A Forlorn Throne

A Forlorn Throne is the fourth full-length album by Slechtvalk released in May 2010.

Recording

The band went to Sweden's Studio Mega in late 2009 with producer Johan "the ant" Örnborg to record A Forlorn Throne. It was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street, and the cover artwork as well as a new logo was designed by Raymond Swanland of Oddworld fame. The album was released on May 31, 2010 in The Netherlands, and July 15 elsewhere. Three of the songs feature guestvocals by Erik Grawsiö of Månegarm.^[1]

The album has less symphonic and folk influences and more death metal elements while still have a black metal and epic viking metal feel. The album has received positive and good reviews.^[2][3] Metal Exposure webzine gave the album eight points out of ten, and the reviewer stated that the album "will be one of the best cd-releases of 2010 in the black/viking metalscene".^[4] The best review so far, from Heavymetal.no gave the album nine out of ten points and wrote that "with their fourth album titled A Forlorn Throne, the Dutchmen finally delivered a brutal and memorable album that can withstand comparisons with Månegarm, Amon Amarth and classic At the Heart of Winter era Immortal."^[5]

Track listing

1. "Tamers of the Seas" – 4:37
2. "Forsaken" – 8:32
3. "Desolate" – 6:29
4. "Divided by Malice" – 7:11
5. "Allegiance" – 7:53
6. "Enthroned" – 8:32
7. "Bewailed" – 5:19
8. "Towards the Dawn" – 7:35
9. "Vengeance of a Scorned King" – 5:43

Personnel

• Shamgar – vocals, guitars
• Ohtar – guitars, vocals
• Seraph – Guitar
• Grimbold – drums, vocals
• Premnath – keyboards
• Erik Grawsiö (Månegarm) – guest vocals

References

External links

• Album at Metal-Archives