musikwiese. (Posts about bolt thrower.)https://musikwiese.fontein.de/tag/bolt-thrower.atom2019-11-17T10:40:27ZfelixNikolabolt thrower.https://musikwiese.fontein.de/2011/02/13/bolt-thrower/2011-02-13T03:08:40+01:002011-02-13T03:08:40+01:00felix<div><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_Thrower">bolt thrower</a> is a (in my opinion totally underrated) death metal band. being around for over twenty years, their name being a reference to the tabletop <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_Fantasy_Battle">warhammer</a>, they produced eight albums with always the same <i>bolt thrower</i> style. their sound was once described to me as like a freight train, crashing into a terminal station with full speed: they’re not that fast, but their impulse is so strong that they feel like steamroller rolling over you. lyrically they are centered around war and its consequences.</p>
<p>let me start with a track from their newest album, <i>those once loyal</i>, called <i> the killchain</i>. an incredibly goovy, powerful tune. its hard to not somehow start moving when listening to it, or even start headbanging.</p>
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<p>for the rest of this post, i want to present one song of each of the four newest albums. let me begin with the 1994 album <i>…for victory</i>.</p>
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<p>the next song is <i>mercenary</i> from the 1998 album <i>mercenary</i>. slower than the above two songs, but nonetheless powerful. </p>
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<p>the fourth track is <i>7th offensive</i> from the 2001 album <i>honour – valour – pride</i>.</p>
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<p>finally, the last piece is <i>those once loyal</i> from their 2005 album <i>those once loyal</i>:</p>
<blockquote><p class="quote">to those once loyal now wreathed in crimson<br>
solemn reminder of silent sacrifice<br>
to the once loyal forever wrapped in glory<br>
in white crossed acres – lines of sorrow laid</p>
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