### Blood Red Throne: Souls of damnation

#### 07/08/09 || Euthanatos

Hey, Blood Red Throne, I love these guys! There’s nothing particularly special about them, but I have a soft spot for good, balls-out, no shame, satanic death metal. It’s just so much fun, man. It’s like eating popcorn. What is the god damn point of eating popcorn? Do you eat popcorn at any other time than when watching a movie? No, because it’s just air, ain’t it? There’s no nutritional value, it doesn’t even taste like much, but fuck, doesn’t it make movies a lot more fun? That’s what Blood Red Throne does for me. It just makes life more fun.

So, pray tell, Euthanatos, is “Souls of Damnation” a worthier piece of traditional death metal than “Come Death”, which you so brilliant exposed in the past ? You know, hindsight is a fucking bitch. Looking back upon that review, I may have been a tad over-enthusiastic, 8 was perhaps a bit much to give ‘em for that record. But I tend to do that sometimes, if the album’s cool, has some killer songs and is righteously produced, why not give it a high grade? Well, because then it’s unfair to records that are even better, like this one. I can’t give this album more than an 8, because that would be insane, it’s not “Altars of Madness”, but fuck, it might be better than “Come Death”, so what to do? Well, let’s call it an 8+, you know like the Americans do when grading their trigger-happy students.

But, right, the actual songs on the record; relentless death metal, my good people, and there’s no other way of going about it. Unfortunately my complaints from before still stick, no grandiose solos to be listened here, but the cool riffs do make up for it, as well as the great, admirable vocals of Mr. Vald. That sounds funny, doesn’t it, “Mr. Vald”? Seems like that would be the enemy of some cartoon characters. Like those bears with the hearts, what were those called again? Come to think of it, those guys had a badass nemesis, he was all black metal and shit. Fuck, what was his name? My memory is terrible these days. Speaking of black metal cartoon characters, no one could ever beat Hordak, right? I mean, that fucker has to be the inspiration of the entire Norwegian movement, you know what I’m saying? It’s just too perfect.

Oh, right, Blood Red Throne. You know, actually, to be entirely truthful, to be blunt, I don’t think this album is better than “Come Death” at all. If I’m thinking of fucking puffy bears and She-Ra while listening to it, that means there’s something fucking wrong here. Yes, that’s it, this album is a bit too repetitive. I love me some mindless death metal, but I need so more hooks and entertaining shit. So there, you’ve lost a point, and everything is solved.

And that’s that, fuckers.

The cover: It’s like undead Jesus and his undead followers. Me likey.

- Information
- Released: 2009
- Label: Earache Records
- Website: Blood Red Throne MySpace
- Band
- Vald: vocals
- Død : guitars
- Tchort: guitars
- Erlend Caspersen: bass
- Anders Haave: drums

- Tracklist
- 01. The Light, The Hate
- 02. Harme
- 03. Throne of Damnation
- 04. Human Fraud
- 05. Demand
- 06. Your Cold Flesh
- 07. Prove Yourself Dead
- 08. Not Turgenjev, But Close
- 09. Ten Steps of Purgatory