Bolt Thrower - Powder Burns

[DEadious]

2012 and the powder still burns!!!!

[guitardude901]

Gotta love how World Eater, Cenotaph, Embers, Powder Burns and The Killchain all follows themselves !

[KYLEX4245]

Goddamn that riff at 0:21 is so damn epic! I always imagine a raging battle while this is playing: Tanks leading the charge while hundreds of troops run out of their APCs charging the front line, The defenders shooting back hopelessly being over run, Over head Jets engage in intense dogfights while bombers drop their pay load over the battlefield.

[ternsenzen]

@KYLEX4245

you played too much videogames didnt you.

lol

[DARKSCOPE001]

@KYLEX4245 na man it should be oldschool WWII era aircraft. Jets are cool but they have no soul.

[rockr4ever12]

@DARKSCOPE001 Why would a jet have soul?

[DARKSCOPE001]

@rockr4ever12 my point exactly! lol jk. because you dont love and work on a jet the same way you do a piston powered machine. and a piston engine is like a woman. you have to know what it wants. a jet just does what the computer tells it.

[anvilofcrom1]

Is that solid snake on the cover?

[LaneTheSlain]

@anvilofcrom1 They have had Warhammer 40k stuff on other album covers so maybe. Idk though.

[XanderNovaMacKenzie]

@anvilofcrom1

Exactly what I was wondering.

Nerd five!

[ShaolinLambKiller]

anyone who dislikes bolt thrower is a goddamn deaf idiot.

[LyrelltheDark]

@ShaolinLambKiller ... and as good as dead...

[ShaolinLambKiller]

@LyrelltheDark exactly.

[SBARTSTV]

this one goes out to the two dislikers ;]

[jimbo80982]

fuck theres those trademark bolt thrower goosebumps again ! XD

[vtguy86]

Im trying to come up with a better word than epic fucking legendary!!!

[gibby5335]

fuckin awesome

[nickashine1]

Epic!

[lawlesspascal]

bolt thrower really know how to touch someone with their songs!! brilliant!!!

[esmermenter]

This sounds like a Backstreet Boys cover.This is very unusual in Bolt Thrower.

[bloodyrockfire]

@esmermenter I guess it's just a coincidence they came up with this trill structure for this song,also reminds me of some melodeath

[vtguy86]

@esmermenter: Id like to hear you tell the members ofr the band that

[666Slayeras]

fucking awesome song by an awesome band

[Spymagicianzero]

Every album and every song is epic and majestic, yet they STILL manage to be crushingly brutal. Masters of their craft. Hail the mighty Bolt Thrower.

[darkinglory]

If Metal Gear Solid had a metal soundtrack, it would be this album. Fucking awesome!

[ThroweR1349]

that song is beauty brutal

[fcpostfux]

2 tasks for 2011: MAKE A NEW ALBUM! GO ON TOUR!

[cashallen]

i love how the album covers set up for the experience, its like you had it coming by listening to this kind of deal. i miss that about death metal

[cashallen]

@cashallen and by the way, metal gear solid and bolt thrower go hand and hand.

[Elmonator]

Yeah, The Killchain..No wait, Embers...No, Powder Burns! Same intro in all of that songs? Anyway, awesome band, awesome song.

[jimbo80982]

@Elmonator all have the same intro but everyone thinks they the best song , i personally find killchain my faviourite of all the songs bolt thrower have done. powder burns is growing on me too... not ti say the other songs arent good though...i dont mean that... i dont mean that at all!

[DomentorTheOnlyTrue]

The heaviest machine on Earth.....



[LyrelltheDark]

Hell yeah!

[lgnb695]

the verse riff is so simple yet so emotional sounding

[gnuttifara]

best band ever from the early 90s......

[aarongtr180]

Have any eunuchs listen to this and they will automatically become un-castrated.

[c4b0000m]

@aarongtr180 Quite possible the truest statement I have ever read.

[PanamaSabroso]

Is that Snake from MGS on the album cover? LMAO thats badass

[TheTerminator1]

I can do anything to this song. ANYTHING.

[exojjl]

mercenary reminds me mildly of "into eternity" by Desultory.

[exojjl]

best song on the album possibly.

[demonaz88]

The ending riff is skull crushingly heavy as fuck.

[exojjl]

you got that fucking right. just awesome outro!

[Webgkil]

Saw them live a week ago,an amazing show.

I knew i'd like the music,but i had no idea how they'd sound live...

I've kinda given up on senseless banging a while now,but props to Thrower for getting the reall mad banger back out :D

Karl Willets was looking like a post-apocalyptic shaman preaching for war,amazing!

[SatanicDisciple]

ya mean killchain sounds like this, it jus that intro riff, it also the cenotaph riff

[Mettwustbroetchen]

it sounds a little bit like killchain

[theguywith1face]

One of my favourite Bolt Thrower songs. The others are the rest of Bolt Throwers' songs.

[vaper01]

True Death Metal

[frankss10]

this is fuckin good excellent, cause it reminds more to "the IVth crusade" than to "those once loyal". "the IVth crusade" is the best album they have made.

[harvesterofsorrow111]

compared to some other great Death Metal bands they aren't the most technical but they have two things that no other Death Metal band or any band for that matter can touch, 1) consistency, 2) the riffs oh god the fuckin riffs, they're fuckin awesome!! Bolt Thrower = my favourite Death Metal band atm!!

[VincentClaw]

killchain intro riff

[WUHELLRAZOR]

how many times they gonna use the cenotaph intro thats about 5 songs now that all have the same intro...dont get me wrong i love bolt thrower and was fortunate enough to see them in there prime 91/92/93....but listen to cenotaph the killachain and powder burns ...all have exactly the same intro....!!!

[metalheadude6]

yes those make like one song...if you know what i mean.

It starts off with "World Eater" then "Cenotaph" then "Embers" and after this one leads into "The Killchain" off the Those once loyal album.

[puremetal89]

Lol Yea I hear ya on that, but I still can't help myself from headbanging even after some of the repetativeness,

[sslinaa]

hehe yes, it's tottaly true, but i like it, intro is perfect every time...

[sentientchimp]

its works out perfectly at live shows. they can chain 2 or 3 songs together seamlessly that have the same intro/outro. its pretty genius in my opinion.

[CorazEQ]

I like it because it's kind of like the iconic bolt thrower riff...

[TrooperLFC]

well thats the whole point mate, its like a BT trademark. i quite like it that every once and again they come up with a killer song that has that classic intro recurring again, and again.

[judassab]

@WUHELLRAZOR So what? Funny once, funnier twice!!

[harvesterofsorrow111]

its a theme, they deliberately did it!!

[Subject790]

It's really too bad that this album doesn't get the attention it deserves. Definitely the most underrated Bolt Thrower album.

[henymen]

i think his vocal style is awesome...if you don't not like it...why you hear it then?

sorry four my english

[WorldOfWideo]

luciano pavaroti would have been better?

[zombat]

More like Bruce Dickinson, Brian Johnson, Rob Halford, Eric Adams, Chris Boltendahl, Joakim Brodén or a couple of dozen other vocalists who don't have to growl like a window licker to sound 'metal'

[D9ieta]

great vocalists you count up here, but this is death metal, this is different

[BloodRending]

ROFL

[paddymoep]

Well , the vocalists listed have no balls.

Death Metal needs balls.

[Echsenmenschen]

which vocal do you want?

[Mayokitty7]

My favorite Bolt Thrower song. It's just so gritty and in your face, it gives you the feeling that you're right there, on the battlefront.

[Jason310M]

yup, exactly. another one of my favorites is Killchain. I have so many BT favorites I cannot name them all. LOL

[Helveteskrigeren]

This band has more talent than any technical death metal band. The fact that they can write simple songs that sound amazing proves it.

[paddymoep]

For me , their level of awesomeness is about the same as Necrophagist.

What Necrophagist brings out with solos , Bolt Thrower brings out with awesome and groovy riffs. If someone could spontaneously cut off all my music except one band , i'd say Bolt Thrower.

[D9ieta]

yes, technical bands like Suffocation and Necrophagist are awesome as well as Bolt Thrower just is.

[Areskelian]

Simple songs are underrated and require more talent than most people know.

[TheKatapodis]

awesom song....=]

[Dartslegend]

Fucking awesome track!

[suruburublux]

Bolt Thrower doesnt need technique or playing virtuoso with 400 riffs per song at 300 bpm. They just have BALLS, nothing can beat that.

[D9ieta]

you say it, they also could be named BALL Thrower xD, the hardest and best death metal dand around, man

[suruburublux]

haha true

[GODofTHUNDER1101]

another word for a pitcher with no hair??

anyone???

simple answer:

BALD THROWER

lol

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY BOLT THROWER \m/

[2QsharkQ2]

@D9ieta lol, dand :P

[austinthegreatper]

@D9ieta thats a little gay but i see what you mean word up.

[warmaster2006]

Majestic, epic and catchy riffs, the perfect machinery of war!

[GODofTHUNDER1101]

abso-fuckin-lutely right!

very often you're fed up with catchy riffs or melodies 'cause you heard them so many times that you can't stand 'em anymore, but as far as BOLT THROWER goes there ain't nothin' to be fed up with, nothin'!!!

[pkhalladin]

Great riff and voice direct from old tomb :) !!!

[lamortaten1]

its crazy!!!!

[GODofTHUNDER1101]

playing fast as fuck = doesn't matter!

playing complicated = doesn't matter!

writing satanic lyrics = doesn't matter!

posing with sunglasses = doesn't matter!

putting 457 riffs in one song = doesn't matter!

BEING JUST BOLT THROWER = IT FUCKIN OWNS!!!!

[warmaster2006]

Man what a good statement about BT, they rock the house!

[GODofTHUNDER1101]

Thanks, mate! And yes, they rock the house and grind your skull!! Listening to BOLT THROWER is like being run over by a tank!

[BoreanWolf]

I agree! Even though I listen to Technical Death Metal as well, Bolt Thrower don't need Technique to sound AWESOME!

[rusksnow]

amazing guitar riff!

[slayerbodomjfac]

Heaven shall burn ripped this song off.

[harvesterofsorrow111]

What was the name of the Heave Shall Burn song?

[slayerbodomjfac]

Heaven shall Burn - Counterweight

[mustaine8282]

fuKING great Song

this Song called powder burns and its really burns you

[paddymoep]

The outro is soo epic..

[jwatson626]

I love how a lot of their songs come rolling in with that massive buildup . . . then it's just huge skull crushing!!!

JW

[sobek]

like a build up to an orgasm...

[jwatson626]

HAHAHA!!!! Nice. How's the metal scene in China?

JW

[sobek]

where i live...non-existant.

although behemoth came here in december...kicking myself as i didnt know and missed it

[laid2rest]

Anyone notice the resemblance to Cenotaph? or even especially KILLCHAIN.. intro is EXACTLY the same..

[Okiwenus]

Yeah, was a bit puzzled first time I heared Killchain. But there is a reason for the resemblance, band even tells it to us in one of their interviews (they liked to play cenotaph, killchain, powder burns, embers and world eater together so they made them in same way). I can give you the link to the interview too if you're interested :)

[KevinCarey]

I read somewhere it is a theme they have going on with the albums. On every album the track number where the power burns (cannot remember what track it is on) has a song with the SAME intro

[llinkmang]

The cool thing is; no one really minds since it's keeps on sounding awesome

[ApocalypseZer0]

cool vid come join aoc with us!!

[sledgehammer6y]

not bad,not bad

[snakepoop101]

NOT BAD?!?!! ITS FUCKIng awesOME