Review by Jeger on November 2, 2025.

From out of the land of true Black Metal comes some true fucking Death Metal… Norway's Blood Red Throne! A project that was birthed in 1998 by then Satyricon players, Død and Tchort, who decided to start a band that would reflect their love of the Death Metal genre. Black Metal as we know it today would certainly not exist if it hadn't been for DM. Bands like Mayhem, Immortal, Darkthrone and even Sweden's Dissection began their musical journeys through playing Death Metal. And yet so many of us Black Metal folk shit on the genre. Not this ole boy… Give me Deicide, Morbid Angel and fucking Possessed all day! Give me true Satanic Death Metal, let's talk about chainsawed testicles and let's get brutal! Blood Red Throne is in, are you? Now, 27 years following their formation, Blood Red Throne are STILL killing it, and on December 5, they will unleash their twelfth LP, "Siltskin", via Soulseller Records.

Think Cancer or Massacre. "Siltskin" has that classic feel to it like how things were before everyone started getting all technical with Death Metal. I wouldn't say that Blood Red Throne is a unique band, or innovative in any way at all. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? With "Slitskin", Blood Red Throne takes an already-invented wheel and they restore it: polish it up a bit, touch it up and give it that modern gleam, all the while as they brutalize your cranium with crunching riffs, hearty chugs and a modest yet deadly drumming contribution. FFO Paganizer and Hooded Menace. For those of us who don't like a lot of fancy bullshit on our sandwich… Like a Whopper is "Siltskin" and every bit as satisfying. A slab of old-school DM done in Norway, but with a little old fashioned American and Swedish spirit.

From the very beginning of the bastardly opening track, "Scraping Out The Cartilage", all the way through to the final moments of the dagger, "Marrow Of The Earth", "Siltskin" delivers. There's something to say for sure about a band that possesses the ability to create fresh and energetic Death Metal by utilizing such classic techniques, tones and such patient tempos. Following the opening track, you'll take in the equally punishing "Beneath The Means" - a rhythmically bludgeoning album cut that will no-doubt inspire even those of you like myself who think that headbanging is stupid to bang your heads. I'm not going to actually do it, but if I were to, it would have to be to something like this. "Siltskin" just feels right. Organic is the word. There's nothing forced or awkward here, just that assured feeling that you're in good hands and that each track will be as good as the next.

You get to the point in your journey as an Artist where you have the ability to create pieces that flex your skills, but you also understand that things like tempo, mood and atmosphere are also important. In other words, sometimes less is more. Sometimes less is "Siltskin" and it just hits the spot. That's not to say that this album lacks power. "Anodyne Rust" delivers that element in spades, as a bordering-on-Deathcore brutality blitzkrieg ensues. Fucking screams, growls, pig squeals and breakdowns, but reined in by disciplined compositions, as opposed to the real radical shit that you get out of bands like Despised Icon.

You could listen to it all day. "Siltskin" is one of those albums that you could play for your friends who happen to also listen to Death Metal and just knock back some beers. It will be disliked by none, but it probably won't be considered anything like "album of the year" material by very many people including myself. I enjoyed this record thoroughly. I was neither bored nor enthralled. It was just what the Doctor ordered while I was in the mood to listen to Death Metal, and for some, that's perfection.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Review by Jeger on November 2, 2025.

From out of the land of true Black Metal comes some true fucking Death Metal… Norway's Blood Red Throne! A project that was birthed in 1998 by then Satyricon players, Død and Tchort, who decided to start a band that would reflect their love of the Death Metal genre. Black Metal as we know it today would certainly not exist if it hadn't been for DM. Bands like Mayhem, Immortal, Darkthrone and even Sweden's Dissection began their musical journeys through playing Death Metal. And yet so many of us Black Metal folk shit on the genre. Not this ole boy… Give me Deicide, Morbid Angel and fucking Possessed all day! Give me true Satanic Death Metal, let's talk about chainsawed testicles and let's get brutal! Blood Red Throne is in, are you? Now, 27 years following their formation, Blood Red Throne are STILL killing it, and on December 5, they will unleash their twelfth LP, "Siltskin", via Soulseller Records.

Think Cancer or Massacre. "Siltskin" has that classic feel to it like how things were before everyone started getting all technical with Death Metal. I wouldn't say that Blood Red Throne is a unique band, or innovative in any way at all. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? With "Slitskin", Blood Red Throne takes an already-invented wheel and they restore it: polish it up a bit, touch it up and give it that modern gleam, all the while as they brutalize your cranium with crunching riffs, hearty chugs and a modest yet deadly drumming contribution. FFO Paganizer and Hooded Menace. For those of us who don't like a lot of fancy bullshit on our sandwich… Like a Whopper is "Siltskin" and every bit as satisfying. A slab of old-school DM done in Norway, but with a little old fashioned American and Swedish spirit.

From the very beginning of the bastardly opening track, "Scraping Out The Cartilage", all the way through to the final moments of the dagger, "Marrow Of The Earth", "Siltskin" delivers. There's something to say for sure about a band that possesses the ability to create fresh and energetic Death Metal by utilizing such classic techniques, tones and such patient tempos. Following the opening track, you'll take in the equally punishing "Beneath The Means" - a rhythmically bludgeoning album cut that will no-doubt inspire even those of you like myself who think that headbanging is stupid to bang your heads. I'm not going to actually do it, but if I were to, it would have to be to something like this. "Siltskin" just feels right. Organic is the word. There's nothing forced or awkward here, just that assured feeling that you're in good hands and that each track will be as good as the next.

You get to the point in your journey as an Artist where you have the ability to create pieces that flex your skills, but you also understand that things like tempo, mood and atmosphere are also important. In other words, sometimes less is more. Sometimes less is "Siltskin" and it just hits the spot. That's not to say that this album lacks power. "Anodyne Rust" delivers that element in spades, as a bordering-on-Deathcore brutality blitzkrieg ensues. Fucking screams, growls, pig squeals and breakdowns, but reined in by disciplined compositions, as opposed to the real radical shit that you get out of bands like Despised Icon.

You could listen to it all day. "Siltskin" is one of those albums that you could play for your friends who happen to also listen to Death Metal and just knock back some beers. It will be disliked by none, but it probably won't be considered anything like "album of the year" material by very many people including myself. I enjoyed this record thoroughly. I was neither bored nor enthralled. It was just what the Doctor ordered while I was in the mood to listen to Death Metal, and for some, that's perfection.

Rating: 8 out of 10