Throne - Perdition
Memphis, Tennessee’s Throne has been active since 2009, but this is the first release by the band that I know of, and I have to say that it’s pretty impressive. The music on Perdition is well thought out and structured. Stylistically, this is kind of a hybrid of Brutal Death Metal in the vein of Incantation mixed with Symphonic Black Metal. The net result is that they sound like a more keyboard-intensive version of Imprecation, or maybe Privilege of Evil-era Amorphis, but with later era (maybe Tales from the Thousand Lakes?) keyboards. While I like what Throne did on this album, I think Imprecation’s take on things may be a bit more effective. They tended to focus on the Death Metal parts, using the keyboards and atmospheric elements to heighten things and to make them more intense. Throne does that, too, but in a different way. The difference is that the level of keyboard saturation is much higher on Perdition, to such a degree that there are times when the effectiveness of the keyboards is diluted. This doesn’t really detract from the songs, but I occasionally asked myself, “Why are there keyboards here? They don’t add anything to the song.” Still, that’s way better than having an additional element in the music that makes you think, “This song might have been cool, except…” Even with the minor detractions, I found Perdition to be a very interesting listen. Given that they’re still a relatively young band, I’m looking forward to seeing how they evolve.
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