Necrotic Nick, Jammin' Jon and Shedlord go through and rank the discography of death metal legends Bolt Thrower! DownFall NetWork / @downfallnetwork
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@superunknown28124 жыл бұрын
I will say Bolt Thrower went out with a bang with there last and final album For those once loyal that and the 4th crusade are my favourites.
@thrallsofmetal4 жыл бұрын
Necrotic Nick- Agreed. For Those Once Loyal is epic in every sense of the word.
@kaptaink18973 жыл бұрын
Bolt Thrower gets points for self-awareness and integrity. I can't think of another band with an extensive discography, that went out on top.
@bschuler62163 жыл бұрын
@@kaptaink1897 Absolutely
@robertocaba59153 жыл бұрын
Literally closing their career with one of their most memorable epic tunes "When Cannon Fades"...what an awesome band. To me all the pieces fell into place after kiddie entered on drums, way better drummer than Whale. Even the guy who did the drums on Mercenary was much better. But yeah, I love BT unconditionally...
@knokkelturi4 жыл бұрын
Strange how taste differs. IV Crusade is a classic to me and the best BT album alongside Those once Loyal and For Victory. Been a fanboy since I first heard it in 92/93:)
@thrallsofmetal4 жыл бұрын
Necrotic Nick- As much as I do love that one, it did fall a bit just in comparison to others in their discography. Being a giant old school death metal fan War Master and Realm of Chaos were going to be at the top for me. Still, this has been one of my personal favorite rankings thus far.
@d.bulldozeTravelsofaHeadbanger2 жыл бұрын
Not alone Fredrick kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLaRlLZmu9SYiZs.html
@100hollands54 жыл бұрын
Bolt Thrower is like a machine , it rolls over you turn around it rolls over you again turn around and it rolls over you again and again and again....... Absolutely love this band for more than 30 year’s!!!! 💪🏻🤘🏻
@joaol67894 жыл бұрын
mercenary is my favorite. love all of them
@mattw44614 жыл бұрын
5) The IV Crusade 4) Realms of Chaos 3) For Victory 2) Those Once Loyal 1) War Master I don't have the other ones so I left them off my list. One of those bands I loved but never got to see them live.
@SquibbeyJenkins4 жыл бұрын
The first four albums are incredible, I would say they are some of the highest quality releases in all of death metal. Honestly all of their albums are overall enjoyable
@DragonFist93234 жыл бұрын
Finally a Bolt Thrower video
@ShrapnelBandOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Warmaster and IVth Crusade are my favs (the latter got me into them) Actually just picked up WM/RoC/...FV on vinyl from Earache yesterday. Great video guys!
@kaptaink18973 жыл бұрын
Probably the hardest discography to rank. First to last, their albums are near equal in quality. 1. Those Once Loyal 2. Realm of Chaos 3. Mercenary 4. The IVth Crusade 5. In Battle there is No Law 6. ...For Victory 7. War Master 8. Honor - Valor - Pride This made me want to listen to Bolt Thrower now. The entire discography. In chronological order.
@rusbell29815 ай бұрын
This discography video series is the absolute best! I hope you guys continue to do this!
@happymonkeyfish10 ай бұрын
Realm of Chaos is easily my favorite album, its so heavy and ahead of the curve to me when it comes to early death metal, i love the guitar work and the solos, the organicness of the rhythm in the songs and how the themes mesh with the music. Killer album
@loganc11582 жыл бұрын
My second favorite death metal bands of all time behind Death! I love every album. 8. In Battle There is No Law! 4/5 7. Honor, Valor, Pride 4/5 6. War Master 4.5/5 5. Realm of Chaos 4.5/5 4. Mercenary 4.5/5 3. …For Victory 5/5 2. The IVth Crusade 5/5 1. Those Once Loyal 5/5
@Williameagleblanket3 жыл бұрын
Man, Bolt Thrower was one of the best live bands I have ever seen. May 2013 in Seattle with Benediction. 🇬🇧🤘🎸 RIP Martin Kearns. 😔
@hvitekristesdod2 жыл бұрын
My personal ranking 8. In Battle There Is No Law 7. Honour, Valour, Pride 6. Realm of Chaos 5. War Master 4. The IVth Crusade 3. For Victory 2. Those Once Loyal 1. Mercenary 🤘🤘
@radupitica2 жыл бұрын
Yea this is pretty much mine as well. Those once loyal really is top and mercenary is so underrated.
@mikepenny89405 ай бұрын
Watching this video for the 12th time in the future (2024) Bolt thrower is life!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍👍
@devildozer3 жыл бұрын
The 4th Crusade is the album that got me hooked on Bolt Thrower, it was released when I had a death metal show on college radio so naturally Earache sent the station a copy.
@somerandommetalhead89822 жыл бұрын
My ranking would be 1. IVth Crusade 2. Mercenary 3. For Victory 4. Those Once Loyal 5. War Master 6. Realms Of Chaos 7. In Battle There Is No Law 8. Honor Valour Pride
@AltheSpiderlord2 жыл бұрын
YES! You recognised What Dwells Within as one of the BEST RIFFS OF ALL TIME. Bolt Thrower never really made a bad album. They are sadly missed
@MarcoCuauhtemocMejia2 жыл бұрын
Really liking the videos, good work
@joshallen3558 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the Cenotaph riff is actually the World Eater outro riff, except that album was played in A so it doesn't sound the same. It's played the same way though. Great vid as always, Bolt Thrower fucking rules!
@mikepenny89405 ай бұрын
4th crusade, for victory, those once loyal, the nerds are here. We are the nerds. Life is music, Warhammer 40k and history 👍👍🔥🔥
@godetonter47642 жыл бұрын
What a great band. I have read comments about people not liking Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel and even Death, but everyone seems to never have anything bad to say about Boltthrower
@THIRSTYGUMS10 ай бұрын
They don't have a bad album
@vanruin2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your channel. Seem to be all decent well rounded smart group of guys with a great musicians point of view. Will recommend to all my death metal buddies and will share with all the country loving high steel Ironworkers (feel they need to have Bolt Thrower blaring on a big job for all to enjoy as we hang and bang) whether they like it or not. Amazing channel should have 100k subscribers. Stay Death
@crazywhiteboy83583 жыл бұрын
Great Band lucky enough to have seen them 3 times! Hopefully they’ll reunite one day
@cruelhandman2 жыл бұрын
Mercenary is my favorite, wild.
@charleswood1234 жыл бұрын
Those One Loyal for me followed by IVth Crusade. You guys are great. I like how you go in discography order and give your rankings as you go.
@zer0ed779 Жыл бұрын
Great video. As previously mentioned, very challenging discography to rank. I won't dare do it. That said, as a very old school Bolt Thrower fan, Honor.Valor.Pride was a high ranking album for me since the day it came out. I always try to champion that one. Also, one of the best shows I have ever been to was seeing them in, I think, 1991 at the decades gone Bayou Club in Georgetown, Virginia. To this day, one of the wildest pits. Fairly certain that show is responsible for many back issues as an adult.
@fadedidentity2 жыл бұрын
I wish they kept their guitars tuned to A like they did on Realm of Chaos. it’s my favorite album of theirs almost solely because of the guitar work. super low, super heavy, amazing riffs, amazing tone.
@DragonFist93234 жыл бұрын
My favorite is WAR MASTER but I love them all anyways
@Henry_117-u3u3 ай бұрын
Honour valour pride War Master and For Victory are my favorite bolt thrower albums.
@markgilbert97692 жыл бұрын
Bolt Thrower is a band that I love. I have all their albums. Warmaster is still my #1 fav.
@slickleg6066 Жыл бұрын
I've thought the same thing!! All their title tracks are among my favorites.
@Death_Metal_Head Жыл бұрын
Yes, As The World Burns is my favorite track off of that album as well.
@Vitsi59352 ай бұрын
My top three Bolt Thrower albums are: 1.The IVth Crusade 2.Realm of Chaos 3.Warmaster
@lancewright1222 Жыл бұрын
Those Once Loyal and IVth Crusade are my favorites. Sometimes I find myself listening to those albums on a loop. Love that funky Bolt Thrower beat. First heard World Eater on a Grindcore compilation album back in 90-91 but I've been hooked since I first found War Master in a used CD store back in 92-93. Being more of a Doom fan than Death Metal, Realms of Chaos and In Battle there is no Law are a bit too raw for me but I can appreciate their importance. 1. Those Once Loyal 2. IVth Crusade 3. For Victory 4. War Master 5. Mercenary 6. Honor Valour Pride 7. Realms of Chaos
@TheMetalGaia3 жыл бұрын
Man, you guys made me realize that I was too down on War Master over the years. Idk why but I skipped over it to go straight to IV Crusade and For Victory, but after going back, War Master is so damn good!
@richardwharram4955 Жыл бұрын
1.) Those Once Loyal 2.) The IVth Crusade 3.) Realm Of Chaos 4.) For Victory 5.) Mercenary 6.) Honour, Valour, Pride 7.) In Battle There Is No Law 8.) Warmaster
@wheelsofmercury2 жыл бұрын
Bolt Thrower is a band that--even if you've only listened to them a few times like I have--has a sound that is instantly recognizable, with one of the best guitar tones EVER! I'm excited to watch this sometime.
@Intermentor2 жыл бұрын
...For Victory will always be my nr. 1
@MrWeed-nk1zk5 ай бұрын
my personal ranking 8.honour valour pride 7.in battle there is no law 6.mercenary 5.for victory 4.war master 3.realm of chaos 2.those once loyal 1.the IV crusade
@Gravy125511 ай бұрын
For victory Those once loyal 4th crusade Realm of chaos Mercenary Honor Valor pride War Master In battle As the residential Bolt Thrower lover, this is the only ranking.
@MrLando04 жыл бұрын
3. Mercenary 2. For Victory 1. IV Crusade
@thrallsofmetal4 жыл бұрын
Necrotic Nick- I agree with For Victory being up that high. They have a great discography overall though.
@michaeluy1146 ай бұрын
great band. I wish I listened to them more yrs ago because I heard cenotaph in the 90's when metal kinda sucked. Every album I listen to is great. my favorite for now is war master, realms, for victory, IV crusade
@Metalbob0112 жыл бұрын
BOLTTHROWER IS EPIC \M/ Only band that I when I discovered I listen to them weekly for 10 years.
@peterock42102 жыл бұрын
Like these rankings a lot. Gotta weigh in on 4th Crusade. Way higher for me.
@hornyconvict Жыл бұрын
take a shot every time Jon says "mix"
@Cattani19824 жыл бұрын
Ok, Shred mentioning Warhammer 40k and ranking Honour Valour Pride pretty high means I can now finally forgive him for burying Into the Pandemonium. Just no fuck ups from here on plz. Also cheers Jon for ranking The IVth Crusade pretty high. I love them all, but that's probably my favourite.
@JackoBanon19 ай бұрын
Besides everything that has been said so far I have to add that Honour, Valour, Pride really grew on me over time and is now in my top3 even though the different singer made it almost feel like listening to a different band. But the instruments are Bolt Thrower at its finest!
@J_Stamps863 жыл бұрын
I'm a year late to this list. Glad you gave my buddy Dingram props. Best thing about IVth Crusade is Josh Barnett walking to the cage for MMA fights to the title track.
@dalegriffin6768 Жыл бұрын
The first song I heard from BOLT THROWER was Killchain and that was what opened the door to all there music,I really can't say what my favorite album is because I love all there music,but if I was forced to give an answer it would be For Victory
@houstonburkhead51882 жыл бұрын
I was actually quite surprised that you ranked IVth Crusade as low as you did.
@Brunetto464 жыл бұрын
The fourth crusade still my favourite
@philipdeppen36443 жыл бұрын
War Master for me as well. That album has it all. Death Doom and Thrash with lots of grit and groove. Extremely creative album for sure. Extremely memorable album
@DScott-cu2zk9 ай бұрын
For Victory got me into this band
@grindmtl11 ай бұрын
1 War Master 2 Realm of chaos 3 for victory 4 Iv crusade 5 Mercenary 6 those once loyal 7 In battle there is no law 8 Honour Valour Pride but still love all the BT albums 🤘🏻
@carlosjantarada72122 жыл бұрын
Perhaps my favorite Death Metal band ever and a fan since 1990. Not a single bad album in their catalogue. 8 - Mercenary 7 - ...For Victory 6 - In Battle There Is No Law 5 - War Master 4 - Honor Valor Pride 3 - The IVth Crusade 2 - Those Once Loyal 1 - Realm Of Chaos
@cameronthomas5787 ай бұрын
Those Once Loyal is their Magnum Opus, though very refreshing to hear Warmaster finally get a solid mention.
@cameronthomas5787 ай бұрын
The opening to Profane Creation is so heavy and foreboding 🤘
@elviradark6902 Жыл бұрын
Shit, I really didn't know that Mercenary considered the worst their album (I also saw other reviews which ranked it low), I always thought that it's an amazing release almost on par with For Victory LOL
@martinolopezcastro97394 жыл бұрын
Mercenary is critical underrated as fuck
@thrallsofmetal4 жыл бұрын
Necrotic Nick- Even though I didn't care for as much as the others, it's still a pretty decent album.
@bschuler62163 жыл бұрын
I was relistening to Mercenery recently, and it sounded a lot better than i remember it sounding. This album has groove (and I am not a fan of groove metal), and it flows. I can just press play and go about my quarantined day in a great, pumped mood.
@dfnoshamps Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Best BT album by far for me
@yvesheinrich501310 ай бұрын
If I was watching this video at the time it was released, I would also agree on War Master being #1, which really caught me by surprise. It used to be my favorite Bolt Thrower album, but ultimately Realms of Chaos won me over.
@rememberbeginning2 жыл бұрын
Those once Loyal, Warmaster, for Victory and Mercenary are my top #4. #5 could be any of the others on any given day. I actually like Honour, Valour, Pride as well! Dave Ingram has an incredible voice for death metal vocals...cheers guys🍻
@jaysonlee43948 ай бұрын
Favorite Death Metal band of all time.. Got that Death Groove..
@elitalkswith5134 жыл бұрын
I love this video however to me For Victory is my favorite albums from them.
@henrygonzales16294 жыл бұрын
I honestly got into this band just a week ago and my favorite album by them currently is Honor Valour Pride I was listening to Obituary's Cause Of Death during this time and I figured I should look into Bolthrower and I was just blown away by how that Album impacted my growth towards adventuring more death metal bands that people don't really talk alot about and of course popular death metal bands and Bolthrower is for sure one of my favorite bands for sure to headbang and listen to and of course theirs better Bolthrower albums but I definitely enjoyed it.🔥🤘🏽
@derlustigepete2 жыл бұрын
Agree on Mercenary but NO GUTS NO GLORY still rules💪🏻
@lofiwire79173 жыл бұрын
That dude on the far right knows what the hell he's talking about
@erikmathis53218 ай бұрын
Mercenary rules
@georgecarlin366811 ай бұрын
My favorite album still Realm of Chaos and always will be!!!
@3wheelife Жыл бұрын
God, why does the Mercenary album get so much “hate” lol my favorite BT album! My fave albums are your least fave, vise versa. I didn’t enjoy their first albums as much as my top 6. Good to see other opinions though 1. Mercenary 2. Honour Valour Pride 3. Those once loyal 4. For Victory 5. IVth Crusade 6. War Master 7. Realm of chaos 8. In battle
@rutbuck1214 жыл бұрын
Great Review again fella's! I have ONE favor to ask from you guy's i REALLY want to hear you guys review my all time favorite band...EXODUS! They have a 10 album Discography that i think holds a lot of weight to any of the Big 4. Would love to hear you're thoughts take care fella's!
@thrallsofmetal4 жыл бұрын
Necrotic Nick- We’re going to wait for the new Exodus to drop so we can review it and throw it in the ranking. Shred’s next axe wielder segment will be on Gary Holt though. 🤘
@bschuler62163 жыл бұрын
I only own 3 of their albums: Realms Of Chaos, IV Crusade & Mercenary. I've been close to purchasing War Master a few times (just waiting for a good price), and I will one day own Those Once Loyal. Realms Of Chaos doesn't quite do it for me (which is another reason i hesitated buying War Master), but i really dig IV Crusade and (unpopular opinion apparently) Mercenary.
@takodabostwick85072 жыл бұрын
1. War Master 2. Realm of Chaos 3. Those Once Loyal 4. ...For Victory 5. The IVth Crusade 6. In Battle There Is No Law 7. Honor - Valor - Pride 8. Mercenary
@Daggilus3 жыл бұрын
1. War Master 2. ...for victory 3. Honour Valour Pride 4. Those once Loyal 5. The IVth crusade 6. Mercenary 7. Realm of Chaos 8. In the Battle there is no Law
@zakillah97022 жыл бұрын
1. Realm 2. IVth Crusade 3. Warmaster 4. ...for Victory 5. In Battle 6. Those once loyal 7. Mercanary 8. HVP
@Dankmagician419 Жыл бұрын
For me realm of chaos is my no.1. I love going crazy to blast beat and ton of killer fast riff
@MarkPJordan2 жыл бұрын
It's tough. I'd love to grab the vinyl again, I want that unadulterated rush of the needle dropping and being 19 again and Bolt Thrower trampling my senses. But I'm wary of the band not receiving any money if I buy direct from Earache, even their Bandcamp seems to be run be run by Earache. Maybe the bands financial relationship with Earache has improved but if somebody could clarify that situation, that'd be awesome. I would love the band to receive the money I'd gladly spend on the music they created and enriched my life with.
@thrashmaniac992 жыл бұрын
My ranking: 1. The IVth Crusade 2. War Master 3. For Victory 4. Those Once Loyal 5. Realm of Chaos 6. In Battle, There is No Law 7. Honor - Valor - Pride 8. Mercenary
@paradoxofepicurus3 жыл бұрын
1. The IVth Crusade 2. War Master 3. Those Once Loyal 4. ..For Victory 5. Honor - Valor - Pride 6. Mercenary 7. Realm of Chaos 8. In Battle there is No Law
@craigroaring3 жыл бұрын
1: Warmaster I find it too hard to rank all albums. Plus i'm not too familiar with post IVth crusade. One of the things i liked about Realm of Chaos was the sound of the strings struggling and flopping with the low tuning.
@vrme44202 жыл бұрын
My absolute favorite band. I got to see them in France in 2011 and in London 2012. Great memories. 1. Those Once Loyal 2. War Master 3. Realm of Chaos 4. The IVth Crusade 5. For Victory 6. Mercenary 7. Honor Valor Pride 8. In Battle
@derrickkowalewski92393 ай бұрын
It's hard to pick a favorite Bolt Thrower album. For me its between Realms Of Chaos and Warmaster. Honor, Valor Pride is my least favorite. I do like all of their albums and are rare in bands that stick around for a while, everything they released is good
@rudolf884 жыл бұрын
For Victory....the Best
@korn4543 жыл бұрын
This would be impossible for me. Personally I think they never made a lackluster album.
@thrallsofmetal3 жыл бұрын
Necrotic Nick- This one was pretty tough. Even though I had Mercenary at the bottom there's still a lot I like about it. Not a bad problem to have with having too many solid albums.
@ardnagreine2 жыл бұрын
Love it Lads ...
@caseyrobertson55743 жыл бұрын
wow! i can't believe you guys don't like Mercenary that's my favorite album. the song Return from chaos is so damn heavy!
@thrallsofmetal3 жыл бұрын
Necrotic Nick- I think it’s alright, but for me it pales in comparison to their other albums.
@caseyrobertson55743 жыл бұрын
@@thrallsofmetal maybe i like it so much because it was the 1st album of theirs that i heard. i was in 6th grade when i bought the cassette. i love all their albums though War master is my 2nd favorite \m/
@JohnEvans-xg2bp Жыл бұрын
Maybe I'll get nuked for this in the comments...but I've always been a fan of Mercenary. I prefer Warmaster and IVth Crusade, but their supposed dud has some of their most beloved fam favorite songs like No Guts No Glory. Yes the mix isn't perfect, yes the band was tired in some ways, but each album is kind of its own thing. I've always thought of Mercenary as BT's most hardcore influenced album. You hear the sound today in bands like Frozen Soul, Judiciary, Creeping Death, Sunami, Tribal Gaze, Harm's Way, and Skourge
@doctorphibes6012 жыл бұрын
Cool ranking guys.. I thought about this for a long time but the only thing i can say is thats Mercenary is hands down their "worst" For the best i go for Those Once Loyal or maybe For Victory..Its pretty impossible to rank their stuff 'cause they are one of the most consistant bands ever imho
@EmrahUncu Жыл бұрын
Here is my ranking of Bolt Thrower's studio albums; kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a92aqdllyp2npY0.html
@sianthorw55376 ай бұрын
I love Bolt Thrower, but I cant have War Master as number 1. I think i am bias because when it was released, it was touted as "THE HEAVIEST ALBUM EVER MADE". It clearly wasnt and I was disgruntled
@michaeluy1145 ай бұрын
chainsword bolt thrower style band. But you guys probably know them
@JonnyJungle772 жыл бұрын
I can easily place Realm of Chaos in last place. Apart from that super difficult to rank the discography of Bolt Thrower. Warmaster is at the top though.
@stevenprice56814 ай бұрын
Can someone tell me why this band gets a lot of hate? I personally like a few albums more than others my list would be closer to nick’s list. I just don’t get the hate they get
@diabeticmonkey3 ай бұрын
Because people are quite literally brain dead.
@FEVfallout4 ай бұрын
You forgot that realm of chaos was downtuned by hardware harmonizers 3 semitones AFAIR, so it's a production trick. They probably couldn't get their hands at proper scale guitars / strings to get that low.
@FEVfallout4 ай бұрын
Also they downtuned every track (drums and vocals too) as far as I can tell.
@TunnelVisionAthletic11 ай бұрын
Comon Realm of Chaos is the best by far!
@THIRSTYGUMS10 ай бұрын
Man people.dont understand bolt thrower were not pro war 😅, they were all about the futility and suffering, "war is hell"
@glennbarret-jy5ut5 ай бұрын
World Eaters suck. Long live the Plague Bearer of the Death Guard and Papa Nurgle! And the Emperors Children to a lesser extent. Death metal and 40k is a combination made in heaven. Or hell, whichever is up your alley. I got into this band because I caught wind of a 40k concept album
@svenjeschke502511 ай бұрын
How can anyone not put For Victory on #1?
@KiwiDimi4 жыл бұрын
I saw them once is a small club. I had something like 18yo, knew only one song but I enjoyed the whole show, it was fucking awsome!
@VEGANzUmebies4 жыл бұрын
Fook yeah
@shutter13742 жыл бұрын
Idk why but War Master is the only Bolt Thrower I can't get into, it's something about the album's mix being too quiet for me. Afterlife is a banger though