Style: Melodic death metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: The horrors of World War I
Thoughts: There was a time in human history where the world was at war, The Great War they called it. A time when the technology of the weaponry had outgrown the tactics. A time when people were sent like lamb to the slaughter in the face of machine gun fire. Wave after wave of humans murdered as they were sent out of the trench and into no mans land.
Passiondale is God Dethroned's return to their early sound, but not lyrically. This album brings back the absolute ferocity that Bloody Blasphemy and The Grand Grimoire had. The band lost me for quite a few albums. I found that their intensity had waned over time and they never really recaptured the magic of the early albums... that was until this album.
Right out of the bat the band blasts out of the gate with Under a Darkening Sky with blast beats, intense riffs, and Henri sounding more ferocious than he has in many years. It's a hell of an opener and it's just a hint of what is to come.
The band has many surprises, including the return of acoustic guitars, longer melodic passages and even some clean vocals. All of these things were staples of the early works and the band has successfully recaptured them here. Returning to the roots is one thing, but doing so with such vigor and genuine energy as God Dethroned has is something else entirely.
Passiondale was the boost that the band needed, at least the one for me to get back into them. The band somehow managed to bring me back in after four mediocre albums. It's like welcoming an old friend home.
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