Band: Funeral Throne
CD Title: Nihil Sine Diabolvs
Year: 2008
Website: myspace.com/nfbm
MySpace: myspace.com/nfbm
Label: Satanas Rex
Featured on: Loucifer Speaks Exclusive
Rating: 8.9 / 10
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When this album dropped into my hands (well, it dropped through the letter box and then I picked it up) I had no idea who Funeral Throne are... and, to be honest, I'm still not really any the wiser. So, rather than starting this review with where the band originate from, or what their favourite beverage is, I'm just going to dive right in and tell you about this album... which is the whole point in writing this anyway.
The cover art promises Black Metal and the contents of the album doesn't disappoint. The first track, "Summoning", is a splendid doom-laden piece that leaves the listener (well, this listener at least) aching to hear what's in store for them. "Dark Moon Ritual" delivers the first real onslaught of punches and is savagely raw with interesting tempo changes that really benefit the track. From this track onwards the intensity never lets up.
"Nihil Sine Diabolvs" is full to the brim with tracks that will please your common or garden Black Metal fan (they certainly pleased me). Each track has it's own character and several reasons why you should play it again and again. At the moment "Soulless Eternity" is my track-to-repeat!
Funeral Throne have created a beast of an album... a magnificently dark beast of an album.
01 Summoning
02 Dark Moon Ritual
03 Curse Of Insomnolence
04 Black Revelations Of A Victorious Apocalypse
05 Soulless Eternity
06 From The Frozen North
07 Lord Of The Black Moon
08 Summoned By Infernal Winds
09 The Release
