BOLT THROWER – The IVth Crusade

"...Musically, it should be noted that, as I mentioned earlier, the song structures have been significantly decelerated and simplified. On the one hand, this leads to the fact that slower passages often prevail on the album, the songs are thus much catchier than on the previous albums, but the songs also do not differ so much from each other. There are hardly any particularly outstanding riffs, but the pieces are kept very compact. Karl's vocals are very clear and distinctive, especially I find the title track very successful and "Celestial Sanctuary" is also particularly gripping. "This Time it's War" is a very dragging song, which thus unfolds its full effect. But all in all there is no song on "The 4th Crusade" that doesn't manage to grab the listener in its own way. At least that's how I feel. "Spearhead" is a continuation of "Cenotaph", a cool idea of the band to continue the song from the "War Master" album. The outro "Through the Ages", in which Karl speaks the lyrics, is a song