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With this line-up the band carried on the promotion of the album with a full European tour in 1995 and the highly-credible Fuck Price Politics festival tour in 1996.Inspired at that time by bands such as Sacrilege, Discharge, Candlemass Slayer, they decided to form a band that was heavy, aggressive, but more importantly, original.They were soon joined by Alan West, a friend of Bazs, who took the role of vocalistlyricist.
Bolt Thrower Honor Valour Pride Rar Full European TourWhen it came to finding a drummer, Andy Whale was suggested by a mutual friend, and when he met up with the rest of the band to try out, he found he had similar music tastes, and joined immediately. The four- piece went on to write a number of songs and eventually recorded two demos In Battle. During this time Gavin Ward decided to switch to guitar and local bassist Alex Tweedy was the temporary replacement. When Alex left - one or two gigs later, they agreed to let Jo Bench try out. She proved she was the right person for the job, and in September 1987 the new 5-piece line-up was complete. A few gigs later and the call came saying John Peel liked the demo and wanted to offer the band a radio session. Bolt Thrower recorded 4 songs for their first BBC Radio One Peel Session in January 1988. After the transmission was aired on national radio, Vinyl Solution contacted the band and offered them a recording contract, the band agreed to a one-album deal. With this line-up they went on to record their first album In Battle There Is No Law recorded at Loco Studios in Wales, which was unfortunately mixed without the bands knowledge and released in the summer of 1988. After constant gigging around the UK, Bolt Thrower were becoming more and more popular, and were soon contacted by Earache Records who were at that time, the biggest independant label for extreme music. The band signed a deal with Earache and also at the same time were approached by Games Workshop - a fantasy wargaming company - whos boss had heard the Peel Session when it was aired, and was impressed enough to be interested in a collaboration with the band. So, incorporating both - Realm of Chaos the second studio album was released on Earache Records in 1989, and featured cover and booklet artwork from the artists at Games Workshop. The band were gaining a much wider audience, but didnt forget their roots, and were proud to be given the opportunity to record two more Peel Sessions (which were later released as an album). In 1989 the band took part in the legendary GrindCrusher tour around the UK, with Carcass, Napalm Death and Morbid Angel, this proved the bands reputation as being one of the most powerful live acts around. On the back of the success of the UK tour, they made their first tour of Europe in 1990 with Autopsy and Pestilence - where they met Martin Van Drunen and their current tour manager Graham. They recorded Warmaster at Slaughterhouse Studios, Driffield with Colin Richardson producing, and thanks to the clever scheduling skills of Earache - it was released in the middle of their tour of Europe Fortunately, the untimely release was unnoticed by the hundreds of fans who got to see the band for the first time - the band also went on to make their first visit to the US this year. The Bolt Thrower name was starting to spread worldwide Next came The IVth Crusade - recorded at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall in 1992, it showed the band had continued to create their own unique style of music that was easily identifiable as BOLT THROWER. The band also decided to make the break from their usual fantasy artwork sleeve, and instead used a classical painting by Delacroix. The recording of.For Victory in 1994, (at Sawmills, again), was immediately followed by the bands second tour of the U.S. This unfortunately saw the departure of drummer Andy Whale and vocalist Karl Willetts, who decided they didnt want to continue in the band. The rest of the band decided to carry on, and the album was released later in the year, and Whale and Willetts were subsequently replaced with drummer Martin Kearns and Martin Van Drunen on vocals.
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