THRONEUM „The Unholy Ones EP”

Music: Blackened Death Metal
Website: http://www.geocities.com/throneum/throneum.html
Country: Poland

The group was originally formed in 1996 and called THRONE, but in 2000 they decided to change the name into THRONEUM, as yet another band of the name THRONE existed somewhere out there. Influenced by the death/black/speed/thrash and other aggressive stuff of the 80’s and 90’s, the band created a style, in which they do not try to look for progress. Their idea for music is to play the most aggressive, brutal and filthy metal, as possible.

And it is audible from the first sound, as the music is built upon a chaotic procedure, there is no such thing on this album, which would be coherent. The sound does not resemble anything at all, as it is only extremely loud and raw. Through the style of the performance, it is visible, that the band have some slight problems with pace, or maybe again, it is their style, to make such rhythmic mistakes. What is more, that poor performance, together with such weak material, do not predict anything good, as the compositions are dull, comprising of one motif only, served in two different ways. There is nothing what would attract the listener to this music.

If someone likes mouth-yelling crap, with insufficient performance, and wants to satisfy the most rotten instincts, it is an appropriate album for such person, because it only appeals to human-animal instinct. It changes men into dumb wild animals. But unfortunately, it does not work in reverse direction.

note: 4.5/10

Tracklist

1. Intro
2. Summoning the Master
3. Flammable Doom
4. The Unholy Ones
5. Oppose the Usurpers
6. Baptism
7. In The Sign of the Witch
8. On the Wings of Hell

Total playing time 17:33

Line-up

Tomasz – vocals, guitars
Marek – drums