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LATEST NEWS
Regarding Bolt Thrower merchandise! Official BOLT THROWER merchandise is currently only available at their shows. The plans to set up a webstore are on hold at the moment, but keep checking back for more news... Bolt Thrower Myspace - Please note that the Bolt Thrower page on Myspace is completely Unofficial and not managed by the band!
10 April 2007 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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