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Year : 2017
Style : Blackened Death Metal
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 216 mb
Bio:
God Dethroned is a Dutch death metal band from Beilen, originally formed in 1991.God Dethroned was formed in 1991 by singer and guitar player Henri Sattler, with Hans Leegstra (guitar) and Ard de Weerd. Sattler and Leegstra had previously been in Dysentery; Leegstra, quickly after the band formed, left the music scene altogether. They recorded a demo, Christ Hunt, in 1991, after which Marco Arends joined on bass. Their first album, The Christhunt, was released on the German label Shark. Meanwhile, Arends left (to rejoin Altar) and was replaced by Marcel Beukeveld. The Christhunt did poorly; the label had refused to feature a dissected rat on the cover and did not promote the record at all. Dethroned went on hiatus the following year, in part because Sattler's anti-Christian sympathy was not shared by all, and Sattler formed a new group called Ministry of Terror. In 1996, after that band's 1994 album Fall of Life and a supporting European tour (with Impaled Nazarene), Sattler re-formed God Dethroned with guitarist Jens van der Valk (who didn't share Sattler's anti-Christian sympathies either), bassist Beef, and drummer Roel Sanders. With this lineup a deal was signed with Metal Blade, and they issued The Grand Grimoire in Europe in 1997; the album was released in the U.S. the following year, along with a re-issue of The Christhunt, which featured the original cover art, with the dissected rat.The Grand Grimorie did much better than The Christhunt did, and the band soon entered into a sort of high point. The lineup of Sattler, Van Der Valk, Beef and Sanders would record the album Bloody Blasphemy, which many fans of the band consider to be their best work to date. Successful tours and shows with bands like Marduk, Immortal, and Deicide would later follow. After Bloody Blasphemy, Sanders soon left the band and was replaced by Puerto Rican drummer Tony Laureano. Laureano played with the band up till 2003, when he received an offer to join the American death metal band Nile. He would record only one album with the band, 2001's Ravenous.A new drummer was found, Ariën Van Weesenbeek, and the band entered the studio at the end of 2002 to record Into the Lungs of Hell. More problems began to follow, as Beef and Jens were tired with the direction of the band and wanted to push for a more heavy and extreme sound with more anti-Christian lyrics (themes that had begun to start to fade to an extent on Ravenous), whereas Sattler wanted to keep the band at a more melodic and darker sound with lyrics focused more on darkness, horror, nihilism, and other themes. After the recording and a short amount of touring for Into the Lungs of Hell, both the bassist and guitarist left the band, and Henri Sattler had to go look out for members once again. Bassist Henk Zinger was quickly brought into the fold, and Ariën van Weesenbeek recommended Belgian guitarist Isaac Delahaye to the band. This lineup would finish up the remaining tour dates and would go back into the studio to record another album, 2005's The Lair of the White Worm.After touring for a little while, the band then went back into the studio and released The Toxic Touch in 2006.In January 2008, two personnel changes were made. Since Ariën van Weesenbeek had joined Dutch Symphonic metal band Epica full-time in December 2007, he was replaced with former drummer Roel Sanders. After a writing period, Passiondale was recorded and released in early 2009. The album's concept is based on The Battle of Passchendaele during World War I. Once the album was completed, auditions were held and Susan Gerl was selected as the new guitar player. Shortly after the release Roel Sanders was asked to leave the band and Michiel Van Der Plicht was brought in.2010 Henri Sattler made the following statement in a Metal Blade Press release: "We are halfway through the writing process for a new album, which we will record starting end of May. First, we'll play on the Killfest tour in the U.S. supporting Overkill together with label mates Woe of Tyrants and many other great bands.Abigail Williams' axeman Ian Jekelis will take over touring duties for Susan, with whom we parted ways last January. We will announce the name of our new shredder right before we play our first European festival in May."Shortly after, guitarist Danny Tunker (Prostitute Disfigurement, Detonation) was announced as the new lead guitarist.The New God Dethroned album 'Under The Sign Of The Iron Cross' was released through Metal Blade on November, 22nd 2010 and met rave reviews. It marked the first time God Dethroned became 'Album Of The Month' in the Netherlands' Aardschok magazine.Sattler announced that 2011 will be the last year of the band and their final show will be in December, but they performed at 70000 Tons of Metal-festival in January 2012, after which they officially disbanded.Sattler announced that the band will reunite in 2015, performing at the 70,000 Tons of Metal Festival in January. While they will only be a "small selection of shows," according to Sattler, the band does have more shows planned for 2015.
Album:
Like many of you I have been waiting for this album with a sense of near-breathless anticipation ever since it was first announced in 2014 that God Dethroned were getting back together.And even though nothing had been announced about new material, I always knew that it was only a matter of time before the band would eventually get round to completing the WWI-themed trilogy of albums which began with 2009’s Passiondale.So now here we are, seven long years since the group’s last release, all set to receive the third and final part of that trilogy, The World Ablaze, and the big question is — has the passage of time blunted their edge, or has it simply allowed the band to martial their forces for one final assault?One thing which has endeared me to the band’s interpretation of the tragedy and turmoil of the First World War is how they’ve refrained from glorifying it along the way. There’s been no attempt to whitewash the ugly, futilie nature of the conflict. No attempt to portray it as “noble” or “righteous”. And the focus has almost always been on the human cost of the war, on every front, rather than on some mythical celebration of national pride or military prowess.And while there’s always been an undeniable power and majesty to the music, it’s nevertheless tinged with a deeply rooted sense of melancholy and sorrow, in tribute to the many lives lost in the so-called “the war to end all wars”.Speaking of the music, the band are on top form here, still straddling the nebulous border between the more “extreme” end of Melodic Death Metal, and the more song-based side of “true” Death Metal”, but with a renewed focus and confidence – the hooks are still sharp and spiteful, the riffs are still intense and electrifying, while the drums, although still supremely ferocious when they need to be (which is often) aren’t quite as frantic as they were on Under the Sign of the Iron Cross, with Sattler and co. taking a more measured and dynamic approach to their writing this time around.Melody, of course, remains a key part of the band’s arsenal, as it has for a long time, going all the way back to albums like Ravenous and Into the Lungs of Hell (or perhaps even earlier). In fact I’ve even seen certain people compare the band’s current sound to that of Arch Enemy… which wouldn’t be an entirely invalid comparison, truth be told.But while the two bands do share a few sonic elements in common, as well as a more concise and hookier approach to songwriting than a lot of their more “brutal” peers, God Dethroned’s sound has always been much heavier, much more aggressive, and much less overtly crowd-pleasing, in both style and substance, than that of their Swedish counterparts.So while numbers like the blistering “Annihilation Crusade” and the galloping title track may incorporate a wealth of searing, live-wire tremolo lines and keenly sharpened, razor-edged harmonies, these are balanced out by a plethora of devilishly dark and deathly riffs, not to mention a truly bombastic barrage of scourging blastbeats courtesy of drummer Michiel van der Plicht, while Sattler’s vehement vocal delivery remains as instantly recognisable, and utterly venomous, as ever.And although this careful balance between moody melody and sheer metallic fury might make this album a tad too “accessible” for some of the more militant Death Metal fans, for my money it’s resulted in some of the band’s best – and, yes, most “dynamic” – material to date, from the grim and gritty grooves of “On The Wrong Side of the Wire”, and the frenzied blastery of “Close to Victory”, to the menacing death march of “Escape Across the Ice” (which tells the tale of the Tsarist “White Army” during the Russian Revolution).Of course it’s not perfect, no matter how much I might wish otherwise. Both the intro (“A Call to Arms”) and the instrumental interlude, “Königsberg”, are a tad superfluous – in my humble opinion anyway – and track eight, “Breathing Through Blood”, is ultimately just a stock God Dethroned song, nothing more, nothing less, with little to recommend it over any of the album’s more intense and/or interesting numbers.That being said, however, the doomy grandeur of “The 11th Hour”, serves to close the album (and the trilogy as a whole) on an impressive high note, all sombre melody and booming, brooding riffs – along with some surprisingly prog-tinged lead guitar work – as befits the sober and solemn nature of the subject matter.In the final reckoning The World Ablaze is exactly the sort of triumphant return for God Dethroned that so many of us had been hoping for, as well as a more than fitting conclusion to the band’s WWI trilogy.I’m not quite sure where the quartet are going to go next… nor, it seems, are they, if some of the interviews I’ve read recently are any indicator… but let’s hope it doesn’t take them another seven years to produce their next album!
Line Up:
Henri Sattler - Guitars, Vocals (1991-1993, 1996-2012, 2014-present) - See also: Grand Supreme Blood Court, Winter of Sin, ex-Soulburn, ex-Dictated (live), ex-Lords of the Stone, ex-Ministry of Terror, ex-To The Gallows
Jeroen Pomper - Bass (2014-present) - See also: ex-Absorbed, ex-The 8th Sin, ex-Icons of Brutality, ex-Departed Souls (live), ex-Chaos Rising
Mike Ferguson - Guitars (2015-present) - See also: Detonation, Doghouse Gallows, Kutschurft, M-90's, Lovell's Blade, ex-Picture, ex-Prostitute Disfigurement
Michiel van der Plicht - Drums (2009-2012, 2014-present) - See also: Apophys, Winter of Sin, ex-Detonation, ex-Prostitute Disfigurement, ex-Bleeding Gods (live), ex-Dictated (live), ex-Katafalk, ex-Toxocara, ex-Travelers in Time, ex-As It Burns (live)
Tracklist:
01. A Call to Arms 01:54
02. Annihilation Crusade 05:12
03. The World Ablaze 05:49
04. On the Wrong Side of the Wire 03:56
05. Close to Victory 04:36
06. Konigsberg 01:11
07. Escape Across the Ice (The White Army) 04:06
08. Breathing Through Blood 04:11
09. Messina Ridge 03:39
10. The 11th Hour 06:41
+ Video "Annihilation Crusade" (Official Video)
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