THRONEUM - Bestial Antihuman Evil (WORSHIP HIM - LP 2004)
Throneum is one of the most specific death
metal bands from the nowadays scene and I think I can say that from the very
beginnings those Poles had their own identity and play music, which is more
original than 99% of the rest of old school death metal bands. This originality
comes from many aspects: from the specific, usually quite messy and chaotic
production of their albums, the intense and usually damn fast and uncompromising
style of playing, finally also from Tom’s necro voice – he just sounds like
possessed – and so all these things make Throneum music original and I guess it
also makes them as one of those “love it or hate it” kind of bands… not
everyone can stand the pure, relentless force, chaos and bestiality of those
sounds and not everyone is able to truly dig it. But I can promise you that
once you get used to it, then you’ll enjoy it totally and it will just blow
your head off. Nowadays Throneum has a decent number of full length albums, but
their catalogue is also filled with a huge number of shorter releases: EPs,
spits, MLPs… Damn, I actually used to collect them all, but at some point I
resigned as I told myself there’s just too much of it and I stopped buying all
those 7”EPs and other such stuff, unless it is really something special. I think
I can say that “Bestial Antihuman Evil” belongs to the best and most
appreciated of all Throneum releases. This MLP, originally released in 2002 on
CD – and in 2004 on LP by Worship Him Records, and this is the version, which I
have (later it has also been repressed on digipack by Pagan Records) – truly confirmed
the quality of this band’s music and took it a step forward from “Old Death’s
Lair” LP… At that time I think the name Throneum has also started to be
recognised and appreciated also abroad of Poland.
Musically “Bestial Antihuman Evil” is a
recording, which can be described with three words: CHAOS, OBSCURITY, EVILNESS.
This death metal is certainly unlike anything else, it doesn’t sounds neither
Swedish or American, it also is completely different to most of the Polish
death metal bands. Sure, Throneum always confirmed that their main musical
influences lay in the 80’s and the early outburst of evil from bands like
Sarcofago, Possessed, Beherit, Sodom, Kreator, Bathory, Venom, Asphyx,
Hellhammer and so on and on… but even if some parts are clearly resembling some
of these bands, the whole music – with all its details, from start to finish –
has more individual face. And I’m sure you’ll know what I mean once you’ll
listen to “Bestial Antihuman Evil”. The first song from the MLP, “Godless
Antihuman Evil”, is a phenomenal example of Throneum’s morbid and insanely
bestial death metal. This song is damn fast, relentless like a legion of demons
unleashed from hell to create some chaos and bloodshed, but at the same time
there’s a nice and memorable sort of chorus part, which will make you scream
along with Tom those three words: “Godless Antihuman Evil”!!! The whole MLP is
all about violent and aggressive music, with no time to be wasted for useless
intros or melodic stuff, and so “Death From Beyond Hell” and “Fuck Me Dead”
will blow in your face with nuclear strength. And side B of the vinyl is pretty
much the same – cacophonic riffs, aggression and bestiality, totally evil and
morbid atmosphere… plus there’s a killer cover of Beherit’s “Dead Inside”,
which turns out to be the only slow song from the whole MLP (and also not the
most obvious choice for the Beherit cover, even though I must say that I just
love this cover, it has been played and arranged brilliantly!). But what a
crushing finish it is!
So, whatever you may think of the cruel and
raw, almost primitive production of this MLP and whatever you’ll think of the
merciless playing of Thronuem, I can assure you that “Bestial Antihuman Evil” is
one of their best releases and if you don’t feel convinced by it then don’t
waste your time on this band anymore, as none of their releases will convince
you either. Personally I like it a lot and stand on the side of the supporters of
this killer Polish band.
Standout tracks: “Godless Antihuman Evil”, “Fuck
Me Dead”, “Dead Inside”
Final rate: 80/100
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