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Thronar - For Death and Glory

A Gift From the Gods - 99%

Basilisk, July 14th, 2008

Thronar has shown its face with this, their debut album “For Death & Glory” and it is indeed glorious. Aside from the two instrumental interludes, every song is hammering heavy, original, tight, fast, and impressively memorable.

You can sing along and bang your head at the same time; Thronar’s guitars and harsh-vocals are heavy and articulate, the drums are pummeling. This abets the conjuring of a sound reminiscent of Amon Amarth. But Thronar also throw magnificent clean vocals and keyboards into the mix adding an element of melody to the striking strength of the aforementioned instruments.

In picking a favourite song, every one is fair game. My personal favourite is ‘Hunt For Vengeance’ for its adrenaline-spewing keyboard riffs and its raw epic ambience. But every song is good; I can’t say there is a song on this album that I don’t like.

That is the main reason (and a very good one) why this album scores so well. It’s great music, it’s a great album. Here’s hoping Thronar’s next album meets the standard they’ve set with “For Death & Glory.”

Thronar - 99%

SpiralLoiter, June 19th, 2007

Thronar, an atmospheric battle metal band from the Netherlands, which was formed in 1998 under the name Cerberus, released in 2005 their first full-length album For Death And Glory, which contains some great battle and war related pieces.

I first heard this album few month ago; a friend of mine sent it as a recommendation for Turisas-like music, and truly, Thronar’s music resembles Turisas a lot: epic and bombastic synths accompanied by mean and loud, yet not monotonic, death vocals done by the talented vocalist Donderbaard in The Hunt For Vengeance, for example, while keeping the song metal with distorted guitar riffs and angry drumming.

War chants, battle cries and some clean singing are also an important ingredient, and can be spotted in every song in this album, especially in songs like Crimnor Valora, Where Sword and Axe And Bow Strike.
The whole album is like a battlefield, and every song tells us about bloody battle fought on it. While listening to songs like To Kill And Be King, Screams of Thunder, For Death and Glory I felt like I was standing amongst my barbarian brothers, waiting and preparing for a great battle, and singing with them these morale-lifting songs… “For death, for death and glory!”, and honestly, I felt better immediately. My spirit is ready for battle!

Of course, after an exhausting fight, a good warrior always takes a break.
Dainar’s Last Rites is an instrumental track combining beautiful and relaxing piano playing with touching guitar notes, however, this song is placed in the middle of the album, telling us that the war is still not over. The last instrumental piece, The Butcher’s Bill, ends the war, and the album, with Thronar warriors standing on the corpses of their enemies, with axes and swords up in the air. “Hail the ones who ride by our side, death to the ones who still deny. Now that the lands are free at last, we hunt down those who praise the past.”

This album is a battle metal masterpiece, and in my opinion, is even better than Turisas‘ Battle Metal, or any Amon Amarth releases. Honestly, my fellow warriors, if you still haven’t heard this release, get your boots on and go ahead to the local music shop for Death and Glory!

Battle Metal at it's finest - 99%

Vikinglord71, May 17th, 2006

I discovered a little band called Thronar a couple of months ago. One of my friends told me about Thronar's For Death and Glory, so I though I'd check it out. I was glad I did, this album is probably one of the best albums I've ever heard. If I could sum up the sound of Thronar, I could say they sond like Amon Amarth with a folk influence. The album is great all around, a definate must have.

The first song "To Kill and Be King" This is probably my favorite track on the whole CD. I love the way the horns compliment the clean vocals. It really is truley like setting foot into a battle field. This song is probably the most catchiest as well. "And we will fight, where others fall In every war, Thronar prevails Our enemies, face to the ground Their heads will roll, their blood will flow". Absolutley one of the best lyrics I've ever heard, and the catchiest, I can's stop singing it.

The second song "Gift From the Gods" has some pretty cool guitar riffs in it. This song also has some great lyrics that I keep singing in my head over and over again. "I took the sword from my dying father's hand His last words: "Run my son, the prophecy will prevail"". Simply amazing Is all I have to explain it.

The third song "The Hunt for Vengeance" has some reall cool horn parts in it. Has a bit of Amon Amarth style riffs in at as well. I enjoy the battle cries in the background. Definitley another awesome song.

The fourth song "Crimnor Valora" has a pretty cool drum roll intro. I love the clean vocals in it once again. The lyrical value is pretty sweet, about a warrior named Crimnor dying for a worthy cause. The middle of the song breaks down with some cool drumming and horns.

The fifth song "Dainar's Last Rites" is all instrumental, but very melodic. It's just soothing guitars and a piano. Kind of a boring filler, but still sweet.

The sixth song "For Death and Glory" is also another one of my favorites. It jumps right in from the last song with a cool guitar intro. I like the chorus as well in this song, very melodic. Has some cool guitar solos in it with some sweet double bass going on.

The seventh song "Scream of Thunder" is one of the more obscure songs on the album. It is a pretty awesome song, but slightly different. It starts out with some fast drumming and an organ. They also incorporate a hammer banging steel in the background, which is pretty sweet.

The eighth song "Where Sword, Axe and Bow Strike Together" has a cool keyboard intro. There is some pretty cool guitar riffs in the middle of the song, with some soloing in threre. I like the battle chants in the middle of the song, followed by the keyboards. The chorus is pretty catchy, then breaks down to a slow guitar soloing with a piano, with lyrics that reflect the end of the battle and Thronar being victorious. Amazing is all I have to describe to say it.

The ninth and last song "The Butcher's Bill" another instrumental, starts off with the wind blowing and crows in the background, and goes into piano. Has some slow guitar parts though the rest of the song, along with the piano, and then the song ends, only a 1:26 song.