#god-dethroned — Public Fediverse posts
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1/ We can report that #stonehengefestival 2026 was freakin awesome from start to finish! The weather was really good, the organization was top notch and the metal was relentless. Thanks to all involved. Here are some photos from early on featuring #putridoffal #SevereTorture #GodDethroned #Messiah #deathmetal #goregrind
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By Dear Hollow
I’m not sure which is worse: to release terrible or forgettable albums. Unfortunately for Maltese death metal outfit Beheaded, it has been the latter for the vast majority of their career. Always releasing competent material but nothing that sticks, their tenure within these hallowed halls has been rife with mediocrity, both 2017’s Beast Incarnate and 2019’s Only Death Can Save You lauded acknowledged for sounding like brutal death metal by the inimitable Kronos – the definition of “mixed” territory. Even 1998 highlight Perpetual Mockery has been covered up by the sands of time. This is precisely why Għadam is such a monumental release for this death metal stalwarts.
For Għadam, Beheaded becomes “il-kittieb” of their own horror – both lyrically and musically. Nearly forsaking all brutal tendencies without sacrificing its bite, the quintet focuses instead on channeling its heritage. The songs are entirely in Maltese, each track named after and capturing the storytelling of local horror writer Anton Grasso:1 the songs grapple with folk horror, local struggles, and the supernatural, and reflect the nation’s troubled history with religion and Christianity. For the first time in Beheaded’s history, it feels as though the band is writing their own music rather than regurgitating what brutal death ought to sound like. While the album is imperfect, Għadam is a motion from a band previously stuck in the muck of their own habits to rise from the dead and make the future bright again.
While elements of Beheaded’s brutal death peak through periodically, Għadam is remarkably atmospheric and dread-inducing. Drawing from Maltese folk music, the melodies here give an otherworldly flare, conjuring horrors both tangible and surreal. While the opening title track and the concluding instrumental “Irmied” feature harp guitar that sets the tone for a more focused and streamlined affair, the meat of Għadam is ominous, dense, and foreboding. From dirging riffs layered with doomed menace and vicious vocals (title track, “Iħirsa”), the kickass guitar work amplified by wild solos (“Iljieli bla qamar,” “Jidħaq il-lejl”), or the blackened tremolo and subtle synths that add a whole new dimension of intensity (“B’niket inħabbru l-mewt,” “Ix-xjaten ta’ moħħi”), riffy motifs and haunted leads are streamlined and consistent across the board. Cleans are used sparingly, but utilize a mournful mumble that adds to the desolation of the atmosphere. Ultimately, Beheaded feels reborn into a sound that feels very much theirs, despite newfound comparisons to God Dethroned, Belphegor, and Angelcorpse.
Given highlights and individual song identity, the structure of Għadam feels more intentional than Beheaded has offered before. Most notably, the track “Il-kittieb” serves as a centerpiece not only for being the fifth track in the nine-track album, but as a sonic eye of the storm; while it utilizes the same tricks as its surrounding tracks, they are weaponized in a slow-building crescendo whose climax serves as the most satisfying moment of the album. Intertwined dissonant leads and ethereal solos collide in a 6/8 timing that feels like a waltz through hell. Even last full song “Jidħaq il-lejl” feels like a culmination of the two tracks preceding it, a riffy and ominous trek through dark territory. This structure makes it easy to forget the weak links, such as the frenetic and anchorless (“Xtrajt l-infern”) or the forgettable (“B’niket inħabbru l-mewt,” “Iħirsa”). The spoken word passages scattered throughout are also hit or miss.
Beheaded has forsaken their long-time forgettable signature in favor of something that ironically suits them better. Għadam is imperfect in its experimentation, but is surprisingly realized regardless, a consistent thread of viciousness and menace woven into all its movements gives exposure to its homeland, a culture tragically neglected in the annals of history. While “Maltese death metal” would have traditionally conjured images of brutal death’s relentless pummeling in Beheaded or Abysmal Torment, Għadam’s sinister and atmospheric approach to blackened death metal tinged with local dark lore and haunting melodics, even if imperfect, sets Beheaded out onto a new and unforgettable path.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Agonia Records
Website: facebook.com/BeheadedMT
Releases Worldwide: July 25th, 2025#2025 #35 #AbysmalTorment #AgoniaRecords #Angelcorpse #Beheaded #Belphegor #BlackenedDeathMetal #BrutalDeathMetal #DeathMetal #Għadam #GodDethroned #Jul25 #MalteseMetal #Review #Reviews
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After Taste – Hungry For Life Review
By Grymm
I’ll be the first to admit, right now, that I miss Type O Negative. Chances are that you do, too. When bassist/vocalist Peter Steele died in 2010, he and his merry cohorts of doom and lust left a massive, gaping hole in the world of metal that no one to this day could replace or replicate. That hasn’t stopped others from trying, however. After Taste, hailing from the Netherlands and featuring Dave Meester of God Dethroned on guitar and vocals, are the latest in a line of those who worship at the altar of Black and Neon Green. With their second album, Hungry for Life, these Dutch doom-peddlers are hoping you will give in to your carnal cravings.
On a couple of songs, they do the trick. “Morning XTC” gives off a Host-era Paradise Lost vibe, with its somewhat upbeat, danceable rhythms and simple-yet-catchy riffs. Elsewhere, “Mind Over Body” could slot itself alongside Katatonia’s Night is the New Day in both atmosphere and performance, but with Meester aiming for Peter Steele instead of Jonas Renkse vocally. Their influences are sound, and their passions are in the right places when it comes to capturing a particular snapshot of a lifestyle of non-stop partying, and the grotesque, inevitable come-down afterwards.
So why doesn’t this land as well as it should? In their one-sheet, they’re aiming for a sound that’s equal parts Type O Negative, Rammstein, and Alice in Chains with electronic and synthwave vibes. Instead, what this reminds me of are the Century Media bands of the late 90s and early 2000s that decided they weren’t metal anymore: Morgoth, Moonspell, and Tiamat. Not necessarily a bad thing in and of itself, but Hungry for Life sounds exactly like those aforementioned bands that were once inspirational, but had gone pedestrian with their sound, and this album captures that complacency a bit too well.
For example, opener “Sustain Me” crawls along at a snail’s pace and doesn’t move the needle much in terms of melody or memorability. “Lost at Sea” could have been a strong single, but it drags out for too long, all while being a scant four-and-a-half minutes, due to its repetitive nature. “Methmouth” and “Liquid Courage” both aim for lyrical grossness, especially in the former (“You’re lips are locked/’Round my member/Yet your breath still fills the air”), yet don’t really go anywhere of note musically to back it up. Granted, the last band to impress me going this direction lyrically and stylistically was Voices, but London was released a long time ago at this point, and that band backed it up with chilling performances, compelling songwriting, and tight musicianship, all things that Hungry for Life lacks.I wanted to like Hungry for Life more than I did. It had all the ingredients in place to make for a fantastic album. Sadly, other than a scant few moments, it did little to quell my thirst for music in the vein of New York’s sorely missed goth overlords. I can only recommend this album for those that really, really miss Type of Negative, and even then, it’s not going to hit the same way as the originals did, and the end result yields an aggressively okay album. It’s a shame, because it feels like it could be a whole lot more.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Independent/Unsigned
Websites: Facebook1
Releases Worldwide: June 6th, 2025#20 #2025 #AfterTaste #AliceInChains #DoomMetal #DutchMetal #GodDethroned #HardRock #HungryForLife #IndependentUnsigned #Jun25 #Katatonia #Moonspell #Morgoth #MyDyingBride #ParadiseLost #Rammstein #Review #Reviews #Tiamat #TypeONegative #Voices
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The Weekly Injection: New Releases From JORDAN RUDESS, MANY EYES & More Out This Week 9/6#JordanRudess #ManyEyes #PureReasonRevolution #Castle #GodDethroned #GodIsAnAstronaut
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GOD DETHRONED Share Lyric Video For New Song "The Hanged Man"https://bravewords.com/news/god-dethroned-share-lyric-video-for-new-song-the-hanged-man
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GOD DETHRONED Share Lyric Video For New Song "The Hanged Man"https://bravewords.com/news/god-dethroned-share-lyric-video-for-new-song-the-hanged-man
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INTERVIEW: Henri Sattler of God Dethroned Discusses “The Judas Paradox,” Influences and More - Ghost Cult Magazine -
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INTERVIEW: Henri Sattler of God Dethroned Discusses “The Judas Paradox,” Influences and More - Ghost Cult Magazine -
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God Dethroned Release Video for “The Judas Paradox”https://www.metalsucks.net/2024/08/12/god-dethroned-release-video-for-the-judas-paradox/
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God Dethroned Release Video for “The Judas Paradox”https://www.metalsucks.net/2024/08/12/god-dethroned-release-video-for-the-judas-paradox/
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GOD DETHRONED Release "The Judas Paradox" Single And Music Videohttps://bravewords.com/news/god-dethroned-release-the-judas-paradox-single-and-music-video
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GOD DETHRONED Release "The Judas Paradox" Single And Music Videohttps://bravewords.com/news/god-dethroned-release-the-judas-paradox-single-and-music-video
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God Dethroned share “Rat Kingdom” video:
#GodDethroned #RatKingdom #NewSong #NewVideo #SeptemberReleases
https://metalinsider.net/video/god-dethroned-share-rat-kingdom-video
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God Dethroned Drop New Single “Rat Kingdom”, Announce New Album The Judas Paradox#GodDethroned #TheJudasParadox #RatKingdom #BlackDeathMetal #Vatican #JeffHanneman
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God Dethroned Drop New Single “Rat Kingdom”, Announce New Album The Judas Paradox#GodDethroned #TheJudasParadox #RatKingdom #BlackDeathMetal #Vatican #JeffHanneman
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Metal Inferno #arnhem II aka an evening of fine Dutch #DeathMetal at the #Willemeen How could we say no when #GodDethroned and #graceless join forces, with #bloodmoon opening? We can’t. Unsurprisingly, this was a blast.
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Metal Inferno #arnhem II aka an evening of fine Dutch #DeathMetal at the #Willemeen How could we say no when #GodDethroned and #graceless join forces, with #bloodmoon opening? We can’t. Unsurprisingly, this was a blast.
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Charting the course to 2024: reflecting on 70000tons of Metal 2023 Artist Spotlight: God Dethroned:
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New #BrothersinRAW photo report online of #HarnbargMetalFest .
Alll pics by me, check it out:
https://www.brothersinraw.com/post/fotoverslag-harnbarg-metalfest
Bands: #Phlebotomized , #Schizophrenia , #Baest , #Necrotesque , #GodDethroned , #AbruptDemise , #Obscenity , #HidiousDivinity , #DeadHead , #BloodRedThrone & #Memoriam
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POV: photographing #GodDethroned at #HarnbargMetalfest last weekend.
Photo by: Jacques Louwes : )
