Bolt Thrower to stop recording indefinitely

[The Ozzman]

UK extreme metal legends BOLT THROWER have issued the following update:

"We've spent the last year trying to write songs for a new album, planning to go into the studio this summer, unfortunately, after a lot of thought, we have had to make the difficult decision to postpone the recording indefinitely. We know everybody says that their new album is better than their last, but with us we really believed that. From day one we made it clear that we'd stop recording when we felt we'd written the ultimate Bolt Thrower album, we just never knew when that would be, we kind of took for granted that each release would get better and better. But we have realized now that our last release, Those Once Loyal turned out to be that album, and basically the new stuff we have written just doesn't match up to it. We have a lot of pride in our back catalogue, and we refuse to turn into one of the many bands (like the ones we grew up listening to) who end up releasing crap, and we're also not prepared to compromise by instead releasing an album of cover versions or a 'best of' album. Sorry to disappoint those of you looking forward to hearing new BT songs, but we always said that we would never release anything we weren't happy with or that, in our view, didn't at least match up to our previous work.

For those of you living in Holland, Germany and Belgium, you will get the chance to see Bolt Thrower live soon, as there are a few select shows lined up. The confirmed shows are:

August 7th - Atak in Enschede, Netherlands - This is our second home, and we've played at Atak on every tour for the last 18 years. Sadly the club will be closing down this month and they will be moving to a new building in the Autumn. So we were chuffed when they contacted us and offered to re-open for one night, so we can say farewell to this cult club and be the last band to ever play there. We decided that the tickets will be free and we will be informing you soon on the line-up and how to get tickets.

August 8th - Party.San Festival in Bad Berka, Germany - As headliner we will play a longer set than usual, so expect to hear a lot of songs we haven't played for a while (website).

August 9th - Hof ter Lo in Antwerp, Belgium - For this show we will be joined by the best and upcoming bands from the Benelux. The confirmed support bands are: God Dethroned, Born from Pain, The Setup and Anaphylactic Shock. Tickets are 11 Euros, and you can find more info here.

We'll post more info when we have it.

Hope to see you at the gigs."

On bravewords

 

[~Neurotica]

Aww

 

[False Joe]

Fair dues, very fucking respectable of them.

 

[rms]

Heres to hoping they play the US.

 

[genocide roach]

oh well.

those once loyal is awesome
~gR~

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Very respectable. Wish more bands like that existed.

 

[AchrisK]

Too bad for Bolt Thrower fans.

EDIT: Ok, I went back and read the article. I respect them for their statements. Pretty cool. I suppose it could also mean that if they get more inspired in the future, they could write and record again.

 

[no country for old wainds]

what a fantastic example these guys have always set and continue to set, total fucking legends

 

[unknown]

They've had an excellent run...better to quit (or at least slow down) while you're ahead.

 

[Zephyrus]

A US tour would be nice before they call it quits for good.

And the songs they did record could still be released on an EP.

 

[Unsanctum]

respect, bowing out with dignity, free shows, longer sets, time writing tracks, not too common nowadays

 

[Omni]

There's so many bands that could learn from this.

 

[CF87]

Bolt Thrower goes out in style. Fuck yeah

You have bands like Metallica,Slayer,etc.. who are washed out and going to milk their shit until they're 60 and one of them has a heart attack and dies and everyone is going to have to see them on VH 1 along with kiss,etc.. until where all dead. I hate when bands just will not go away it's cheesy and ridiculous.

 

[cookiecutter]

Bolt Thrower have always been a consistently good band liked by nearly every death metal fan. It's good to see them stop before they ruin this legacy.

 

[Zephyrus]

I'm glad they called in quits before they turned into prog death.

 

[~Neurotica]

So tell me, are they going to stop their activity forever and kinda split up?
Or will they just wait for better times to write something better than Those Once Loyal?

 

[Zephyrus]

Seeing how old they're getting, it wouldn't surprise me that they are moving on in life.

 

[DarkBliss]

So, the UK deathsters are silencing their catapults and rams.
Well, too bad for Bolt Thrower fans.

 

[cookiecutter]

They could continue touring for a while, but just stop writing new material. I'm sure people will continue to want to see them

 

[rms]

So tell me, are they going to stop their activity forever and kinda split up?
Or will they just wait for better times to write something better than Those Once Loyal?

Seems like BT will stop writing and just play tours and small festivals