The IVth Crusade
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| Studio album by Bolt Thrower | |||||
| Released | 1992 | ||||
| Recorded | Sawmills Studio, August 1992 | ||||
| Genre | Death metal Doom metal |
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| Length | 53:28 | ||||
| Language | English | ||||
| Label | Earache Records | ||||
| Producer | Colin Richardson and Bolt Thrower | ||||
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The IVth Crusade is a Bolt Thrower album. It is recorded at Sawmill studios in August 1992, produced by Bolt Thrower and Colin Richardson. Engineered by John Cornfield. Mixed at Fon studios engineered by Alan Fisch and Steve Harris (producer). It is released on Earache Records: Mosh 70 in 1992. The album title comes from the Fourth Crusade and the capturing of Constantinople. The cover artwork is a painting from Eugène Delacroix, showing "The Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople".
For this album Bolt Thrower slowed down considerably compared to War Master, focussing more on playing heavy riffs and a thick sound. Album feature more death/doom metal-driven style, and which was influenced by doom metal bands including Candlemass and Black Sabbath. Particularly, this style, is apparent in songs like "This Time It's War", or "As the World Burns".
[edit] Track listing
- all songs written by Bolt Thrower
- "The IVth Crusade" – 4:59
- "Icon" – 4:40
- "Embers" – 5:18
- "Where Next to Conquer" – 3:50
- "As the World Burns" – 5:28
- "This Time It's War" – 5:51
- "Ritual" – 4:39
- "Spearhead" – 6:47
- "Celestial Sanctuary" – 4:37
- "Dying Creed" – 4:17
- "Through the Ages (Outro)" – 3:45
The American re-issue contains two bonus tracks "Crown Of Life" and "Lament" and a mistake in the song "Where Next to Conquer".
[edit] Credits
- Karl Willetts - Vocals
- Gavin Ward - Guitars
- Barry Thompson - Guitars
- Andrew Whale - Drums
- Jo Bench - Bass guitar
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