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Band Name: Bolt Thrower
Album Name: Those Once Loyal
Rating: 4 / 5 User Rating: 3 / 5
Label: Metal Blade
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Tracklist
1. At First Light
2. Entrenched
3. The Killchain
4. Granite Wall
5. Those Once Loyal
6. Anti-Tank (Dead Armour)
7. Last Stand Of Humanity
8. Salvo
9. When Cannons Fade
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Back when I first got into metal, long before the age of Napster, I used to dig through all the indie music stores piles of metal and listen to our buy pretty much anything that looked cool. Bolt Thrower were something that, complete with their name and general Manowar-esque cover art, I always expected to be pretty lame. So I never bothered and it wasn't until about two years ago a hardcore oldscooler friend of mine burned me all their shit. Thought it was decent for it's time but I kind of missed the bus. Well, I just got sent Those Once Loyal, the latest from this long-standing U.K. death machine. I've listened to it all the way through about five times now, a feat rarely accomplished for any promo I'm sent. This is by the books chunky old-school death metal drenched in war and spent artillery shells. But I was surprised the vast quality of it. The hooks are great, the compositions surprisingly thorough. Lyrically, you can guess where they are fixated -- "Anti-Tank (Dead Armour"), "When Cannons Fade," "Last Stand of Humanity." Where's all the suicide bomber ditties though?
Review by: Ryan Bartek
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