Hell Throne — The Will to Die Review
Hell Throne, a American Death Thrash Metal band. On 17th October 2025, the band independently released their debut album, EP, The Will to Die, promoted through GlobMetal Promotions.
Hell Throne, The Will to Die Review: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins, The Summary
The Fourth Sin, Overall Discussion
Opening: Hell’s Welcome
As soon as the listener presses play, the opening hymn, Hell’s Hero, dares them to enter, into a dark, aggressive onslaught that carries throughout the remaining five hymns. The Will to Die is a twenty-three-minute burst of aggressive, extreme delight that fuses death metal brutality with thrash ferocity, creating a sound that is both relentless and listenable.
Lyrical Rite of Wrath and Descent
Lyrics explore themes of betrayal, divine wrath, personal defiance, and ritualised death. Each track channels aggression and existential struggle through blood‑soaked imagery and warlike cadence.
The six hymns of The Will to Die form a ceremonial arc of defiance, betrayal, and descent. Hell’s Hero opens with a declaration of strength in the face of damnation — a figure rising through torment, crowned by fire and fury. A Fighter’s Oath follows as a vow of vengeance and survival, channelling loyalty, betrayal, and the will to endure. Crown the Traitors delivers punishment through ritual execution, casting judgement on those who broke sacred bonds. Witness the Blood ov God presents a blasphemous vision, exploring divine violence, martyrdom, and sacrilegious sacrifice. Until Time Tells reflects on fate and mortality, a slow decay of hope and the wait for justice. Finally, the closing hymn The Will to Die seals the EP’s thematic core — not surrender, but ritual closure, a chosen descent into death.
Production Sin — Intensity over Perfection
The production emphasizes intensity over perfection, capturing the band’s live energy while still delivering a tight, cohesive record. A sound that refuses to let go — it makes ears bleed, crushes bones and drags you across the stone-laid floor. The mix holds grit from the underground. It keeps clear sound too. No thick mud blocks it. No shine makes it fake.
Vocals of Defiance — Ritualised Cadence
The Will to Die provides the listener with a well-executed devilmanship and composition: the instruments and vocals combine to create a ritualised wall of sound. Where the vocals ride high in the mix, deliberately cutting through the dense guitar riffs and drum blasts. Harsh, guttural growls and abrasive screams tear through lyrics of betrayal, emphasising defiance and blood‑soaked imagery.
Hell Throne vocals stay front and centre. They demand focus. They do not swamp the instruments. Delivering harsh, guttural growls mixed with thrash-style shouts — aggressive, ritualistic cadence — almost barked in places.
Strings, Lows, and Blasts — The Instrumentium Rite
Hell Throne guitars unleash razor-sharp distortion with a mid-heavy crunch, evoking classic thrash but pushed into death metal and groove territory. The rhythm guitars lock into tight, palm-muted chugging patterns. Leads often burst into chaotic tremolo runs or short, shredding solos.
Hell Throne bass riffs growl thick in the lows — not buried, but deliberately aligned with the kick drum. Anchors the guitars, adding weight to the riffs. Occasionally breaks free with distorted fills, especially in transitions. The drums race fast and mean — a hybrid of thrash gallops and death metal blasts. Double-kick drives most hymns, especially Hell’s Hero and Crown the Traitors.
Snare hits are sharp and cutting, typically accentuating vocal phrasing, and cymbals crash relentlessly, adding chaos to climactic moments.
The guitar production feels double-tracked for width, giving riffs a wall-of-sound effect without drowning clarity. The bass feels tight and punchy, ensuring the EP doesn’t collapse into muddiness. The drums push kick and snare forward, toms resonant, cymbals raw rather than polished.
Interplay Sin — Crushing Unity
The EP thrives on tight interplay: guitars and bass form a crushing wall, drums inject relentless momentum, and vocals cut through like a war cry. Listeners craving quick, hard hits find gold here. No filler drags it. Each hymn slams home. The band’s energy jumps out. It feels like a live pit crush. Production nails that raw spark.
Overall Rite — Short Fruit of Art
Overall, The Will to Die is short fruit of art. Within the band’s music and sound, thrash gallops mimic horse charges. Death blasts mimic storm winds. Vocals bark orders in the storm. All locks in ritual flow. The EP proves short can crush deep. It leaves bones aching. It demands replays.
Final Hymn — The Will to Die
The album closes with the hymn The Will to Die. Its conclusion is not silence, but a ritual pause — a moment of reckoning, where the listener weighs the sins revealed.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia
For me, Hell Throne and their album The Will to Die stand as a powerful death metal and thrash metal release. At every corner, the record drives hard, fusing death metal ferocity with groove‑thrash intensity. The instruments are sharp, relentless, and commanding — riffs bite with precision, drums thunder with aggression, the vocals tear through the lyrics, and the overall sound carves a brutal yet disciplined path through chaos.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork
This isn’t just an album cover — it’s a visual scripture. It mirrors the sonic themes: death, defiance, ritual, and descent. The artwork doesn’t invite the listener; it dares them to enter.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish
There is nothing to dislike in the musical offerings of The Will to Die. Thus, we conclude our review of this rite. I extend my gratitude for your time in reading, and encourage you to explore the work of Hell Throne and GlobMetal Promotions. May this offering stand as both testimony and invitation — a call to witness the band’s defiance, their ritual sound, and the sins revealed within.
The Hymns
01. Hell’s Hero
02. A Fighter’s Oath
03. Crown the Traitors
04. Witness the Blood ov God
05. Until Time Tells
06. The Will to Die
Hell Throne
Dexter Dale — VocalsMichael Nuvati Curtis — Bass
Rowe Maikoh — Drums
Dave Kirk — Vocals, Guitars
George Ivanusic — Guitars