Bloodthorn - Onwards into Battle

Title: Onwards into Battle Artist: Bloodthorn Release Date: 8/8/2006 Re-Released On: 0/0/2006 Label: Season Of Mist Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 822603101829, 3597491506328, 3700368426357, 803680931707 Genre: Rock Styles: Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Black Metal Moods: Ambitious, Elaborate, Theatrical, Angst-Ridden, Gloomy, Crunchy, Intense, Uncompromising, Distraught, Searching, Volatile, Dramatic, Tense/Anxious Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. As One in Darkness
2. ...of Aeons to Come
3. Death to a King
4. Dead Silence
5. The Day of Reckoning
6. Sounds of Death
7. Beneath the Iron Sceptre
8. The Brighter the Light, The Darker the Shadow

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Season Of Mist 2006 CD Season Of Mist 000018 2005 CD Season Of Mist 1999 CD Season Of Mist 018

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Originally released in 1999 in Bloodthorn's native Norway, Onwards into Battle is not just a concept album, but a concept album that continues the story -- song begun on the band's debut, In the Shadow of Your Black Wings. (The story is something about some epic apocalyptic battle or something; as always with this kind of doom metal, it's best not to ask too many questions about the lyrical content, because you'll eventually just start giggling at the sheer absurdity of it all.) Musically, the album makes impressive use of an expanded instrumental arsenal, splitting the furious unison guitar riffs and blastbeat drum assaults with lengthy sections of surprisingly delicate keyboard atmospherics and wordless female vocals. By 2006, when this album was belatedly released in the United States, such things were becoming a prog metal cliché, but at the time of its release, this blend of aggression and prettiness sounded impressively fresh, and even in retrospect, Bloodthorn are far better at balancing the tricky dynamics between the two extremes. They abandoned both the story line and keyboardist Geir Mikael, and female singer Christine after the release of this album; later releases found the band turning into a more straightforward black metal outfit. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Name Credits Hakon Grav Photography Luis Royo Cover Art