God Dethroned: track by track breakdown of PASSIONDALE
God Dethroned are short about to release their ninth album: PASSIONDALE. Vocalist Henri Sattler explains each and every song of it:
‘The Cross Of Sacrifice’
That’s the Intro track of the album. The lyrics deal with the situation in Europe before the war and the tension that was built up that resulted in the actual war. It’s spoken by a Japanese lady to create a certain atmosphere that actually reflects this tension.
‘Under A Darkening Sky’
A furious song where the lyrics start with a little bit of war propaganda. I used parts of war propaganda here and there in some of the lyrics and I must admit that I was stunned by what the separate countries told their men to get them into the war. In the middle part of the song I play a guitar lead like Tony Iommi meets Kerry King.
Tony Iommi would sometimes play two leads on top of each other. Mix that with my Kerry King style of playing leads and I guess I don’t have to explain what kind of cacophony that creates… Ha !
‘No Man’s Land’
This song takes you back to BLOODY BLASPHEMY times like ‘Boiling Blood’ when it comes to a special type of song and atmosphere. The Slayeresque middle part should be good for a decent slamming pit.
‘Poison Fog’
That’s the longest song of the album. It’s also the most hymnic one. It deals with the mustard gas attacks that took place during the war. Blast beats and brutal riffing are combined with atmospheric parts and clean vocals as well. We hadn’t done that since BLOODY BLASPHEMY, but this song was ideal for it.
‘Drowning In Mud’
This is the song with the Motörhead-feel in the opening riff.
The lyrics deal with what happened to the soldiers being stuck in the trenches for a long time. Losing their fellow mates and starting friendship with rats. Many (if not most) soldiers lost every sense of reality being in the trenches that long, never living a normal life again.
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