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Finally I get an American Black metal band That I can be proud
to look
at with my head held up high. At first I was very sceptical
of
Bloodthrone because they did what I thought was a dumb
Management
decision and released a 2 song promo cd. It was just a tease with
one
of
their weaker songs. Ever heard of bands that have Lush
keyboards?
enchanting female vocals atmospheric sound scapes that take you
away on
a mountain top? and the beauty of the human spirit? You like
that
stuff?.....ummm..well...too bad because This band has none of that
!!
and that is fine because raw.ultra technical black metal is what they
are
about and a fine job they do at it. Sounding a little like old Dark
Funeral
what I like immediately about this was on the first track they
came right out
in your face. "Pagan Holocaust" just rips. very fast and
hateful. (I like
that) --- Vocals stand right out, the drumming is
tremendously good(wow!).
The bass is 50% non existent from a dude named
"Evil Pope??.. oh geez! As
for the guitars... They are played by the
one called Captor.. and I hate this
guy!! I hate him because he plays
guitar so damn good and I cant!! Great
guitar work I must say because
it
almost made me throw my guitar in the
garbage.(AAAHH! the competition
in
me) Anyway each song does have that
technical feel to them.Some of
these
bands I start to roll my eyes when
they over complicate things just to
be cool and show off? But In a way
Bloodthrone doesn't come across as
doing that. The songs will get boring
eventually, but I think it will
take a while.
Like always There are a
couple of klunker songs that are mediocre like
shield of hate yet it still
has a few cool parts in it. "Valley of the
kings",Seven Daggers, and
especially "At dusk she Burns" are my favs.
At
times I can hear not only
fast and brutal stuff but they get a little
melodic too (nothing wrong with
that). The Curiosity factor Is there
for
me to hear more which may also get
people to buy I only wish them luck
as to how they will handle it on the
managing part. Bloodthrone has
gone
through its share of line-ups as well
... Look on the bright side guys
.. maybe it was a blessing.
By the time
this review is out they should already have this new
cd available. get if you
like the old (semi european) raw black metal.
I
liked it !!! but I didn't
love it.
| Tracklist |
1. Pagan |
|
Holocaust 2. Betrayed By Blood |
: 9.45
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