Blood Red Throne - Self Titled Review

Blood Red Throne is a technical death metal band from Norway formed in 1998 that released their very anticipated new self titled album in May 2013 through Sevared Records .

Like Cannibal Corpse or The Black Dahlia Murder, Blood Red Throne is one of the bands that will not dissapoint their fans on any of their releases. They always keep their brutal sound and style on every album but still evolve  musically from record to record.

This self-titled album is a very mature release. Every single riff is unique and really agressive. The guitar sounds very good and the whole album has a very good tone quality and was perfectly mixed and mastered. The drums also sound very cool and have a dry sound. The drummer is a very talented musician in my eyes and plays very dynamic drum patterns. He plays several kinds of blast beats perfetly and is a master of the double base. Like on the predecessors, the vocals on this album are very variated and well-fitting. The vocalist can sing the words very dark and low but also can turn them into really cool high growls that sound like black metal vocals, a thing that I personally really enjoy.

The songs themselves are very diverse and good structured. Although they all may sound very identic at first, after listening to them a few times you will remark that they're unique and that you can dinstict them easily. Musically they have true death metal influences combined with some brutal death metal parts and black metal tremolo picked riffs under some really fast and tight blast beats. All songs are very fast and agressive and you'll not get a break till the album is over. I also really enjoy the "thrashi" and "groovy" riffs on the album, and although this album is clearly an elitists dream, the band also has a cool part in the song "Deatholation" where core-fans could two-step to. All in all it is a very diverse album with very good songs and an evil atmosphere. 

The artwork of the album is really elegant and well-fitting and I have to say that "Blood Red Throne" is a very underrated band. Check out the songs, "In Hell I Roam" or "March To The Undying" to get an idea how the album sounds like. I would recommend this record to every death metal fan, from fans of Spawn Of Possession to fans of Dying Fetus, from Belphegor fans to Aborted fans. Check them out and enjoy the good music!

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