THRONEAEON: With Sardonic Wrath CD NO BACK COVER! Death Metal a la Deicide. Check AUDIO

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“well-structured songs with a fucking brutal production! Throneaeon play death metal and really resemble Deicide. So they’re not original but who cares when they blast you away with their songs like “Despise for god”, “Sardonic intent”, “Blasphemous prediction” and “Entwined to the lies of the light”. If you love Deicide or are in need of blasphemous death metal, do not hesitate!!

1. Despise for God 03:54
2. Sardonic Wrath 04:43
3. Blasphemous Prediction 02:33
4. Entwined to the Lies of the Light 05:08
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Technical progression and a display of prominence – 89%

Throneaeon, after storming the underground with their 2nd demo, “Carnage”, which is literally quite possibly the best demo since the glory days of Morbid Angel “Thy Kingdom Come” and Vader’s “Morbid Reich,” arrive here with their first official release in the form of a 4-song EP entitled “With Sardonic Wrath.”

If you know Threoneaeon, or are familiar with their sound, you will know what to expect here. Following the brilliantly simple and concise technicality featured on “Carnage”, Throneaeon show up this time with even more technical twists and turns. The early Suffocation and Deicide single-note “climbing” technical riffs show up all over the opening track, “Despise For God”. This highlights the main progression that the band has engaged in, which is their increased technicality. Now, this can either be a hindrance or an asset. I’m not sure which it is, because it is obviously more technical than “Carnage,” which featured enough technicality to make things interesting while keeping the songs short, to-the-point, and effective.

Here, though, I feel they kind of overshot the runway with getting a little too technical. The songs are still incredible, and the playing is fucking fantastic, but one of the things that I liked about “Carnage” was how they kept the technicality reserved for special areas, to kind of put an exclamation point on things. But here, the band has used it much more. So, thats up to you to decide how you feel about it. The material here has many more twisting head-turns and technical wrap-arounds to satisfy even the most intellectual of Suffocation or even Necrophagist fans.

However, the technicality aspect also brings up another clear advantage: their progression as musicians. I mean, wow! Roger Sundquist’s performance here on drums is absolutely mind-blowing. Its incredible how this release didn’t garner him the recognition and adulation that Pete Sandoval commands, because the drum performance on this release is, without exaggeration, downright stupendous. His command of the double bass and doing different things with this hands over top is just awe-inspiring. Also impressive is the way Sundquist follows the guitar riffs; his drum patterns are tightly locked with the guitars, and this adds further to the technical landscape because the drums really kind of inflate the disorienting sense of the technical runs. Regardless of how he came up with these patterns and how he can play them, I am still trying to figure out how he can REMEMBER all of them! Truthfully, this drum performance ranks up there with Doug Bohn on Suffocation’s “Pierced From Within” and Pete Sandoval on “Blessed Are The Sick”.

Production-wise, this album is a little stiffer than “Carnage”. The production has improved considerably, with the instruments achieving a crisp clarity that really lets all the details shine. The drums sound triggered, but the kick drums have a really nice tight low-end punchy sound to them that allows them to cut through the mix. The snare and toms may be triggered; they sound really snappy and clear the way Horghs drums sound on “Sons of Northern Darkness”. The cymbals are bright and clear, easily-heard just like Tony Laureano on “In Their Darkened Shrines”. I can see how some may be put off by the sound, but I think it works and it really lets the listener pick up on all of the intricate details that this band has created. So, in a way, I think they deserved this sound, because they progressed in a way that should rightfully be highlighted. But believe me, this is no “Ageless Venomous”. The closest overall drum sound may be Pete’s sound on “Gateways To Annihilation” but with a little more warmth and body to the sound and not as brittle.

Guitar-wise, the sound is pretty standard, if a little dry. It actually sounds like the band turned down the gain on their amps just a little bit, which allows more pick articulation to come through and allows the players to have a little more command of the amp and having it respond to the nuances of their playing. This also helps to tighten up the sound, rather than having the gobs of compression and gain-saturation that, say, Hate Eternal uses. In sonic character, it actually sounds a lot like Morbid Angel’s guitar sound on Gateways, too, but with the body of like… Vader’s “De Profundis” sort of. I know that Trey doesn’t max out his gain either, which allows the sound to be tigher and more responsive, which is exactly what Throneaeon accomplished here.

Vocally, Tony Freed gives another outstanding performance of hate-filled death growling. He uses some of the double-tracking that Glen Benton used, and actually sounds more like an individual on this recording, whereas before he sounded very much like Benton. I guess it would be a combination of Glen Benton, Steve Tucker, and a hint of Corpsegrinder.

Anyway, in summation, I feel this is a worthy release to follow the brilliance of “Carnage”. I wish they had perhaps re-recorded some of the “Carnage” material or included more songs, because I think that they would have had much more of an impact on the global scene had they followed such a classic demo with a full-length, rather than an EP. The music and their abilities are clearly above and beyond that which is required for international success, and its a shame they never got it, because they really deserved it.

My rating is based on the less song-writing focus of the material and the slightly stiff production. If the production was a little warmer, that may have obscured some of the technical elements and smeared it into a more cohesive “song” focus like what is found on “Carnage”. But that is just what I think. Your view may be totally different; however, so I urge you to download this and check it out. And if you can find a copy, BUY IT!!!!!! This is a rarity, and a worthwhile addition to every collection. If you search Google, there are distros that still have copies, rather than relying on the absurd ebay prices. I got mine for $5 USD from Drakkar a few months ago, so…. they’re out there.

So, any way that you look at it, this release is killer, and this band is worth remembering and revisiting. I listen to them usually at least 3 or 4 times a day. A fan of any death metal persuasion will eat this up and keep coming back, whether your preference is the thrash-based Floridian style of Deicide and Malevolent Creation, the more brutal pounding Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation sound, the scathing cosmic chewing of Morbid Angel and Mithras, the Brazilian blast-assault of Rebaelliun and Nephasth, or the Dutch brutality of Centurian and Severe Torture, this material should be heard by everyone.

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Ace debut! – 80%

So, what do we have here… “With Sardonic Wrath” by Throneaeon (now know as Godhate) is the band’s first MCD, four deicide-like death metal anthems filled with groove, blasting drums, catchy choruses, top-notch riffs and great solos. Americanized death metal played with a Swedish twist.

The band got a nice sound, bass is way too low in the mix, as usual, but in the end the production is more than ok, lots of punch, crunchy yet clear guitar tone and clear drums as well, would have done something with the kick drums tho, somehow they sound a bit sloppy to me. Main man Tony Freed did an ace performance, he owns a nice growl with a deep roar-like ending, complemented with the usual high-pitched scream, guess you know what I mean.

Don’t wanna get into a song by song review really… the four tunes are completely consistent and once “Despise By God” kicks in, you know the band knows exactly how to deliver blasting death metal without losing the sense of groove. The lyrics are straight anti-christian, typical stuff, nothing too fancy really, same with the artwork.

So, “With Sardonic Wrath” is a great MCD, semi-technical death metal played with lots of feeling and anger, the way is supposed to be played I guess. Highly recommended for fans of old Deicide, Morbid Angel and Floridian death metal in general.

For an MCD this gets a solid 8 out of 10… great debut!

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