Bolt Thrower
Biography
One of Britain's most consistent and enduring death metal bands, Birmingham's Bolt Thrower has weathered the best and worst of times in the extreme genre's history without ever giving in to commercial temptations, or hardly even altering its sound. The fact that they were unusually blessed with a steady lineup throughout much of their career no doubt contributed to this stability, and though they were rarely bestowed wild praise for their efforts, with most of their competitors or contemporaries either adopting other styles or long retired, Bolt Thrower has gradually established itself as one of the best death metal bands ever to emerge from England.
Guitarist Gavin Ward and drummer Andy Whale formed Bolt Thrower in heavy metal's original birthing ground, the industrial city of Birmingham, England, in 1986. Taking their name from a character in one of their favorite role-playing games, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the duo soon 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). True to form given their name, Bolt Thrower would dedicate their whole career to analyzing and dissecting all aspects of human warfare -- its history, its weapons, etc.
Selected Discography
cheese metal? let me guess next you'll be telling us how great godsmack is.......... . .
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there is nothing cheesy about war or this band.loyalty - f a t e - d e a t h - r e s p e c t - t h e m e s the knucklehead below me does not-will not cannot-under s t a n d . B O L T THROWER !!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Bolt Thrower has some of the baddest riffs ever. None of that fancy s**t, just straight-up chunky grooves.
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Bolt Thrower is essential listening for any death metal aficionado. Period. End of Story. Nothing compares to them and they are influencers of the genre. Love them. Too bad they are no more or at least won't be producing any new records for a long long time to come.
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i play this band's music whenever i play Warhammer 40k:Dawn of War. It's greatmy Fave song is Sixth Chapter the end of it just rocks.
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Sheer Brutality in a raw unwavering form. Unquestionab l y one of the greats.
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They rock, but not quite the "heaviest sound on earth" That I think is debateable between a few bands.
Electric Wizard, Some of the Scandavian bands. Some newer american bands too like through the eyes of the dead, Acacia Strain...etc . Bolt Thrower is awesome, love the THICK chug a chug a riffs. |
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I have been a fan of this band since Warmaster when I was a kid. They have not wavered one bit since then. they kicked a** then and take names now. Heaviest sound on earth
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I play The Legend of Zelda to this stuff. Nothing like playing good metal while executing mortal draws, helm splitters, great spins, and ending blows, eh?
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WARHAMMER!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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loved guys en gals since day one a while back . still destroy very venom love em
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The band everyone with a female bass player got compared to in 2007. Essential band to compare other bands to. Thank you mainstream "metal" media, you brought out the name of a great band to people whom needed the education.
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MERCENARY AND WARMASTER ARE ESSENTIAL LISTENING!!
A LOT OF MODERN METAL IS INFLUENCED BY THESE TITANS' EARLY WORK! A BIT OF TRIVIA FOR THE LADIES...FEM A L E BASSIST(ONLY ONE I CAN THINK OF..)AND SHE KICKS A**!! HER NAME'S JO BENCH. BOLTTHROWER WILL CRUSH YOUR SKULL!! |
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