(Soulseller Records launched Blood Red Throne’s latest album in December of last year, and of course we knew the time would eventually arrive when our DGR would write it up (because he loves this band’s music) — and now he has.)

This is a review for a 2025 release

A hair under two years is pretty quick turnaround time in the world of heavy metal. That doesn’t translate much to a layman’s way of thinking of course, as the old adage still holds true that creativity does not exist in a vacuum nor could you every try to put any time scale on inspiration. Some groups are prolific, others move at a snail’s pace – it’s a case of what works for some, may not work for others.

That said, it’s hard not to get a little spooked when turnaround time feels too quick between albums. Any number of events could take place in the background to cause it: new contracts may require new albums in a year, sometimes material gets backburnered or banked for future releases, but the year over year turn has just as often resulted in releases coming out as straight-shooting and “expected” as an album could be. Quick releases are likely the home of more solid-sevens out there than anything else.

But what then do you do when a band whose very existence is consistency, as if they themselves are the universal continuity upon which the world is built? Anything lesser would result in galactic cataclysm and anything more would equal a galactic sublimation. What if a band just exists on that line of “good-to-great” or “inarguably-solid-as-a-rock”? What then does a quick-feeling turnaround time do to them?

Even though the year may have ended, we still have to touch base with a few releases and one we weren’t about to let escape from our sight was the mid-December unleashing of Blood Red Throne’s latest album Siltskin. Continue reading »