Bolt Thrower

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Coventry, United Kingdom

One of Britain’s most consistent and enduring death metal bands, Coventry’s Bolt Thrower has weathered the best and worst of times in the genre’s history without giving in to commercial temptations or altering its sound. The fact that they were unusually blessed with a steady lineup throughout much of their career contributed to this stability, and though they were rarely bestowed much praise for their efforts, Bolt Thrower gradually established itself as one of the best death metal bands ever to emerge from England.

Taking their name from a weapon in one of their favorite tabletop miniatures games, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, they drafted vocalist Alan West, guitarist Barry Thompson, and bassist Jo Bench (one of the first female musicians to take part in an extreme metal group of any sort) to complete the lineup. True to their name, Bolt Thrower dedicated their career to analyzing and dissecting all aspects of human warfare - its history, weapons, etc. - and took to the road to perfect a brutalizing musical onslaught worthy of such subject matter.

Despite the material’s general inaccessibility, legendary BBC Radio1 DJ John Peel became an early supporter, hosting the group for various early sessions (subsequently released in 1991 with the expected Peel Sessions title), bolstering their profile on the way to securing a deal with the Vinyl Solutions label.

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Colony666 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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Colony666 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

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Colony666 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

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Hildesheimer_ wrote:
Sunday afternoon

It is: WOOOOOOOOOORLD EAAAAAAAAATER.

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Hildesheimer_ wrote:
Sunday afternoon

It's not World Eater.

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Existenzangst wrote:
Saturday afternoon

FOR FUCKING VICTORY !

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dvlfish wrote:
Saturday morning

World Eater

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Jhvameth wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Great band!

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Maquina_Muerte wrote:
Wednesday evening

well, did you? the sarcasm is very hard to identify here.. :/

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Xyhu777 wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Hate+Eternal+Fans

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HareMettleAdlib wrote:
Wednesday morning

As in, I've listened to all five of Cataract's albums and found within them nothing that remotely resembles the signature Bolt Thrower sound, style and feel. Between the mindless and uninspiring chugging riffs and the obnoxious metalcore vocals I couldn't help but reach that conclusion.

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Hildesheimer_ wrote:
Tuesday evening

Colony probably thinks Asphyx sounds pretty close to Bolt Thrower.

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GaspingforAir__ wrote:
7 days ago

"Asphyx is pretty close to Bolt Thrower" What do you mean? Bolt Thrower is much better than Asphyx, anyway.

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Maquina_Muerte wrote:
7 days ago

@ HareMettleAdlib : absolutely nothing in common ? plz do inform us about this expertise you did on Cataract ? hmm. . listening for 20 secs to 1 song on their myspace, takeing a quick look at their myspace profile pic,.. something like that hmm?? i see what u did therr

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Colony666 wrote:
7 days ago

Asphyx is pretty close to Bolt Thrower

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funeralmass wrote:
7 days ago

Trivium is the best Bolt Thrower worship band. :D

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HareMettleAdlib wrote:
7 days ago

Cataract has absolutely nothing in common with Bolt Thrower. Also, the band that's the closest to the Bolt Thrower sound and feel is Armoured Angel on their two EPs, Stigmartyr and Mysterium. Proof.

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MetallicMadman wrote:
8 days ago

My first death metal band. :3

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chatorisa wrote:
8 days ago

Death Metal at it's best.

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Maquina_Muerte wrote:
8 days ago

for those that can't get enough of Bolt Thrower, check out Cataract, they make thrashy hardcore but with a heavy Bolt Thrower groove

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