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Warthrone - Ghoststorm Eulogy
Release: 2005Label: Ghoststorm Records
By: Anders
Posted: Feb 15, 2006
A new American band has risen and is on its way out in the world, hungry for new souls to devour and make slaves of their musical madness. Warthrone is a 3 piece consisting of Erik Sayenga, which by many may know form his stint with Dying Fetus. Though him and the 2 other members Kristel and Richard, all have pasts with Witch-Hunt, Sanguinary and Laceration. 3 bands that I don't know, so I can't say if Warthrone has any resemblances with them. Though I can tell you that Warthrone delivers blistering death/black metal, always shifting from atmospheric and dark, with nice background keys, to lightening fast and shredding, with a haunted and demonic scream in top of it.
The compositions are pretty good and catchy, they draws heavily on a heavy death metal base, into where the band weaves cold black metal parts, as well as the cold and grim scream, the majestic keyboards and melodic riffing. There is a good flow in the songs and the progression seems natural and there are quite some ups and downs in each composition. The variation of the pace is also great, it goes from midtempo to extremely fast out of the blue and the other way around at other times. The drumming is good, varied, both rhythm and beat wise, but certainly also speed-wise, we are treated some inhuman blasts once in a while, a joy to listen to. The guitar work is mostly good as well, there are a boring riff or 2, though mostly it all fits great into the context, and there are some really good playing and a killer twisted lead or 2, godly. The keys are fitted well into the music and works as a good background mover mostly, adding the last touch to the dark, bleak and mysterious atmosphere. They get a bit too dominant for my taste once in a while, though not that often.
This is a good debut from this band and I am sure we will hear a lot more to them sooner than later. If they keep on developing their blackened death metal, with both heavy and crushing parts as well as technical elements and majestic, almost epic black metal moments, they'll soon get recognition, no doubt about that. All 6 tracks on this release are good and interesting, well, the last, the outro is okay, though no revelation. But the real songs kick some ass and induce a good and dark atmosphere in the listener, as such music as this should. Give it a try, you might be surprised by the sonic mayhem Warthrone delivers.
The compositions are pretty good and catchy, they draws heavily on a heavy death metal base, into where the band weaves cold black metal parts, as well as the cold and grim scream, the majestic keyboards and melodic riffing. There is a good flow in the songs and the progression seems natural and there are quite some ups and downs in each composition. The variation of the pace is also great, it goes from midtempo to extremely fast out of the blue and the other way around at other times. The drumming is good, varied, both rhythm and beat wise, but certainly also speed-wise, we are treated some inhuman blasts once in a while, a joy to listen to. The guitar work is mostly good as well, there are a boring riff or 2, though mostly it all fits great into the context, and there are some really good playing and a killer twisted lead or 2, godly. The keys are fitted well into the music and works as a good background mover mostly, adding the last touch to the dark, bleak and mysterious atmosphere. They get a bit too dominant for my taste once in a while, though not that often.
This is a good debut from this band and I am sure we will hear a lot more to them sooner than later. If they keep on developing their blackened death metal, with both heavy and crushing parts as well as technical elements and majestic, almost epic black metal moments, they'll soon get recognition, no doubt about that. All 6 tracks on this release are good and interesting, well, the last, the outro is okay, though no revelation. But the real songs kick some ass and induce a good and dark atmosphere in the listener, as such music as this should. Give it a try, you might be surprised by the sonic mayhem Warthrone delivers.
Rating: 7½/10
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