Bolt Thrower Retrospective

Bolt Thrower are one of very few bands (let alone one of very few death metal bands) to have an absolutely perfect discography. Every album is masterclass and is everything death metal should be. This is Bolt Thrower!
Edited by Druid / @drewfkadruid
In battle there is no law!: 2:30
Realm of chaos: 5:25
War master: 7:40
The IVth Crusade: 10:41
For Victory: 12:43
Mercenary : 16:19
Honour - Valour - Pride: 18:31
Those once loyal: 20:45
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[@tomasruzic6917]

Best Bolt Thrower album: Varies from day to day and what mood I'm in. Worst Bolt Thrower album: There is no worst album. They are all 10/10 Bolt thrower fucking rules, anyone with functioning ears know that

[@Wheresthepepsibismol]

Bolt Thrower fucking rules they are better than Deicide in my opinion

[@phoenixzappa7366]

1st three albums I love. What's next ranked after that

[@robertocaba5915]

@@Wheresthepepsibismol BT destroys Deicide any day. Deicide have a very good first 3 albums and that's it really

[@peeledapples4176]

Jo Bench has one of the heaviest, most rumbling bass tones in metal. Like a thunderstorm during an earthquake.

[@The90pete90]

No, no she doesn’t.

[@EternaIWait]

Like a tank rolling through enemy lines.

[@TSE_WOODY]

@@The90pete90Who does then Pete you chode

[@Kcutthth]

Agree wholeheartedly.

[@jamescooper-hope6930]

And groovy af.

[@Mattulaak]

Bolt Thrower and DEATH are among the few bands to have a perfect discography.

[@DownFallNetWork]

Lol there are some bad death albums

[@DJ_ancore]

No there a no bad death album's

[@claytonshirey]

DownFall NetWork no? All their albums are 9/10 or 10/10. Far better then bolt thrower

[@DownFallNetWork]

LOL

[@claytonshirey]

DownFall NetWork oh

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

The true soundtrack to Warhammer 40K. I listen as I'm painting armies and I'm always inspired.

[@alphaniner3770]

that is how I found them - I was into 40K - and scanning through the CDs at the music store I spotted a space marine on a cover. Must have been in the early 90s.

[@j.j._]

Exactly a wet deam of war and destruction!

[@Bredavendavin]

I listen while playing Advanced Squad Leader

[@willdonohue1845]

Play them every time i paint/play my orks

[@efogg3]

Facts

[@denisjames8024]

by far the most underrated band ever .. as much as i wanted another album.. i do not think it is possible to top those once loyal.. one of the best albums ever

[@mrn234]

underrated are you kidding me ?

[@Zen-rw2fz]

There's memoriam, it's ok but karl's vocals didn't age that well

[@cahayakasih3268]

1.15 migthy karl wearing humiliation(malaysia) tshirt... Checkout this military death metal bands..this is underrated..

[@gaige8205]

underrated ever, I think not, not saying I dont think they are awesome

[@pedestrian6862]

@@cahayakasih3268 militan semesta glugluglgulglu semesta

[@BomageMinimart]

Bolt Thrower kept getting better at being Bolt Thrower until they finally released the most Bolt Thrower album possible, at which point they stopped writing new songs: they had achieved perfection and they knew it. Absolutely one of the greatest bands of all time. Good job with this video, eh; mad props.

[@moth7640]

I dont get why ppl don't like mercenary, i really love it

[@big_dave_7178]

Yea. Honour Valour Pride is generally ranked the weakest not Mercenary.

[@Orangeokie7]

Those Once Loyal is the king of all Bolt Thrower albums!

[@cdeccles]

Yes

[@pickle7428]

The IVth Crusade

[@shillian4770]

Mercenary for me is king

[@Orangeokie7]

@@shillian4770 there really isn't a wrong answer. This is why BT is my all time favorite death metal band. 🤘🏼

[@badtexasbill5261]

The IVth Crusade has a killer low end punch that is missing in some of their later work. Which is still good.

[@MnemonicHeadTrip]

I’m a big fan of the lower tuning in realm of chaos, I don’t think they ever went back to that

[@trefod]

Man, I bought "In battle there is no law" when it came out and became a death metal fan boy. Then they released Realms of Chaos and that settled my musical tastes for the next decade. I still hold these two albums up as the two best death metal albums ever. I like the cleanliness of Entombed and enjoy Pestilence and Morbid Angel etc. But nothing compares to Bolt Thrower taking my virginity back in the late eighties.

[@chrisford3559]

Dude I agree wholeheartedly! Give me my virginity back, let me hear Bolt Thrower for the first time.

[@Alonoda]

The repetetive riff appearing in some of the songs like powder burns, world eater, cenotaph etc.... is a great idea that creates a theme between albums... pretty special and epic

[@robertocaba5915]

Yup. Bob Marley did a similar thing live with Crazy Baldheads and Running away

[@bjoern_thun_dersteel]

I think the only Albums where the Riff doesnt shows is ...for victory, Honour-Valour-pride and "In Battle There's No Law!"

[@normanmacfarlane3049]

Absolutely LOVE Bolt Thrower. The best death metal band ever . Every album is killer and the artwork is just brilliant. Love these guys.

[@aboutthemetal8783]

Seriously underrated band

[@chaktsallo2165]

Seen them in Dublin 1991 on the War Master tour. What a night. The bouncers were stage diving too

[@GREENWARRI0R]

Nothing I love more than listening to someone talk about my one of my favorite bands of all time.

[@MrT6R6E6Y6]

This is the second, out of what I will spend the next year of my life watching. I'm 46, out of the womb MeTaL, absolutely love what you're doing !!!

[@Splitsplatofficial]

Mercenary was the album that became my intro to bolt thrower when I was 12 years old. I'm 25 now and still love bolt thrower to death. Call me a dweeb but Powder Burns is my all time favorite song of theirs. Just something about that riff and sound just does it for me and it has always been in my head since the first time I ever heard it. Love this fucking band!

[@skarmoon]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qF6saoCioaqWh5o

[@Guardsman-sy8qm]

7:09 that's not a bizarre title. That is just a son of Angron, Primarch of the XII legion. Yup I'm a super nerd. I'll go away now

[@MrZauberelefant]

It's underappreciated how bolt Thrower owed their very name and lots of song titles to Warhammer and were even featured in White dwarf mag...

[@Guardsman-sy8qm]

@@MrZauberelefant indeed

[@DorianColeman]

Salvo is no filler

[@jordanwilson5964]

Nothing is filler with bolt thrower

[@Wheresthepepsibismol]

Bolt Thrower, Death and the first four Metallica albums are my ultimate soundtrack to play Halo with when war master and creeping death play I'm ready to kill the whole entire covenant

[@markwillmott8936]

Lol, was actually at the gig you’re showing sporadically throughout the video. It was Jillys rock world in Manchester 93. Me and my friends thought it was a club night and stumbled on it by accident. Magnificent.

[@blo1able]

This was a fucking awesome video. Please keep doing these retrospectives.

[@aaronrichardson6755]

Mercenary was my introduction to the old school death metal genre and still my favourite album. I was a techno kid and listened to that album cover to cover and have never gone back!

[@marceldushnok3731]

Attack in the aftermath !!! ThanX to make this review ! Bolt Thrower was and is my favourite "Deathmetal" band.

[@forgemastermetal]

This is such a well put together "documentary". Fantastic work, Druid.

[@brettskie0752]

Thank you for the review on this insane legendary band. I Love this BAND!

[@chrisford3559]

Man I've really enjoyed this. Been loving Bolt Thrower since I was 14, 49 now and still one of my absolute favorite bands EVER!!!!!!!!

[@andrebrown3631]

Very underrated band I knew people who liked death metal and never heard of them, thanks for making this I also didn't realize I somehow missed two albums.

[@thebones9467]

LOVE IT!......Been into Bolt Thrower since the beginning.....

[@andreseniuk3141]

Hell Yeah 🤘. Love me some Bolt Thrower!!! Them and Benediction were some of the best death metal to come out during that era and easily the most underrated!!! Great work 🤘🤘🤘

[@urnggrung5778]

Just found this channel and I quite like it, very informative, very entertaining

[@brettskie0752]

Thanks for such a good review of an EPIC band!!

[@adamrichardson4332]

The cover of For Victory is British marines 'yomping' to victory across the Falklands. A small war against Argentina in the early 80's

[@southeast4624]

He's right,For victory is the only one I can listen to from start to finish, at least for now

[@gort9623]

2 months war

[@mazeoftorment805]

my favorite death metal band. own all of their albums on vinyl. war master and for victory are my 2 favorites.

[@mrn234]

still try to get atleast the repressings on vinyl but i dont have so much money atm But it was funny when i got my Honor Valor Pride DLP repress it hat a Poster with it but from the Mercenary repress gnaah

[@laynevlogz4922]

I got an OG gatefold copy of Warmaster signed by the entire band... 🤘

[@folden2008]

Honour-Valour-Pride and Mercenary are awesome albums so underrated for sure,I love all their albums they are my favourite Death Metal band,awesome video I was looking for this very informative love it

[@andreynikolaev4015]

One of my favourites. I like all the stuff they released but "Those Once Loyal" will be played at my funeral.

[@nof-bdybs6948]

Greatest DM band of all time.

[@Kotzgrinder]

The Motörhead of Death Metal. Even their weakest stuff is at least "good". And Seeing them live back in 2010 one of the greatest concerts i ever visited. A Pure, fucking wall of sound.

[@alanwhyte1348]

Bolt thrower are the best death metal band ever seen them about 7 times each time they blow me away fucking unreal live for hounor has to be my favorite album love the review dude great job

[@77numerouno]

Thanks for this great video 👍

[@SteveFamine]

Those Once Loyal and Realm of Chaos is my top album. I call Those Once Loyal is their best album. I've listened to it HUNDREDS of times while painting/lifting/cardio/anything. Hey Mercenary was solid as well! Great breakdown! This band is the stepping stone and gateway into the genre for tons of kids!

[@JEKAZOL]

Excellent video mate!

[@cenotaph8627]

From 2017 I began listening to metal and in 2019 I discovered Bolt Thrower and I'm obssesed with them. Every time I'm listeing to their songs/albums it just feels like it was for the first time. They brought me into war stories/history more than school or any other shit had. If I would get a chance to see them live (without Martin sadly) I would give everything.

[@spitfire656]

Saw them live some years ago in belgium,totally amazing band! Bolt thrower did not do any of the biggest festivals around but then they showed up for a little hardcore festival called ieperfest in my hometown,totally unexpected but so cool 😄 You can see the entire performance here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onSZgqqPfNWFbJo

[@Death_Metal_Head]

Literally zero bad albums and zero bad songs. Although, I'll go against the grain and admit that The IVth Crusade is my favorite album.

[@thrashmetalmaniac72]

Awesome! I loved this...

[@francissheridan7712]

you say it's not Grind and then tell me how long it is....dude, the whole of our city back then invented GRIND and this album is part of it!!!!

[@CharMcDaddy]

Agreed.. Spent most of my youth in Brum watching some legends in the making

[@adamtmiddleton9985]

There is only like two decent grindcore bands so who cares?

[@nickhoffman9256]

Warhammer + death metal =sheer perfection

[@reign8492]

My thoughts exactly 🤘

[@randyfowler7456]

Warmaster changed my life

[@Williameagleblanket]

Got to see Bolt Thrower May 2013 in Seattle. Epic concert it was. 🤘🎸☠️

[@ProfessorPedroLuciano]

Congrats from Brazil! Bolt Thrower rules!

[@januszkazmierski1640]

A bunch of seriously talented badasses, should get as just much recognition/fame as Morbid Angel, Deicide and Cannibal Corpse...

[@jonweber.8.756]

Dude...dude you ARE me lol. Pretty much everything I think about these guys you nailed.

[@EternaIWait]

Their final album is a Death Metal benchmark and the reason why they hadn't released anything else before splitting up. They felt Those Once Loyal was perfection and couldn't top it.

[@oldjack-mi8gk]

One of the most gratifying albums I’ve ever listened to, any genre. Start to finish everything is exactly right

[@bentheguitarlord8391]

Yea I personally think Mercenary is one of the bands best releases. It’s got a very solid catalog and has some of their best songs. Starts off with “Zeroed” and “Laid to Waste” which are both very strong and a great way to start off the album. Then “Return to Chaos” is in my opinion one of the heaviest songs off the album, followed by the title track which shows some amazing riffs and vocals. “To the Last...” is probably the weakest track off of the album but it’s still not bad at all. Then “Powder Burns” starts off the second half of the album and is personally one of my favourite Bolt Thrower songs. Although it can be somewhat repetitive at times, I think the riffs are absolutely amazing and it just flows well. “Behind Enemy Lines” is a solid song and brings us into the highlight of the album “No Guts, No Glory” which is one of the bands best songs, being fast, heavy, and just a well written death metal song. Then “Sixth Chapter” is just a great track to end off the album. I don’t know why it’s considered their worst work, as every song on it is strong and it’s just overall a great album! Probably #3 on my list

[@williamj.6418]

Ben The Guitar Lord / I continuealy agree. I really enjoy Mercenary. I always thought .....For Victory was always at the bottom of the BOLT THROWER totem.🤘

[@DragonSlayer334]

"No guts no glory" sounds a lot like the riff from Anti-Tank

[@belfagorhorrid]

great video!

[@SHINGIKAMI]

Bolt Thrower is Sonic AF!🤘🏾😎🤘🏾Managed to see them 4x Live, Fucking Epic!!🤘🏾😎🤘🏾

[@satanacuntfest]

The AC/DC of Death Metal and i mean that in the most respective way

[@cdeccles]

So you don’t like them?

[@satanacuntfest]

@@cdeccles Yes I do like Bolt Thower

[@kaktus-jooseppi4597]

the AC/DC of death metal is cannibal corpse

[@rab1ez819]

World eater = one of the greatest death metal songs EVER

[@rodoxxs6134]

Great retrospective... Ave Bolt Thrower...

[@jpmtlhead39]

A Brilliant Band,with a brutal unique sound. Cenotaph is a huge track. One of The greastet bands Ever.

[@Belial0Harvester]

WORRRRRRRRRLD EAAAAAAATEEEEEEEER !!! There are lots of excellent metal acts, none of em embodies war like BT does and none probably ever will. They were the soundtrack of so many WH40K games. BOLT THROWER IS WAR !

[@FEBob]

Thanks for the breakdown, im 43 and only just discovered this band within the last year… I’m very late to the party but glad to make it

[@somethingsomething9008]

I really glad more people are starting to appreciate this band

[@JuanIparraguirre]

I agree, Warmaster was a transition album, still has blastbeats but they changed their tuning from low A to C# and started including those catchy breakdowns which marked the figure orientation of BT in terms of composition.

[@philyyz]

First saw them in maybe 1990 in a pub in Birmingham. What a day. never been so wrecked lol. Those once loyal is the best album for me. The title track is my Remembrance Day prayer. Just brilliantly worked.

[@metalmax930]

Mercenary is by far my favorite, all Bolt Thrower albums are awesome.

[@Szlejer]

Bolt Thrower is a forgotten gem... I listen to metal since the 80' and they are still my favorites... But I never liked their early albums... I love everything from Crusade and up.

[@danteruivo]

Bolt Thrower has a perfect discography. All 10/10s.

[@wendleysebelon204]

Bolt Thrower is fucking epic!!Their sound is like a megaton tank rolling over you. We need one more tour. Just one!

[@alienresearchlab]

Bolt Thrower - so underrated. Don't hate but they kinda made death metal accessible to traditional metal-heads that were new to the genre. Every metal head can get behind a heavy riff and BT had that in spades! So far, (2021) nothing comes close for me. If there is anything out there with riffs, lyrics, vocals, heaviness and overall attitude as BT these days, I am all ears.

[@superunknown2812]

For Victory and Those once loyal and are killer albums

[@unnamedkorean7611]

i got into Bolt Thrower through the song Inside the Wire, it came into my spotify recommended ages ago and just fell in love with the band from there.

[@AngryChristian1]

In Battle is a deathgrind album, and it sounds a lot like other 80's grindcore.

[@deathbyslanina]

Unpopular opinion: Mercenary is the best Bolt Thrower album and one of the best in the genre

[@DownFallNetWork]

wrong

[@B-Bigbawz]

Care to explain why my dude?

[@joeyuzwa891]

Yup. Riffs are wayyyyyyyyyyyy too good not to be considered at LEAST one of their best. I have no clue why it’s widely considered their worst

[@jaimuzyka3177]

@Phantomlord Exactly

[@heifehen6222]

Dont listen to idiots how say what is wrong or right. All art is subjective. Mercenary is amazing, while the production is not the best. Powder Burns was the first song I ever learned how to play on a guitar from start to finish. Fuck the haters and elitist idiots.

[@adamtmiddleton9985]

Mercenary is my favorite Bolt Thrower album.

[@radupitica]

How do so many people hate Mercenary? :( I have some bias because this album introduced me to Bolt Thrower and it has incredible riffs.

[@jonmorgan6300]

same here 👍🤟🤘

[@jeffnovak568]

Production. Before and after they had better production on their stuff, for some reason Mercenary had this annoying, tinny, irritating noise that just interfered with the overall sound of all the songs. The songwriting is fine, the playing is fine, the production was terrible.

[@etienneparent6912]

Good video man ! Altough I rarely agree with you but nonetheless good work !

[@dvrkvlley8571]

...damn, HONOR is a great song, my man! I love Bolt Thrower, interviewed them 20 years ago, great dudes!

[@_vidnas]

great video

[@Chen_0000]

Spearhead is one of my favourites from all albums

[@maximilianschmid9890]

"Dave Ingram fram Lamberts' Basement, Metal Breakfast Radio.."

[@gmdv]

You ooze passion man. \m/

[@ManoSaarinenCarmanen81]

Though Bolt Thrower is legendary band with great legacy but BT's spirit came back in the form of Memoriam which is also great band and they already have 3 awesome albums and 4th album in the making!

[@MintythecatIsABeast]

Well done, a nice overview of my absolute favourite metal band. check out Memoriam for Willet's current band, folks.

[@checopacheco420]

Thanks for sharing🍀🙏🤩🇲🇽💤

[@buchtovovidea]

SUPER dik za informace cooool🤘😁

[@Rhowhat]

Inside the Wire was on a free cd that came with Terroriser magazine when I was around 16 years old. Had me hooked.

[@bingboompow8861]

It might be the best song on that album , I fucking LOVE honor valor pride .

[@Frustratia]

Their Peel Sessions were great. Love these guys, but I can indeed see how their early stuff gets labeled Gindcore.

[@samiam2971]

Bolt Thrower is among my top 3 favourite bands. I pretty much love all their albums. For Those Always Loyal 🤘

[@MrDippy-nm7xp]

Jo bench has some of the best bass tones and the fourth crusade is the first song I heard from them and I was sold

[@mtsupkin]

Mercenary was the album what drawn me in. By far it's my favourite album.

[@gregwilson6636]

this band makes me happy to go to war! If I could listen to Bolt Thrower as i meet the abyss I Will die a happy man! Thanks for the vid bro.

[@elvisdajlani1972]

melodic brutal death metal. top score

[@skruffejs666]

Fantastic Death metal band made UK , It's a pity that the Benediction is over

[@thomasleo3801]

My favorite too and you are correct. You know it's them when u hear it.

[@dethsor666]

Start of World Eater still sends shivers down my spine, even though I've heard it 100s of times.

[@Crazeefish313]

Lest we Forget is my favorite song from this band, the song is perfect!

[@lofiwire7917]

Thank You

[@j.j._]

Bolt Thrower (my go to.)