Slaughter Throne
What is the history of Slaughter Throne? How did you guys
come together?
Well the band's name "Slaughter Throne" had been
an idea of Adam's (our vocalist) for years. He had read a tale of a king that
faced his enemies in battle and made a throne from their bones. Andy, (our lead
guitarist), had been in several unsuccessful bands before Slaughter Throne,
however through these past experiences, his song writing had progressed and his
preferred style became blackened death metal. Adam and Andy met at Bloodstock
2013 and they were both looking for new projects at the time, as both of their
current band's weren't working out. After Bloodstock, Andy sent Adam a track he
had written and it all took off from there. Our former drummer was found online
advertising to join either a thrash, black or death metal band so we now almost
had a full line up. Our rhythm guitarist, Liam met Adam at a call centre and he
happened to be a black metal fan, what are the chances? Adam had told Liam
about the band and he was intrigued to find out more about it. After being
shown a rough recording of "Baptizo de sanguis, Liam was sold." The
next addition to the band was Brant, our bassist. At this point we had recorded
two demo tracks and Brant had shown interest in the band. He had a few
financial problems, however managed to look past them and join Slaughter
Throne. The final addition to the band that completes our current line up, is
Stephen, our drummer. Andy already briefly knew Stephen from attending several
of his band Tyrant's gigs over the past year or so. As we had played with
Tyrant a few times with our old drummer, Stephen had took notice of us.
Therefore, after we had parted ways with our old drummer, Stephen contacted us,
asking if he could audition. As we had booked studio time to record out EP, his
audition actually ended up being the performance used for the EP. He learnt our
tracks in under a week, which was very impressive, how could we say no to that?
Your 'Wrath of An Ancient Darkness' EP has gotten some good
reviews, including from myself. Who are your main musical inspirations?
Do you come from a thriving local scene, or is there not
much of that in Leeds?
Who are the best bands you've played with that we don't know
about?
Valafar and Sathamel are probably the best extreme bands
we’ve gigged with and they’re all really awesome people. Pravitas are another great local band.
They’re more Tech metal, but they’re so incredibly tight as a band, and their
guitarists are bloody amazing. Last but not least Mountains Crave, which we
have played with several times already. A fine atmospheric black metal band
indeed.
Finally, what's next on the cards for Slaughter Throne, a
new release, more gigs?
Many more gigs are on the cards and we’re currently writing
quite a few new songs that are leaning more towards the black metal side of the
spectrum, so we shall hopefully be producing another EP in the near-future with
some marvellously dark new material!
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