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LATEST NEWS
Please Note: Official BOLT THROWER merchandise is currently only available at their shows. Bolt Thrower Myspace - Please note that the Bolt Thrower page on Myspace is completely Unofficial and not managed by the band!
01 Jun 2009 Bolt Thrower will be playing a special Birmingham show at The Asylum with Benediction on August 29th, which is also Frank Healy’s 65th birthday. (Sorry Francis!). More info and ticket details can be found here: www.theasylumvenue.co.uk. We’re looking forward to playing our own back yard again, with our old partners in crime Benediction. Hope to see you there.. BT
31 May 2009 So, we are back from a thoroughly enjoyable long weekend in Baltimore. We had a killer time back on US soil and it was great to meet up with old friends again, as well as making new ones. We were totally blown away with the response we got for both shows, and that people in the US still remembered us! Massive thanks to Ryan and Evan for the invitation, and making it such an easy and enjoyable time for all involved, and for granting our wish to play the indoor stage for the impromptu second show. Apologies to anyone who got to witness us lose our cool and turn into giggling, teenage fanboys/girls when we finally got to meet the mighty Josh Barnett! It was a huge honour to get to spend some time hanging out with Josh, a real Warmaster. Make sure you watch him annihilate Fedor Emelianenko and become the WAMMA heavyweight champion on August 1st. Josh Barnett at the MDF Finally, cheers to everyone who travelled to see us, everyone we spoke to and hung out with, and thanks again to the BT crew for all their help.
Cheers,
31 Jan 2009 Hails once again to our MMA fave, Josh Barnett!! Congratulations to The Baby Faced Assassin on another killer victory, this time against Gilbert Yvel, on Saturday 24th January at the "Affliction: 'Day of Reckoning" in Anaheim, California. Josh, looking every inch the mighty warrior, dominated from the onset. He constantly pummelled away at Yvel who received a relentless stream of ground and pound, and pinned to the canvas for the majority of the fight, resulting in Yvel receiving one blow too many and tapping out in the third round. "There is no shelter from the Barnett steel rain!"
Cheers!
23 January 2009 We are more than happy to announce that Bolt Thrower has chosen to play the Rock Area Festival, on Saturday 22nd August 2009. We were already looking forward to sharing the stage with Heaven Shall Burn, Maroon, Onslaught, Amon Amarth etc. but now even more, since the change of location to the amazing Loreley. Lorely-Open-Air website This legendary Amphitheater located on top of a massive soaring rock overlooking the Rhine, has got to be one of the coolest places in the world to hold a festival like this and we would like to congratulate the Rock Area crew for getting into this location where so many others have failed! Tickets for the 3 day event are only 39 Euro, and more information can be found here: Rock Area Festival site In addition, the full line-up and running order has been confirmed for the 2009 Maryland Deathfest VII, in Baltimore, USA. Bolt Thrower will be playing on Saturday 23rd May, and with this line-up it'll be great to see some old familiar faces again. More details on the festival and ticket information can be found here: http://www.supremebrutality.com/fest
Cheers,
Wir freuen uns sehr Euch ankündigen zu können dass wir uns entschieden haben am Samstag, den 22. August 2009 auf dem Rock Area Festival zu spielen. Wir hatten uns ohnehin schon darauf gefreut mit Heaven Shall Burn, Maroon, Onslaught, Amon Amarth etc. die Bühne teilen zu können, doch seit die Location zur grossartigen Loreley geändert wurde freuen wir uns noch mehr. Lorely-Open-Air website Dieses legendäre Amphitheater, welches sich auf einem massiven, steilen Felsen mit Blick über den Rhein befindet, muss einer der coolsten Orte der Welt überhaupt sein an dem man ein Festival veranstalten kann und wir gratulieren der Rock Area Crew dass sie Erfolg hatten wo viele andere es nicht schafften und diese Location ergattern konnten. Die Tickets für 3 Tage kosten nur 39Euro und weitere Infos findet Ihr hier: Rock Area Festival site Cheers, Bolt Thrower
31 October 2008 Due to the fact that we are not real festival lovers or great fans of flying, the chances of us ever coming to the States for a one-off show was always very small. But after years of relentless emails from Ryan we've finally given in. It's hard to believe that it's been 14 years since we last played in the US, so we are very happy to announce that we are finally coming back. Bolt Thrower will be playing Maryland Deathfest VII, on May 22-24, 2009, at Sonar, Baltimore, MD. www.myspace.com/marylanddeathfest Also, in a few weeks time we will be announcing the only European festival show we will be playing next year. We'll keep you posted on both shows as soon as we have more info.
Cheers,
08 September 2008 We've had a lot of emails from people who missed out on buying the special Party-San Festival shirt, as they sold out so fast. So we decided to print up a few more shirts, and are offering them for sale through eBay (thanks Stefan!) for the usual BT merch prices. You can find them here: SORRY, SOLD OUT! Cheers, Bolt Thrower
Wir haben eine Menge E-Mails von Leuten erhalten die es verpasst haben sich das Party-San Festival Shirt zu besorgen weil es so schnell ausverkauft war. Also haben wir uns entschlossen noch ein Paar davon zu drucken und auf Ebay (danke Stefan!) zu unseren üblichen BT Merchpreisen anzubieten. Die Shirts gibt es here: SORRY, AUSVERKAUFT! Cheers, Bolt Thrower
19 August 2008 We'd like to thank everyone who came to Atak, Party San and Hof te Lo. Although it was only 3 shows it felt like a whole tour, as we covered a whole range of venues & crowds in that short time, and had our fair share of problems that included 5 breakdowns on 3 different (replacement) buses. The Atak show was a hot, sweaty, crazy one and we wouldn't want it any other way, it was great to see old friends and familiar faces again. The fact that it was the last time anyone would ever play there was pretty sad, but it was great to celebrate the club's history along with the 275 special guests. The Atak crew were all amazing - (thanks a lot for everything) they made the night really special. Outside the venue was a red carpet with a 'Welcome home Bolt Thrower' banner. However cool you try to be, you can't help but be chuffed with that! Party San Open Air next, and we knew straight away that we had made the right decision to play there, the organisation was great, all facilities were good, the prices were cheap, and everyone we spoke to could only speak highly of it. We hit the stage at gone midnight, the premature intro wasn't the best start we could've had, and also the British weather that we brought with us put a slight dampener on things, but luckily the majority of the crowd suffered the rain with us, and the gig was a blast. Was nice to see the reaction to 'In Battle There is No Law' being played for the first time in 15 years! Finally Hof te Lo in Antwerp, we hadn't played there before, but is one we will definitely play again, despite being a real sweat-box! The show had only been confirmed two months earlier, but Jan and the Heartbreak Tunes Crew did a great job with the promotion and getting a good bill together and 800 people turned up on the night. Karl had problems with his throat, but still decided to play the show, and despite that, the gig was killer, and a really great end to a rollercoaster weekend. We'd like to say cheers to Cone Of Silence, Fallen Saints, Born From Pain, The Set Up, Anaphylactic Shock and especially Holland's finest God Dethroned for sharing the stage with us. Also massive thanks, as always, to our loyal crew - Turtle, Sabrine, Phil, Andy & Oscar, who made the shows slightly less chaotic than they could've been!
Cheers,
25 July 2008 After capturing the UFC Heavyweight title and claiming the Pancrase throne to become the 10th King of Pancrase, the mighty Josh Barnett (http://www.myspace.com/capturedsuplex) has his sights set on the MMA title.
Metal fan Josh Barnett bulldozed his way onto the fighting stage at "Affliction: Banned", and we can't say how chuffed we were at the fact he chose 'No Guts, No Glory' as his entrance music! After an uncompromising first round, the formidable 'Baby-Faced Assassin' finished it off with one devastating left hook (and a follow-up jab!) to floor his opponent Rizzo in the second, resulting in a victorious KO Thanks a lot Josh, and congratulations - you really did us proud. The War Master reigns again! Karl, Jo, Baz, Gav & Kiddie If you're quick, you can check out Josh in action here: http://www.mmatko.com/josh-barnett-vs-pedro-rizzo-fight-video-affliction-banned/ And flying the British death metal flag in the post-fight interview here: http://mmarated.com/users/video/163/630.html
21 July 2008 Thanks to those of you who emailed with your stories. All the tickets for the show have been snapped up and the guest lists are full. Sorry to the people who were unlucky or too late to get a ticket, all we can suggest if you live locally, is to try and get a ticket on the night, as all the tickets that have not been collected by 21.00 will be handed out again. Doors open at 20.00 and Bolt Thrower won't start playing until 22.30. Support bands for the show will come from CONE OF SILENCE (http://www.myspace.com/coneofsilencemetal) and FALLEN SAINTS (http://www.fallen-saints.de) who will be joined by Henri from God Dethroned on vocals for a few songs. Both these bands have been regulars at metal shows in Atak over the years and will now be able to say goodbye to the club from the other side of the stage.
Cheers,
Danke an alle die uns Ihre Geschichten geschickt haben! Alle Tickets für die Show wurden geschnappt und die Gästelisten sind voll. Sorry an die, die Pech hatten oder zu spät dran waren um noch ein Ticket zu bekommen. Alles was wir noch vorschlagen können ist, wenn Ihr vor Ort wohnt, am Abend des Gigs vorbeizukommen und dann zu versuchen noch eins zu ergattern - denn alle Tickets die bis 21:00 Uhr nicht abgeholt wurden werden wieder verteilt. Einlass ist ab 20:00 und Bolt Thrower fangen vor 22:30 nicht an. Als Support werden CONE OF SILENCE (http://www.myspace.com/coneofsilencemetal) und FALLEN SAINTS (http://www.fallen-saints.de) mit dabei sein, die von Henri von GOD DETHRONED für ein Paar Songs Unterstützung am Mikro bekommen werden! Beide Bands waren gern gesehene Gäste bei den Atak Metalshows der letzten Jahre und werden jetzt die Chance haben derm Club von der anderen Seite der Bühne aus lebewohl zu sagen.
Cheers,
04 July 2008 This will be a special free show to say farewell to the old Atak club, the only club we have played on every tour in the last 18 years. We would like to celebrate this special night with people who have seen us play there over the years and have some of the same fond memories that we have of the crazy shows in Atak, like people stage diving from the balcony and crowd surfing wheelchairs! So if you want to join us saying goodbye to this old cult club, this how you can get your tickets:. For those of you who don't live locally but would like to come to the show, you can get your ticket by sending an email to tickets@boltthrower.com If you live near Enschede you can get tickets from Atak: boltthrower@atak.nl Please mail your name, email address and a short message about your connection to Bolt Thrower and Atak over the years. (No attachments please!) There are only 275 tickets for this show, and it's first come first served. See you in Atak!
Cheers,
Dies wird eine besondere gratis-Show um dem alten Atak Club - dem einzigen Club in dem wir auf jeder unserer Touren der letzten 18 Jahre gespielt haben - lebewohl zu sagen. Wir möchten diesen besonderen Abend mit denen teilen, die uns dort die letzten Jahre haben spielen sehen und dieselben schönen Erinnerungen mit den irren Shows im Atak verbinden, wie zum Beispiel Leute die vom Balkon Stagediving betreiben, oder Crowdsurfer im Rollstuhl. Wenn Ihr also mit uns zusammen diesem altehrwürdigen Club lebewohl sagen wollt, könnt Ihr folgendermaßen an Tickets kommen: Wenn Ihr nicht vor Ort wohnt, aber zur Show kommen wollt, könnt Ihr ein Ticket bekommen indem Ihr eine E-mail an tickets@boltthrower.com schickt. Solltet Ihr in der Nähe von Enschede leben, bekommt Ihr die Tickets direkt vom Atak unter: boltthrower@atak.nl Bitte schickt Euren Namen, Eure E-Mail Adresse und eine kurze Nachricht bezüglich Eurer Verbindung zu Bolt Thrower und dem Atak über die letzten Jahre (bitte keine Dateianhänge!). Es gibt nur 275 Tickets für die Show, und wer zuerst kommt mahlt zuerst.
Wir sehen uns im Atak!
Cheers,
12 June 2008 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 realised 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: 7th August - Atak, Enschede (NL) - 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. 8th August - Party.San Festival, Bad Berka (D) - 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. http://www.party-san.de/openair/ 9th August - Hof ter Lo, Antwerp (B) - 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: http://www.heartbreaktunes.com/en/concert_detail.php?id=831 We'll post more info when we have it. Hope to see you at the gigs.
Wir haben das letzte Jahr damit verbracht zu versuchen Songs für ein neues Album zu schreiben, und diesen Sommer ins Studio zu gehen. Nach vielen Überlegungen müssen wir aber leider die schwere Entscheidung treffen die Aufnahmen auf unbestimmte Zeit zu verschieben. Wir wissen ja alle dass jeder immer sagt dass ihr neuestes Album das beste wäre, aber wir haben das auch immer wirklich geglaubt. Vom ersten Tag an war es uns klar dass wir aufhören würden aufzunehmen wenn wir das Gefühl hätten das ultimative Bolt Thrower Album geschrieben zu haben - wir wussten nur nie wann das der Fall sein würde, wir nahmen einfach an dass unsere Alben ganz selbstverständlich immer besser und besser werden würden. Jetzt aber haben wir begriffen dass sich unser letztes Album "Those Once Loyal" als genau dieses ultimative Album herausgestellt hat und die neuen Riffs die wir geschrieben haben schlicht nicht an dessen Material heranreichen. Wir sind sehr stolz auf unseren Backkatalog und wir weigern uns zu einer von vielen Bands zu werden (wie so viele Bands mit denen wir aufgewachsen sind) die an einem Punkt ankommen wo sie Scheisse rausbringen. Wir sind auch nicht bereit Kompromisse zu machen und stattdessen ein Album voller Coverversionen oder ein "best of" rauszubringen. Es tut uns leid Euch, die sich auf neue Bolt Thrower Songs gefreut haben, enttäuschen zu müssen, aber wir haben immer gesagt dass wir niemals etwas herausbringen würden mit dem wir nicht glücklich sind, oder was unserer Meinung nach nicht an das Vorgängermaterial rankommt. Für diejenigen unter Euch die in Holland, Deutschland oder Belgien leben gibt es bald die Gelegenheit Bolt Thrower bei einigen ausgewählten Shows live zu sehen. Die bestätigten Shows sind: 7. August - Atak, Enschede (NL) - Das ist unser zweites Zuhause und wir haben in den letzten 18 Jahren auf jeder Tour im Atak gespielt. Leider schliesst der Club diesen Monat und sie ziehen im Herbst in ein neues Gebäude um. Wir haben uns darum riesig gefreut als sie uns anboten nochmal für eine Nacht ihre Türen zu öffnen damit wir diesem Kult Club lebewohl sagen können und die letzte Band sein können die jemals dort spielt. Wir haben beschlossen dass die Tickets gratis sein sollen und werden Euch bald über das Line-up und Möglichkeiten Tickets zu bekommen informieren. 8. August - Party.San Festival, Bad Berka (D) - Als Headliner spielen wir ein längeres Set als sonst, macht Euch also drauf gefasst eine Menge Songs zu hören die wir schon lange nicht mehr gespielt haben. http://www.party-san.de/openair/ 9. August - Hof ter Lo, Antwerpen (B) - Für diese Show bekommen wir Unterstützung von einigen der besten Bands und Newcomern der Benelux-Staaten. Die bisher bestätigten Bands sind: God Dethroned, Born from Pain, The Setup und Anaphylactic Shock. Die Tickets kosten 11 Euros und die ganzen Infos gibt es hier: http://www.heartbreaktunes.com/en/concert_detail.php?id=831 mehr Infos gibt es natürlich sobald wir sie haben.
Wir hoffen Euch bei den Konzerten zu sehen.
Cheers,
10 April 2008 Bolt Thrower would like to congratulate the unstoppable Queen of Spades, Shayna Baszler on her latest ShoXC victory against Tama-Chan on April 5th. We are chuffed and proud that Shayna chose World Eater '94 as her entrance music. The fight can be viewed here: http://www.koch-online.us/Shayna_Chan.wmv Thanks to Shayna (http://www.myspace.com/Shayna_Baszler) and the mighty Josh 'No Guts, No Glory' Barnett. (http://www.myspace.com/capturedsuplex)
Cheers,
31 March 2008 The underground French netlabel Metal Factory Records has informed us that they have just released a Bolt Thrower tribute album featuring covers from French and Swiss unsigned artists. It is available to download for free from this location. More information can be found on the MFR MySpace Page. Congratulations and thanks to all the bands involved and to Geoffroy at Metal Factory Records for putting it together. We're very honoured... Cheers, Bolt Thrower
14 January 2008 First of all, Bolt Thrower would like to wish their crew, friends, followers and supporters all the best for 2008! If you're wondering why there hasn't been a lot of BT news for a while, that's because we are still in writing mode for the new album, which we plan to record in the summer. And during the break between the recording and mixing of the album, we will play our only festival of the year. So, we're very happy to announce that the festival we have chosen to play this summer is the Party.San Metal Open Air Festival in Bad Berka, Germany on 7-9th August. http://www.party-san.net/openair/ Tickets are only 39.60 Euros, including parking and camping, and the festival is capped at only 10,000 visitors, so considering this and the already killer line-up, it looks like it will sell out in advance. So, we suggest that people who want to buy tickets on the day, should check the availability before they set off, to avoid the disappointment a lot of people had at last year's sold-out Summer Breeze Festival, where they got turned away. We look forward to seeing you there!
Zuallererst wollen Bolt Thrower ihrer Crew, ihren Freunden, Anhängern und Supportern alles Gute für 2008 wünschen! Vielleicht fragt Ihr Euch warum es in letzter Zeit so wenig Neuigkeiten von uns gegeben hat. Das liegt daran dass wir uns noch immer im "Schreibmodus" für das neue Album befinden welches wir im Sommer aufnehmen wollen. In der Pause zwischen den Aufnahmen und dem Mix spielen wir dann unser einziges Festival des Jahres. Wir freuen uns also ankündigen zu können, dass wir uns für das Party.San Metal Open Air Festival in Bad Berka vom 7. bis 9. August entschieden haben. http://www.party-san.net/openair/ Die Tickets kosten nur 39,60Euro inklusive Parken und Campen und bei 10.000 Besuchern ist Feierabend. Wenn man dies bedenkt und sich das schon sehr amtliche Line-up ansieht, sieht es danach aus als wäre das Festival schon vor Beginn ausverkauft. Wir legen den Tagesticketkäufern unter Euch also nahe zu checken ob es noch Tickets gibt bevor Ihr Euch auf den Weg macht, um die Enttäuschungen zu vermeiden die viele Leute auf dem letztjährigen, ausverkauften Summer Breeze erfahren mussten als sie weggeschickt wurden. Wir freuen uns drauf Euch dort zu sehen!
Cheers,
27 November 2007 Thanks a lot to the 17,484 people who voted in the poll, it was very much appreciated! Poll Results As you know, this time we decided not to decline the Wacken Open Air offer as usual, but to have a poll and hear your views on it firsthand, before making our decision. Obviously we realised that a lot of people who would be voting would not necessarily be into Bolt Thrower, but we were very interested in the comments you would send. In the end we received hundreds of comments, and the huge majority confirmed what we were already thinking, that WOA 2008 is not the right festival for Bolt Thrower. We would like to thank the WOA organisers for their very unique offer and wish them every success, and for those of you going to WOA 2008, and who voted in favour of us playing there, we hope you have a great weekend. We will soon be deciding and confirming which festival Bolt Thrower will be playing next summer. Thanks again to all of you who participated in the poll.
Cheers,
Vielen Dank an die 17,484 Leute die bei unserer Umfrage abgestimmt haben, wir schätzen Euren Einsatz sehr! Umfrageergebnis Wie Ihr ja wisst hatten wir uns diesmal entschlossen das Angebot der Wacken Open Air Veranstalter nicht sofort auszuschlagen, sondern eine Umfrage zu starten und Eure Meinungen dazu zu hören bevor wir unsere Entscheidung treffen. Natürlich war uns klar dass nicht alle die abstimmen würden automatisch auch Bolt Thrower Fans sind, aber wir waren sehr an den Kommentaren interessiert die Ihr uns schicken würdet. Letztendlich erreichten uns hunderte von Kommentaren und die große Mehrheit bestätigte uns was wir uns schon selbst gedacht hatten - nämlich dass das WOA 2008 nicht das richtige Festival für Bolt Thrower ist. Wir möchten den WOA Veranstaltern für ihr sehr gutes Angebot danken und wünschen ihnen viel Erfolg - und Euch, die in WOA 2008 dabei sein werden und für unseren Auftritt dort gestimmt haben, wünschen wir ein großartiges Festival Wochenende. Wir werden bald entscheiden und bekanntgeben auf welchem Festival Bolt Thrower nächsten Sommer spielen werden. Danke nochmals an alle die bei unserer Umfrage mitgemacht haben.
Cheers,
06 November 2007 As most of you probably know, Bolt Thrower don't like to play festivals, but as a lot of you want to see us playing festivals, we try and play at least one festival a year. After receiving numerous offers, we now have to choose which festival to play next Summer, and would like you to help us decide. As BT are not financially driven, the fee is pretty irrelevant, as is whether we play to 1000 people or 100,000. Our main requirement would be to have our usual merchandise / meet and greet booth, with no price restrictions. Wacken Open Air festival have asked us again to play next Summer, and the date would fit in with the gap in our planned recording and mixing schedule for next year. A lot of you have asked us to play Wacken over the years, and a lot of you have advised us not to play it, for various reasons. So now, we would like you to help us decide by taking part in the following poll. Poll: Would you like to see Bolt Thrower play the Wacken Open Air festival? We'd really like to hear your opinions, so please vote... Cheers,
Wie die meisten von Euch wissen, mögen Bolt Thrower es nicht auf Festivals zu spielen. Da uns aber viele von Euch auf Festivals sehen wollen, versuchen wir zumindest auf einem pro Jahr aufzutreten. Nachdem wir viele Angebote erhalten haben, müssen wir nun entscheiden auf welchem Festival wir nächsten Sommer spielen und hätten dafür gerne Eure Hilfe. Da Bolt Thrower nicht finanziell motiviert sind, ist die Gage so ziemlich irrelevant - genau wie der Unterschied ob wir vor 1000 oder 100000 Leuten spielen. Unser hauptsächliches bedingung ist unseren üblichen Merchandise/Meet and Greet Stand aufbauen zu können und nicht an irgendwelche Merch-Preise gebunden zu sein. Das Wacken Open Air hat uns mal wieder gefragt ob wir nächsten Sommer auftreten können und das Datum würde gut in eine Lücke unseres angepeilten Studio/Aufnahme Terminplan passen. Viele von Euch haben uns gebeten in Wacken aufzutreten - und viele haben uns davon abgeraten, aus verschiedenen Gründen. Jetzt möchten wir Euch also bitten uns bei der Entscheidung zu helfen indem Ihr an unserer Umfrage teilnehmt. Poll: Würdet Ihr Bolt Thrower gerne auf dem Wacken Open Air sehen wollen? Wir würden gerne Eure Meinungen dazu hören, also stimmt bitte ab Cheers, Karl, Jo, Baz, Gav & Kiddie
03 September 2007
Some photos from last month's Summer Breeze festival can be found here.
19 July 2007 We've had a lot of emails asking if Bolt Thrower merchandise will be available at the Summer Breeze Festival, at Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The answer is yes, Bolt Thrower will have their own merchandise booth and everything will be sold at the usual BT prices. It will be situated next to the Metal Blade booth and will be open all day on the day Bolt Thrower play - Friday 17th August.
See you at the booth!
Wir sehen uns am Stand!
09 January 2007 BOLT THROWER are happy to announce they will be performing at the 10th Anniversary of the Summer Breeze Festival on August 17th, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. It will be their only show on German soil in 2007, so don't miss the only opportunity to see the band play Open Air this year. See you there! More information to follow soon..
24 December 2006 Yule tide greetings to all the fans, friends, followers and supporters of Bolt Thrower... here is a video on YouTube you might enjoy Stay loyal in 2007. Karl, Gav, Kiddie, Jo and Baz.
28 August 2006 Bolt Thrower have had to cancel plans to tour the US this year with their 'Those Still Loyal' Tour. Unfortunately their label, Metal Blade Records refused to financially back the band, i.e. pay towards the flights, etc. Despite trying to work out other ways to make this happen, the band found they were unable to finance a tour of this scale on their own and therefore had to stop any further planning of the tour. Bolt Thrower apologise to Maurizio & Thunderdome Touring, the promoters/bands who were willing to participate in the tour and their fans in the US who were hoping to finally see them live. Regrettably, it looks like while Bolt Thrower are signed to Metal Blade Records they will be unable to tour the States.
19 June 2006 Dave Ingram - ex-BT vocalist and good friend of the band has compiled 3 videos made from footage he filmed when his new band Downlord (www.downlord.dk) supported Bolt Thrower earlier this year. The videos have since been moved to YouTube and can now be viewed here:
At First Light: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVISYv8dSq8 Massive thanks to Dave - still loyal!
17 May 2006 BOLT THROWER would like to say a big "thankyou" to everyone who came to the shows on the "Those Still Loyal Tour II 2006" in April/May. We all had a blast and it was really great to play some new countries and make new friends along the way. We hope to come back again soon... Cheers to Dave & Downlord, the guys in Nightrage, Kataklysm (shame about the jinx!), all the local opening bands, and massive thanks to God Dethroned for putting their album on hold and finishing the tour with us! Was great to share the stage with you all!
Again, special thanks to the crew - Turtle, Sabrine, Phil & Andy. Always a pleasure! And cheers to Chris for helping us out on the last few shows.
Thanks again,
26 April 2006 God Dethroned have replaced Kataklysm for the remainder of the European tour. The details have been updated in the Tourdates section.
30 March 2006 All support bands for the 'THOSE STILL LOYAL II Europe 2006 Tour' are now confirmed. You can find all the info in the Tourdates section. PLEASE NOTE: A few of the shows are already sold out - Hengelo, Bremen, Oslo, etc. Again, we strongly advise people who are travelling to the shows without tickets that they call the venues to make sure there are still tickets available.
18 March 2006 We are happy to announce the bands taking part in the second leg of our European Tour. Main support on THOSE STILL LOYAL II EUROPE 2006 will come from Holland's finest - God Dethroned - for the first part of the tour, and the Northern Hyperblast legends - Kataklysm - for the remainder of the tour. For this tour we decided against the usual 3 or 4 band package, and instead are using the opportunity to bring out friends and also help promote new bands. Therefore, in addition to God Dethroned/Kataklysm we have invited different special guests each night, bands like Downlord (Dave Ingram's new band), Nightrage, God Among Insects, etc. and/or various up and coming local bands. We again strongly advise people who are travelling to the shows without tickets that they call the venues to make sure there are still tickets available. Some of the shows have already sold out (, and we don't want a repeat of the January tour where a lot of people found they couldn't get in after travelling for hours.
We're all really looking forward to playing new territories and meeting up with old friends. Hope to see you out there!
14 March 2006 The final dates of the Second leg of the European 'Those Still Loyal' Tour have been finalised. The support bands are still to be confirmed. Check out the forum for up to the minute updates.
13 February 2006 BOLT THROWER would like to thank everyone who came to the shows on the "Those Still Loyal Tour 2006" in Jan/Feb. The band had a killer time and cheers to
Malevolent Creation, Nightrage and Necrophagist for making the tour even more enjoyable. Apologies to the fans who could not get into the shows that were
sold out - we did try to warn you! Looking forward to the second leg of the tour in April, hope to see you there. Thanks again.
Special thanks to the crew - Turtle, Sabrine, Phil, Andy, Keith and Marie - cheers for all your hard work, we appreciate it a lot and couldn't have done it
without you. Hope you can all make it in April for Round 2!
19 January 2006 "Due to serious problems with the electricity supply in the venue BOLT THROWER, MALEVOLENT CREATION, NIGHTRAGE AND NECROPHAGIST had to cancel the show in Prato, Italy. The club's electricity supply was unsafe with bad/no earth and after one of the crew members was electrocuted for the 4th time the bands made the decision to pull the show. All bands apologise to all the fans who had travelled to see the show, but they are not prepared to put themselves in a life-threatening situation. Hopefully the Anomalia Club will take notice of their dangerous electricity problem and make sure there will be no accidents in the future."
08 January 2006 The first few dates of the tour have been sold out so unfortunately a lot of people have been unable to get into the shows. To anyone coming to any of the future shows it is advisable to check with the venues before travelling to make sure there are still tickets available. Cheers.
22 December 2005 Some of the venues are starting to sell out, so it is advisable to buy your tickets early to make sure you can get in. Please note: The 'fan pass' that came with the Those Once Loyal digi-pack via mail-order is not a valid tour pass and you will not be able to gain free entry to any of the shows with it. So please, don't even try! Thanks.
Bitte beachtet dabei folgendes: der "Fan Pass" der per Mailorder mit der Digipack Version von Those Once Loyal kam ist kein Tourpass und kein Ersatz für eine Eintrittskarte, also versucht's besser lieber erst gar nicht. Dankeschön!
17 December 2005 The Second leg of the 2006 European tour (Britain, Spain) has been announced in the Tour section.
We would like to announce the package for the upcoming January leg of our European tour: So, the usual strong package everybody is used to on a BT tour. We can’t wait to share the stage with these killer bands and finally play some live shows again. The average ticket price, as usual, on this tour will be 10 Euros, so it is strongly recommended, especially for those of you who have to travel far, to buy your tickets in advance. As most of the (smaller) clubs will probably sell out in advance again.
Bolt Thrower (UK) www.boltthrower.com | Metal Blade
Hope to see you all in Jan – ’06!
Those Still Loyal Europe 2006
Bolt Thrower (UK) www.boltthrower.com | Metal Blade Also das übliche, starke Paket dass man von Bolt Thrower auf Tour gewohnt ist. Wir können es kaum erwarten mit diesen Killerbands die Bühne teilen zu dürfen und endlich wieder live zu spielen. Der durchschnittliche Ticketpreis auf dieser Tour beträgt zehn Euro, es ist also dringend geraten die Tickets vorzubestellen, besonders für die unter Euch die von weiter weg anreisen, da speziell die kleineren Clubs wahrscheinlich schnell ausverkauft sein werden. Wir hoffen Euch alle im Januer '06 wiederzusehen!
17 November 2005 The Scandinavian leg of the 2006 European tour has been announced in the Tour section.
11 November 2005 'Those Once Loyal' is released today in Germany. Other territories have to wait until next week, but you can check out the new website in the meantime.
08 September 2005
The tracklist is as follows: The Once Loyal
The Limited Edition digipak version of the album will also feature the bonus track "A Symbol of Eight".
12 August 2005 The majority of the 2006 European Tour has been announced. Check out the Tour page Tour Dates page for details. Additons, changes and additional info may be added in future weeks, so keep checking back.
29 July 2005 Martin's update on the progess so far... read it here.
17 July 2005 BOLT THROWER are currently booking shows for their European tour planned for early 2006. The dates will appear on the tour dates page as soon as they are confirmed....
28 June 2005 Martin has been busy watching Baz record his guitars... read it here.
13 June 2005 The third Studio Report by drummer Martin Kearns has been added here.
31 May 2005 Instalment 2 of the Studio Report with drummer Martin Kearns has been added here.
25 May 2005 Read the first instalment with drummer Martin Kearns here.
20 May 2005 The Mp3 can be found in the Music > Downloads section.
16 May 2005
05 May 2005 BOLT THROWER are currently in final rehearsals for their 8th as yet untitled studio release. In mid May the band enter Andy Faulkner’s Sable Rose studios where they will spend the next three months recording the album. The as yet untitled album will be released on Metal Blade Records around October/November 2005. More info and studio reports coming soon. 
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