tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post5199536724121805079..comments2024-03-29T00:12:07.643-07:00Comments on Realm of Chaos 80s: Slaves to Darkness 25th Anniversary: The Other Realm of Chaos: Bolt Thrower's Album and its LegacyOrlygghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01590080915486192175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-48163544250828862212016-09-19T11:11:53.928-07:002016-09-19T11:11:53.928-07:00You guys might be interested to know that I talked...You guys might be interested to know that I talked to Karl Willetts on the Grindcrusher tour back then and he and another band member (forgot which one) were keen Warhammer 3rd edition players. I believe Karl told me he played a Dark Elf army.<br /><br />TDThomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046051367323522455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-52692134833365727122016-09-19T11:11:34.341-07:002016-09-19T11:11:34.341-07:00You guys might be interested to know that I talked...You guys might be interested to know that I talked to Karl Willetts on the Grindcrusher tour back then and he and another band member (forgot which one) were keen Warhammer 3rd edition players. I believe Karl told me he played a Dark Elf army.<br /><br />TDThomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046051367323522455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-82864798363657347622013-01-21T04:34:24.342-08:002013-01-21T04:34:24.342-08:00Great post, Orlygg - and you're bringing back ...Great post, Orlygg - and you're bringing back some terrific memories for me from the 1980s!Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-37513032951892677442013-01-20T16:29:52.139-08:002013-01-20T16:29:52.139-08:00I was surprised to find that several of my Realm o...I was surprised to find that several of my Realm of Chaos illos had appeared in the album's lyric book, including one of my best battle scenes....because nobody told me at the studio until it came out! Especially since I'd already heard of Bolt-Thrower before I was even published by GW. I'd actually written to them via a punk fanzine to offer them my art services some time before.<br />I was quite happy to be included, and at least I was eventually sent a contributors copy (still in my loft somewhere)<br />I'm not surprised by the stories of later GW's corporate intransigence as for a while this attitude of almost panicky defensiveness about it's IP seemed to hang over the company, however damaging this may have actually been to GW's public image. (I'm given to understand a more balanced and mature attitude has reasserted itself in more recent times)Tony Houghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054841780844015311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-86561919791479646742013-01-18T15:06:05.308-08:002013-01-18T15:06:05.308-08:00Ah I have the original gatefold sleeve vinyl with ...Ah I have the original gatefold sleeve vinyl with illustrated lyric book. Great stuff. IBTINL is a far superior album tho.<br /><br />It might be worth mentioning that there were some official Bolt Thrower t-shirts with the Ian Miller Khorne Icon as a large back print. They are completely awesome, rare as hell and probably cost you your arm, leg and eternal devotion to the Blood God to get ahold of.<br /><br />Bolt Thrower also use lettering very reminicent of the 1st Edition Realms of Chaos logo on their Bolt Fest merch. Might be worth looking out for.<br /><br />zhu bajieehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004498036257289234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-15054741181959522672013-01-18T13:26:52.349-08:002013-01-18T13:26:52.349-08:00The connection between metal fans and musicians an...The connection between metal fans and musicians and wargaming/rpgs is undeniable. Bolt Thrower are a very explicit example of this, as are the other bands that featured in WD through the eighties and very early nineties. <br /><br />The Swedish Epic Doom act Candlemass blatantly namedrop Dungeons and Dragons in the title track of their '88 album 'Ancient Dreams'(arguably their last great work), which bassist/founding member Lief Edling confirms is a tribute to the game. The fantasy/medieval imagery that infuses Epic Doom and Power Metal especially (two genres that often intertwine) is undeniable. When US Power Metal outfit Twisted Tower Dire re-released their debut album in 2009 they chose artist Martin Hanford, who has previously done work for GW, to do the improved cover art.<br /><br />Sadly, if GW allied themselves to a band these days it'd probably be something utterly soulless like One Direction.Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486311422850536804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-30537729938942916572013-01-18T13:23:04.681-08:002013-01-18T13:23:04.681-08:00Another great story. You are just churning them ou...Another great story. You are just churning them out...<br /><br />I would love for something like this to happen again. I am currently working on the concept for a warband of militant dwarf musicians based on stoner metal tropes, and I was idly thinking of composing a track or two to go with them.<br /><br />'their hammers fell like ringing bells...' indeed.iemattiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381883306896753352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283315887973123007.post-2330371751217731232013-01-18T12:01:18.880-08:002013-01-18T12:01:18.880-08:00So this is what Chaos sounds like. Under 78 rpm, i...So this is what Chaos sounds like. Under 78 rpm, it sounds just like Slayer. Thanks for the history lesson orlygg, much appreciated...Dreamfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429321866938060905noreply@blogger.com