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Blood Red Throne - Souls Of Damnation L.E.
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Artist...............: Blood Red Throne
Album................: Souls Of Damnation (Limited Edition)
Genre................: Death Metal
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2009
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) & Pioneer DVR-109
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 80 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: Limited Edition First Pressing. Includes 2 Bonus Tracks.
Ripped by............: Erebus on 7/4/2009
Posted by............: Erebus on 7/4/2009
News Server..........: news.astraweb.com
News Group(s)........: alt.binaries.sounds.lossless.metal / alt.binaries.sounds.lossless
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, LOG, PAR v2, CUE
Covers...............: Complete Limited Edition Artwork
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Tracklisting
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1. (00:04:19) Blood Red Throne - The Light, The Hate
2. (00:04:35) Blood Red Throne - Harme
3. (00:03:38) Blood Red Throne - Throne Of Damnation
4. (00:04:17) Blood Red Throne - Human Fraud
5. (00:03:33) Blood Red Throne - Demand
6. (00:03:35) Blood Red Throne - Your Cold Flesh
7. (00:04:37) Blood Red Throne - Prove Yourself Dead
8. (00:03:32) Blood Red Throne - Not Turgenjev, But Close
9. (00:06:40) Blood Red Throne - Ten Steps Of Purgatory
10. (00:04:35) Blood Red Throne - Manifest Of Lies (Bonus Track)
11. (00:04:07) Blood Red Throne - Affiliated With The Suffering (Bonus Track)
Playing Time.........: 00:47:28
Total Size...........: 363.64 MB
NFO generated on.....: 7/4/2009 3:46:31 AM
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Blood Red Throne is:
Vald - Vocals
Dod - Guitar
Tchort - Guitar
Erlend Caspersen - Bass
Anders Haave - Drums
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Recording Information:
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered @ Studio Deadline in Trollhattan, Sweden by
Valle Adzic in January-March 2009.
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Review from: www.metal-temple.com
Review by: Yiannis D.
Rating: 4.5/5 "Amazing"
They say, when a recipe is successful, why change its ingredients? That’s
probably what BLOOD RED THRONE were thinking while composing and
recording "Souls Of Damnation". To tell you the truth, I never spent much
time on this band, but with every album it releases it makes me get closer to
them. I guess that these guys are probably really close to enter my favourite
Death Metal bands list.
The Norwegian maniacs with mastermind Tchort behind the wheel are gaining
more and more ground with such magnificent releases! Whether it comes to
Black & Roll (CARPATHIAN FOREST), symphonic Black Metal (EMPEROR) or
melancholic Gothic/Progressive Rock (GREEN CARNATION), Tchort knows his
job! With his latest musical abomination "Souls Of Damnation", BLOOD RED
THRONE offer one more brutal orgasm through Earache Records.
This album contains almost everything a Death Metal fan could ask for. Let’s
gather the most important elements that made us love Death Metal
regardless of its origin, style etc. "Souls Of Damnation" contains the US
technique, the Scandinavian brutality, the modern groove and an overdose
of aggression. While listening to it, it was like BLOOD RED THRONE wrote the
album just for me! I found every single element that makes me want to get
up and tear everything apart in approximately 38 minutes. Vald’s vocals are
amazing since his vocal range is far from the typical monotonous Death Metal
vocals, Haave’s diverse drumming and modern patterns adds a lot of
technique to the overall result, the guitars fucking shred like there’s no
tomorrow and Caspersen’s bass lines are out of this world (no wonder
SPAWN OF POSSESSION hired him as a bassist)! This entire holocaust finishes
you with the clear, yet brutal as fuck sound this album is dressed in.
I may sound too excited, but don’t worry, I really am! This is probably one of
the best (if not the best) Death Metal releases for 2009! I am already waiting
for its release date (1st June) to go and buy the limited edition, which
includes two bonus tracks and a DVD with an interview and an in-depth studio
diary documenting the album’s recording process. By the way, if you try to
listen to this album hold your breath, since the next breath you will manage
to take will be after it finishes!
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Review from: www.metalreview.com
Review by: Doug Moore
Ratings:
Production - 5/6
Songwriting - 4.5/6
Musicianship - 5.5/6
In many cases, the joy of listening to a newly-acquired album comes from
surprises—the thrill we get from encountering unexpected twists and daring
lyrical sleight-of-hand.
Souls of Damnation is not one of those cases.
Blood Red Throne are approaching ‘institution’ status. The Norwegian death
metallers have been releasing albums every two years for a decade now, and
judging by this slaughterhouse of a fifth release, they won’t be slowing down
or altering their approach....ever. Further, prime axeman Tchort has put
longtime collaborators Green Carnation on hold and left Carpathian Forest,
ensuring that BRT will be the center of his attention for the foreseeable
future. So if you’re hankering for to-the-point, very Eastern
European-sounding death metal, look no further.
It’s strange that a DM band from Norway, which isn’t widely regarded as a
death metal hotbed, would choose to ignore the influence of their famed
Swedish neighbors. BRT certainly do, instead drawing heavily from another
thriving death metal scene—Poland’s. Like Vader or early Decapitated, Souls
of Damnation takes the rickety, thrashy approach of older Floridian acts like
Monstrosity and Malevolent Creation and soups it up into a precise, icy
murder machine. That’s not to say that BRT have resorted to over-the-top
technicality. Rather, their catchy-but-classic riffment is delivered without a
single flaw (a nod to forefathers who had little to do beyond drink rationed
vodka and practice their instruments, perhaps). Sometimes it’s hard to tell
which decade this album came from; the riffs are pure 90’s malevolence, but
the performances and Valle Adzic’s glitzy production scream “right fucking
now, bitches!” The latter element might put off those in search of a filthier,
crustier sound, but even then Adzic’s gloss isn’t overwhelming.
Souls of Damnation has no shortage of great moments. Harrowing blasts and
spiky (and audible!) bass guitar runs abound on “Your Cold Flesh,” which
neatly balances the sickening stomp that introduces “Human Fraud.” The main
riff from the awesomely-titled “Not Turgenjev, But Close” provides a
supremely evil counterpoint to the surprise upbeat melodic section closer “Ten
Steps of Purgatory”…but even the fun bits are overwhelmingly familiar.
There’s no question that this album will lose some shelf life because of
redundancy, but that’s not a complaint. I, like virtually everyone who will
check out this album, knew exactly what to expect from the get-go, and
Blood Red Throne delivers in spades. Souls of Damnation is a triumph of
execution, if not of ideas, and it's a nice reminder that no-frills death metal
can still fucking shred.
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