Those once loyal

Bolt Thrower

Listening to Bolt Thrower‘s Those Once Loyal in preparation for seeing them at Maryland Deathfest, three things come to mind:

1. I severely underestimated it when I reviewed it three years ago. (I also wrote one hell of a crappy review.) Martin Kearns’ sense of groove is completely underrated.
2. 3:11 in “Anti-Tank (Dead Armour)”: best half-time groove EVER.
3. Landmine Marathon is basically a younger, spryer, grindier, female-fronted version of Bolt Thrower. I always knew the influence was there, but it didn’t fully register until now.

I’m going to the first two days (Friday and Saturday) of MDF. If you want to meet up, email me at invisibleoranges at gmail dot com. Tons of people I know are going. This should rule.

Anti-Tank (Dead Armour)