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20 hours ago, deathstorm said:

I'm thinking picking up a bolt thrower greatest hits cd that earache put out

Entirely up to you of course, but one CD simply cannot contain enough tracks for an adequate best of.

Would be pretty extreme to recommend buying six albums (War Master on), but I might suggest starting off with one of the best albums rather than a best of. If I had to pick one it would probably be Those Once Loyal (their last album ...unusual for a band to produce their best work 18 years into their career but there we have it).

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I usually adhere to my policy of not commenting negatively in threads about bands that I'm not into, but I'll make an exception here. I haven't invested a great deal of time in Bolt Thrower, but for a band at provokes such loyalty and love from their fans, I just don't see it. I've listened to a few albums and I kind of find them a bit one tracked. Am I missing something with these guys?

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Aye fairly new to Bolt Thrower, holy shit what a band! Favourite track so far is Anti-Tank, a weapon of a song! Really enjoy TOL and IVth Crusade wasn't as keen on Warmaster (still a beast but prefer the other two), what album to listen to next....?

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Mercenary.

Then Honour Valour Pride.

 

Really, the Dave Ingram albums?

 

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I usually adhere to my policy of not commenting negatively in threads about bands that I'm not into, but I'll make an exception here. I haven't invested a great deal of time in Bolt Thrower, but for a band at provokes such loyalty and love from their fans, I just don't see it. I've listened to a few albums and I kind of find them a bit one tracked. Am I missing something with these guys?

 

Doesn't sound too negative to me, it just looks like you're saying you don't get what the hype is about. They have a definitive style and they've stuck to it, but I wouldn't call them one-dimensional. They've developed it a lot from their early days, but are pretty consistent in their delivery and high quality. I guess if you're not into their sound, hearing them crush through it over the course of one album or several might become tiresome. I like my death metal to be heavy, riff-oriented, and memorable, so they're a perfect fit for me. Maybe try one of their more melodic and groove heavy releases like IVth Crusade or ...For Victory. If those don't grab you and give you a way to get into their sound, then they're probably just not for you.

 

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46 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

 

Doesn't sound too negative to me, it just looks like you're saying you don't get what the hype is about. They have a definitive style and they've stuck to it, but I wouldn't call them one-dimensional. They've developed it a lot from their early days, but are pretty consistent in their delivery and high quality. I guess if you're not into their sound, hearing them crush through it over the course of one album or several might become tiresome. I like my death metal to be heavy, riff-oriented, and memorable, so they're a perfect fit for me. Maybe try one of their more melodic and groove heavy releases like IVth Crusade or ...For Victory. If those don't grab you and give you a way to get into their sound, then they're probably just not for you.

 

I need to give them some more listens because all the ingredients appeal to me but so far I haven't enjoyed the dish. I'll check out those albums you recommended. Thanks. 

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46 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:  

Doesn't sound too negative to me, it just looks like you're saying you don't get what the hype is about. They have a definitive style and they've stuck to it, but I wouldn't call them one-dimensional. They've developed it a lot from their early days, but are pretty consistent in their delivery and high quality. I guess if you're not into their sound, hearing them crush through it over the course of one album or several might become tiresome. I like my death metal to be heavy, riff-oriented, and memorable, so they're a perfect fit for me. Maybe try one of their more melodic and groove heavy releases like IVth Crusade or ...For Victory. If those don't grab you and give you a way to get into their sound, then they're probably just not for you.

 

I need to give them some more listens because all the ingredients appeal to me but so far I haven't enjoyed the dish. I'll check out those albums you recommended. Thanks. 

 

I would say that ...For Victory is probably the best representation of their overall sound. They went more melodic and groovy on IVth Crusade, and then re-incorporated more of their earlier bludgeoning and faster tempos on ...For Victory, so you're kind of getting the beat overall glimpse of the band with that one. That makes sense with your analogy about the ingredients vs. the final product, and with that featuring all of their ingredients and some of their best preparation (songwriting), that's the one I usually go with these days to introduce the band to people.

 

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11 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

 

I would say that ...For Victory is probably the best representation of their overall sound. They went more melodic and groovy on IVth Crusade, and then re-incorporated more of their earlier bludgeoning and faster tempos on ...For Victory, so you're kind of getting the beat overall glimpse of the band with that one. That makes sense with your analogy about the ingredients vs. the final product, and with that featuring all of their ingredients and some of their best preparation (songwriting), that's the one I usually go with these days to introduce the band to people.

 

Sounds good. I'll take two with fries on the side. 

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On 7/6/2017 at 11:33 PM, BlutAusNerd said:

Really, the Dave Ingram albums?

Yep.

I would probably order the albums like so:

Those Once Loyal
The IVth Crusade
Mercenary
Honour Valour Pride
For Victory
War Master
Realm of Chaos
In Battle There Is No Law

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On 7/6/2017 at 11:33 PM, BlutAusNerd said: Really, the Dave Ingram albums?

Yep.

I would probably order the albums like so:

Those Once Loyal

The IVth Crusade

Mercenary

Honour Valour Pride

For Victory

War Master

Realm of Chaos

In Battle There Is No Law

 

Wow, I didn't expect that.

 

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I definitely prefer their later sound, probably in part because I got into them relatively late.

And yeah, I reckon Ingram did a perfectly good job on the albums he recorded with them.

They're all great though, from War Master on at least. I don't own the first two, as yet....

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