Terzij de Horde is a Dutch black metal band with dark vitalism as a central theme, from Utrecht, formed in 2010.

In 2011, Terzij de Horde released a split 12" with fellow countrymen Starve entitled and themed "A Chosen Hollow", on which Lurker said: "….

The welding of slow-burning doom and cacophonic black metal returns here, but the hardcore punk assault has been toned down as the band edges closer to their musical ideals.

Throughout the years, Terzij de Horde played all over the Netherlands, toured the UK, Ireland and Germany, shared the stage with the likes of Liturgy, Dragged into Sunlight, Laster, Gnaw Their Tongues, Anaal Nathrakh, Bone Awl, Envy and God Dethroned and played festivals like Roadburn, Le Guess Who?, Eurosonic Noorderslag, Siege Of Limerick, Incubate Festival, Ieper Hardcore Fest, Doom Over Leipzig, Into Darkness, Black Metal Desecration and State-X New Forms.

Under the name of Footprints in the Void,[5] the band provided a live platform for doom, black, sludge, noise and drone acts in their home city of Utrecht.