Throne Of Belial Interview

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• 1.For those that have never heard of you before, can yo tell us a little bit about the band?
• 1. Throne of Belial is our art form from which we relay the gnosis and great message of the divine purpose. We are here to cross over boundaries and the put people in a very uncomfortable and alien place. To separate the listener from the comfort and fetters of their casual, mundane existence and to set them free into the untamed, lawlessness that is the truth of existence; to travel down the dark, untrodden thorny path of liberation. We not only want people to hear the Chaos and Death that we manifest but to also feel, to taste, to smell, and to see the stench of lawless becoming. We are here to open the gates to the calling of the timeless darkness that whispers everyone's name. To explain this short and sweet, We are here to serve in Death's name.
• 2.You recently released an album, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical direction it has taken?
• . "To The Death" is basically the opening and beginning to the Path which we shall ever travel. It was our way to manifest something, which we believe, to have an actual purpose behind it and to create something of real value. We are not trying to do the stereotypical "evil" or "grim" "black metal" image that usually carries the attitude of trying to prove something to someone. Fuck That. We wanted to take this music back from where it originated to and keep the old school raw sound and to keep the flames alight. To put the fiery passion that we feel towards certain ideals and beliefs. We very much went towards the musical direction that was calling us. 
• 3.Your lyrics cover a lot of Luciferian, Satanic and Occult themes, can you tell us a little bit more about views in these areas?
• 3. As i wont explain in depth the lyrical content due to how personal and sacred it is to me i can however explain the general philosophy behind it. Throne of Belial is about Chaosophia and Necrosophia, which is the wisdom or gnosis gained through Chaos and Death. These two forms of magical practice, if taken seriously bring forth the revelations, manifestations and the awakening of the Luciferian self defined Will. Through the Black Light of divination and the lawless becoming brought into this world by Satan, we are able to gain inspiration and insight for our lyrical concept. Our lyrics more so traverse the path we do and is a written down manifestation and expression of our own lawless becoming. Prayers, incantations, invocations, evocations; a beckoning call to the Other Side.
• 4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Throne Of Belial'?
• 4. Belial is the Qliphotic daemon of the 6th palace of the Qliphot and is the ruler of the Black Earth and the chthonic world of the Dead. He is lawless and free from the fetters of the enslaver of existence/ material and can also represent one who has no master or one who cannot be controlled. This holds great significance to us because how we wish stay free and liberated and definitely separate from the casual restrictions of finite existence. We wish to manifest our cause to be the throne or temple of Belial and to channel his endless might. 
• 5.Out of all the shows that the band has played around Colorado over the last 2 years, which one did you enjoy the most?
• 5. I have 3 so far that had the most impact. Last years Samhain show at the Marquis Theater, Back in June at the 7th Circle with Weapönizer/ Mount Cairn, and on Halloween of this year for our cd release. I felt like these rituals had the most impact on myself because of the fiery energy and just the amount of, i dont know how to explain it, but magic that was manifested in such away. As if i felt like i was possessed and enshrouded in a darkness that cannot be seen. I felt these show were very much "completed" and all that what was meant to happened, happened, which is the goal of a ritual.
• 6.Are there any plans in the future to tour or do shows out of Colorado?
• 6.For right now we are staying kind of silent in our temple, but we will be playing the Infernal Rites Festival in April with some amazing bands. We will however be preforming a few rituals during the later winter months but that info will be release within time.
• 7.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?
• 7. It is something that we don't really focus on because how much time musically and spiritually we invest in the band but if the circumstance was ever out there and it appealed to what we thought was reasonable i dont see why we wouldnt. It just all depends on who was asking to sign us, as we want full control of what we are doing and we are not going to have some label tell us what we are doing with our creation. So at the time being, as far as my knowledge goes, no label is looking to sign Throne of Belial at the moment.
• 8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of black metal?
• 8. From what we have heard from those who have listened to the cd is good, no complaints besides it being a little short. Im glad to hear that people enjoy the release but if no one liked it it wouldnt matter to us, because what matters is what we think about it and we will forever stay on our path of solitude and do what we want play how we want to play. On a world wide spectrum we are pretty much non existent due to how many fucking bands there are and how we dont spend our time on gaining popularity and spend most of it on the music and etc. But as time goes on im sure those who are meant to hear our craft will and will eventually reach the ears of those around the 7 oceans, and hopefully they enjoy or are horrified with what they hear.
• 9.Are there any other current side projects going on these days?
• 9.Gavin and I are currently jamming with our friend Mark in Achral Necrosis, which is a fast malevolent black metal band. Devin isnt in any side projects at the moment and our bassist Tony plays drums in his slutgrind band called Whore Grinder. But of course Gavin, Devin and I's main priority is Throne of Belial.
• 10.What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?
• 10. Where ever the cold winds of Death may take us and what ever fiery black passions grow within our hearts. All i can say is on to new darker horizons that is for certain.
• 11.What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
• 11. We all have a very diverse musical taste. From Rock n Roll to Black Metal, Thrash, Death Metal, Psychedelic/ Occult Rock, Classical, Punk anything that really has passion and emotion. Here is a list of some bands that we listen to and who have had an influence to our music: Mortuary Drape, Venom, Bathory, Taake, Selim Lemouchi/The Devil's Blood, Weapönizer, Carpathian Forest, Dissection, Nifelheim, Urgehal, Watain, Nattefrost, Satyricon, Shining, Ondskapt, Windir, Necrophobic, Tribulation, Night Bringer, GG Allin, Beastcraft, Malign etc etc. Long list
• 12.Outside of music what are some of your interests?
• 12. We are pretty quite guys who like to stay out of the false reality which people obsess over and stay in the forest and untamed wild. We like to go hike, camp, shoot guns explore the forests and our endurance. I my self like to be in the mountains as much as i can for the spiritual significance you can gain from it and also to just stay out of the annoying monotonous city. Its just much better to spend time in the natural and true side of living and existence.
• 13.Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?
• 13. We want to thank those who have supported us on this beginning journey to darkness and no return, and we really appreciate the respect and support from all of those who listened to or who have seen us preform. Shall those of the awakened fiery serpent blood reap the bountiful harvest from the tree of knowledge and those of the profane reap the bitter, rotted fruits from the tree of lies. Shall the Black Light of Freedom guide those down the thorny path of divination and freedom.
  Benedictions, Alex

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Throne Of Belial/To The Death/2013 CD Review

  Throne  Of  Belial  are  a  band  from  Colorado  that  plays  a  very  raw  and  old  school  form  of  Luciferian/Occult  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2013  album  "To  The  Death".

   "To  The  Death"  which  is  the  first  song  as  well  as  the  title  track  for  the  album  opens  up  with  atmospheric  sounds  and  guitar   effects  and  the  song  is  an  instrumental  intro  for  the  rest  of  the  album.

  "The  Blackened  Silence"  begins  with  dark  black  metal  guitar  riffs  along  with  some  drums  before  adding  in  grim  screams  and  then  the  music  goes  into  a  more  fast  direction  along  with  some  blast  beats  and  mixing  in  both  mid  paced  and  fast  sections.

  "Blood  And  Goatsemen"  kicks  in  with  old  school  black  meal  guitar  riffs  and  drums  before  adding  in  the  grim  screams  and  you  can  hear  the  bass  guitars  and  then  the  song  starts  alternating  between  fast  and  mid  paced  parts.

  "Goatlust"  opens  up  with  slow  and  dark  sounding  black  metal  riffs  before   adding  in  drums  and  going  into  a  more  fast  and  raw  direction  along  with  some  grim  vocals  and  then  the  song  starts  utilizing  a  mixture  of  fast  and  mid  paced  sections  as  well  as  adding  in  blast  beats  in  certain  parts  of  the  song  and  towards  the  end  the  guitar  riffing  starts  utilizing  a  small  amount  of  melody.

  "Anti-Christ"  starts  up  with  some  slow  Swedish  style  black  metal  guitar  riffs  and  drums  along  with  some  vocals  a  few  seconds  later  and  after  a  minute  the  music  goes  into  a  faster  direction  along  with  some  blast  beats  which  then  leads  to  the  music   alternating  between  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  towards  the  end  the  music  adds  in  a  small  amount  of  clean  playing  for  a  few  seconds  as  well  as  going  into  a  slower  direction.

  "Osculum  Inflame"  hits  it  off  with  raw  old  school  black  metal  guitar  riffing  and  screams  before  adding  in  blast  beats  from  the  drums  and  going  into  a  faster  direction  and  you  can  also  hear  some  bass  guitars  in  the  background  and  after  a  minute  the  music  starts  adding  in  mid  paced  sections  and  then  the  music starts  alternating  between  fast  and  mid  paced  parts  as  well  as  adding  slower  riffing  in  certain  sections  of  the  song  along  with  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  ritualistic  passages  and  towards  the  end  there  is  a  brief  bass  guitar  lead  along  with  a  small  amount  of  clean  guitars.

  "Sorcery  Of  the  Black  Sun"  makes  its  way  in  with  old  school  black  metal  guitar  riffs  before  adding  in  drums  and  grim  screams  and  a  few  seconds  later  the  music  speeds  up  along  with  some  blast  beats  for  awhile  and  then  music  alternates  between  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  as  well  as  adding  demonic  vocals  in  certain  sections  of  the  song.

  "Under  the  Horns  Of  Baphomet"  is  introduced  with  dark  sounding  black  metal  guitar  riffs  and  drums  and  the  guitar  riffing  also  utilizes  some  melody  which  also  leads  up  to  the  grim  black  metal  screams  and  a  minute  later  the  music  goes  into  a  faster  direction  along  with  blast  beats  and  towards  the  end  the  music  returns  back  to  a  slower  direction  and  adds  in  more  ritualistic  elements.

  "Hymn  Of  The  Dark  Forest"  is  brought  in  with  slow  and  dark  sounding  black  metal  guitar  riffs  and  drums  and  a  few  seconds  later  the  music  goes  more  into  a  mid  paced  direction  and  towards  the  end  the  music  goes  into  a  cleaner  direction  and  then  back  to  heavy  along  with  a  few  seconds  of  black  metal screams  but  the  song  for  the  most  part  is  instrumental.

  "Serpent  Of  Wisdom"  has  its  beginnings  with  dark  and  old  school  sounding  black  metal  guitar  riffs  and  drums  a  few  seconds  later  which  also  lead  to  some  grim  vocals  and  then  the  music  speeds  up  and  adds  in  blast  beats  and  then  bringing  in  a  mixture  of  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  you  can  hear  the  guitars  utilizing  some  in  certain  sections  of  the  song.

  "XI"  which  is  also  the  last  song  on  the  album  begins  with  heavy  and  melodic  black  metal  guitar  riffs  along  with  some drums  and  a  small  amount  of  guitar  leads  before  speeding  up  and  adding  in  high  pitched  screams  and  blast  beats  and  you  can  also  hear  the  bass  guitars  in  the  background  and  then  music  starts  alternating  between  mid  paced  and  fast  parts   as  well  as  adding  in  slow  sections  along  with  more  melodic  guitar  leads.

  Lyrics  cover  Satanism,  Luciferian,  Black  Magick  and  Anti  Christian  themes,  while  the  production  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  dark  sound  for  being  a  self  released  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Throne  Of  Belial  are  a  very  great  sounding  Luciferian/Occult  black  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Blackened  Silence"  "Anti-Christ"  "Sorcery  Of  the  Black  Sun"  and  "Serpent  Of  Wisdom".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.  

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