Album Review: Blood Red Throne - Nonagon
Reviewed by Daniel Phipps
Formed 26 years ago Norway's Blood Red Throne has quite the history. The band between 2001 & 2016 were good for a full length record every couple of years and have regularly been seen touring all over to accompany these records. The band have still been regularly putting out records just not quite with the same consistency over the years and Nonagon is the band's 11th record which will see release at the end of January.
Now personally I'm not the biggest fan of Scandinavian death metal if I'm honest, but luckily for me Blood Red Throne does not sound like your typical Scandinavian death metal band. Nonagon has a style very much in the vein of the scene during the earlier years of Blood Red Throne’s existence focusing on a mixture of groove and aggression rather than jumping straight for an all out brutal approach to death metal.
It's a strong output led by a rock solid thick sound as each song provides your ears with a selection of really killer song writing complete with some really nicely composed hooks, mixed with flashes of technicality and sheer brute force which is all killer and no filler and it showcases Blood Red Throne’s ability to stay true to what they do and to the style of death metal they are known for producing and ensure that they can keep there musical outputs interesting for listeners new and old.
Nonagon is a slab of no nonsense death metal, which whilst having a nostalgic touch still sounds fresh and as relevant in 2024 as it would have done if it had been released 2 decades earlier. I think this is a record which should stack up well and be a continued enjoyable listen.
