Bechtold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/88dde216-3c0c-4bef-a870-1bd916fe3f1c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20755632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump