GOD DETHRONED are and always will be a force to be reckoned with. The Dutchmen are always a safe bet when it comes to perfectly executed death metal. Each one of their albums is different from its predecessor and, in a way, superior. Now that the new and eagerly awaited eighth record "Passiondale" - a concept album about the events occurred in the Belgian town of Passchendaele during World War I - is about to be released, the answer can only be a resounding YES!!! While the last album "The Toxic Touch" was the most melodic and varied in the storied career of "Serpent King" Henri Sattler and his cohorts, its successor is a much more brutal affair from the get-go.
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