Those Once Loyal
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Those Once Loyal is the eighth and final album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was released on 11 November 2005 in Germany, 14 November 2005 in the rest of Europe and 15 November 2005 in the United States by Metal Blade Records. It was recorded and mixed at Sable Rose Studios [1] in Coventry, England. It is produced by the band and Andy Faulkner. With Bolt Thrower deciding against releasing a follow-up to Those Once Loyal,[1] it was Bolt Thrower's final studio album before breaking up a year after drummer Martin Kearns' death in September 2015.[2]
Like all of Bolt Thrower's albums, Those Once Loyal deals with war, specifically World War I. The cover shows a World War 1 QF 18 pounder field gun and its crew in action and is based on an original WW1 photograph.[3] The picture is also found on the back side of the Guards Memorial in St James's Park in London.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [4] |
| Allmusic |  [5] |
| Blabbermouth |   [6] |
| PopMatters | [7] |
| Terrorizer | 8.5/10[8] |
Ian Finley praised the album in Terrorizer as "immune to the corrupting influence of all musical trends" while offering "the epitome of what a metal album should be: hard, fast and uncompromising".[8]
Track listing
All songs written by Bolt Thrower
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "At First Light" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Entrenched" | 3:44 |
| 3. | "The Killchain" | 4:43 |
| 4. | "Granite Wall" | 4:06 |
| 5. | "Those Once Loyal" | 4:17 |
| 6. | "Anti-Tank (Dead Armour)" | 4:15 |
| 7. | "Last Stand of Humanity" | 3:13 |
| 8. | "Salvo" | 5:21 |
| 9. | "When Cannons Fade" | 5:30 |
| Total length: | 43:43 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 10. | "A Symbol of Eight" | 4:10 |
Personnel
- Bolt Thrower
- Karl Willetts – vocals
- Gavin Ward – guitars
- Barry Thompson – guitars
- Jo Bench – bass guitar
- Martin Kearns – drums
- Production
- Arranged by Bolt Thrower
- Produced by Bolt Thrower & Andy Faulkner
References
- ^ "BOLT THROWER: New Album Recordings 'Postponed Indefinitely'". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ "Bolt Thrower : Latest News". Boltthrower.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ File:QF18pdrRHA.jpg, QF 18 pounder in 1916.
- ^ About.com review Archived 2009-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Blabbermouth review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ a b Finley, Ian (December 2005). "Bolt Thrower: Those Once Loyal". Terrorizer (138): 68.
