Tuesday, January 8, 2008

BLOOD RED THRONE - Come Death CD review

BLOOD RED THRONE - Come Death CD
Once in a while people call up my bar asking who's playing there on that night and what type of music do they play. Chris, one of our bartenders, likes to screw with these people. Whenever they ask "What does the band sound like", he tells them Norwegian Death Metal. Trust me, it's a total lie. But I always try to correct him, "it's Swedish Death Metal and Norwegian Black Metal". He now tells people it's Finnish Folk Metal ever since I got him hooked on that. Albeit whenever the subject of Death Metal from Scandinavia comes up, Norway isn't exactly where you would expect to hear from first. But BLOOD RED THRONE has done alot to change that attitude.


On this their fourth full length release, BLOOD RED THRONE have created an extremely assessable CD for fans of classic American Death Metal. Personally I'm tired of the technical death ecstasy, trigger drum mania, and gravel gargling of this new school of Death Metal. Give me some MORBID ANGEL, OBITUARY, and DEATH! And that's what this release is all about.


There's nine cuts of brutality on here including a GORGUTS'cover "Disincarnated". The originals will literally pummel anyone who's been a long time Death Metal fan. Songs like "Slaying the Lamb" and "Taste of God" will kick your fucking ass. Plus they're just great song titles in their own right. Cliche? Sure but only those who think good Death Metal should be as intense as a calculus exam would not get into this. If you need math-rock blasting in your MP3 while you relax on the couch during your daily exercise of video game playing. Then this CD is not for a game boy loser like you. This CD is for people who like to jump around and break things. This CD is audio demolition. It's the soundtrack for the dismantling of "tech-death metal" overdose.
EARACHE Records

http://www.earache.com

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