Deathless is the sixth studio album by American metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Throwdown. The album was released on November 10, 2009 in the US through E1 Music, January 22, 2010 through Nuclear Blast Records in Europe, and January 25, 2010 in the UK, also through Nuclear Blast Records. Deathless is the first album by Throwdown released through E1 (formerly Koch Records) and Nuclear Blast since the band switched from Trustkill Records

Trustkill Records

Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...

 at the end of 2008.

Commercial performance

Deathless reached No. 26 on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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s Independent album on November 28, 2009, and stayed on the chart for one week.

Critical response

Deathless received mixed reviews from critics. Some critics praised Throwdown for changing the sound from their previous hardcore

Hardcore punk

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 sound, other critics did not like their decision to change their sound to a more groove metal

Groove metal

Groove metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It was often used to describe Pantera and Exhorder.- Characteristics and origins :Pantera's Cowboys from Hell album from 1990 was described as "groundbreaking" and "blueprint-defining" for the groove metal genre...

 sound. Most critics agreed that Throwdown had moved to a more Pantera

Pantera

Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...

 sounding style. Some, however, even likened the band's new sound to groups such as Godsmack

Godsmack

Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...

 and Mudvayne

Mudvayne

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.

Track listing

1. "The Scythe" – 3:56
2. "This Continuum" – 3:41
3. "Tombs" – 4:00
4. "The Blinding Light" – 6:08
5. "Widowed" – 5:46
6. "Headed South" – 5:16
7. "Serpent Noose" – 4:08
8. "Ouroboros Rising" – 4:20
9. "Skeleton Vanguard" – 4:20
10. "Pyre & Procession" – 4:02
11. "Black Vatican" – 3:18
12. "Burial at Sea" – 5:31

Personnel

Throwdown

• Dave Peters
  Dave Peters
  Dave Peters was the original guitarist for the band Eighteen Visions, and a guitarist in Throwdown. He is now the vocalist for Throwdown. He did guest vocal for the song "Unleash" by alternative metal band Soulfly and for the song "Feel as though you could" by Demon Hunter. He is straight edge.-...
  
   – vocals
• Mark Choiniere – guitars
• Mark Mitchell
  Mark Mitchell (musician)
  Mark Mitchell is a musician who has recorded and toured in the metal and hardcore scenes as a guitarist, bassist and vocalist. At present, he is the bass player for the Southern California based band Throwdown...
  
   – bass
• Jarrod Alexander – drums

Production and art

• Mudrock – producer
• Al Fujisaki – producer, digital editing
• Chris "Zeuss" Harris – mixer
• Alan Douches – mastering
• Ryan Clark
  Ryan Clark (musician)
  Ryan Clark is an American graphic designer and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Demon Hunter, which he co-founded with his brother, guitarist Don Clark.-Early life and career:...
  
  – art design
• Jerad Knudson – cover photo