The IVth Crusade

by Bolt Thrower

The IVth Crusade cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1992
  • Label: Earache
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 53:28
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Gavin Ward, Karl Willetts, Jo Bench, Andy Whale, Baz Thomson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The IVth Crusade' refines Bolt Thrower's signature death metal sound by introducing significantly slower, doom-laden grooves and monumental riffing. The album is incredibly heavy and dense, exploring historical themes of war and violence through a darkly rhythmic and unyielding sonic assault.

Genres

Descriptors: war, rhythmic, history, violence, death

Tracklist

  1. The IVth Crusade (4:58)
  2. Icon (4:10)
  3. Embers (5:17)
  4. Where Next To Conquer (3:49)
  5. As The World Burns (5:25)
  6. This Time Its War (5:50)
  7. Ritual (4:29)
  8. Spearhead (6:46)
  9. Celestial Sanctuary (4:37)
  10. Dying Creed (4:17)
  11. Through The Ages (3:44)

Credits

  • Bolt Thrower - primary artist, producer, recorded by, written-by, music by
  • Jo Bench - bass
  • Paul McHale - design [eye design]
  • Andy Whale - drums
  • John Cornfield - engineer
  • Baz Thomson - guitar
  • Gavin Ward - guitar
  • Alan Fisch - mixed by
  • Stephen Harris - mixed by
  • Eug猫ne Delacroix - painting [front cover painting]
  • Colin Richardson - producer, recorded by
  • Karl Willetts - vocals

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