Those Once Loyal is an album by the British

United Kingdom

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 death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Bolt Thrower. It was released on 11 November 2005 in Germany

Germany

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, 14 November 2005 in the rest of Europe

Europe

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 and 15 November 2005 in the USA by Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

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. It was recorded and mixed at Sable Rose Studioshttp://www.sablerose.com/ in Coventry, England. It is produced by the band and Andy Faulkner.

Like all of Bolt Thrower's albums, Those Once Loyal deals with war, specifically World War I

World War I

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. The cover shows a World War 1 QF 18 pounder field gun

Ordnance QF 18 pounder

The Ordnance QF 18 pounder, or simply 18-pounder Gun, was the standard British Army field gun of the World War I era. It formed the backbone of the Royal Field Artillery during the war, and was produced in large numbers. It was also used by British and Commonwealth Forces in all the main theatres,...

 and its crew in action and is based on an original WW1 photograph .

Track listing

All songs written by Bolt Thrower

1. "At First Light" – 4:41
2. "Entrenched" – 3:44
3. "The Killchain" – 4:43
4. "Granite Wall" – 4:06
5. "Those Once Loyal" – 4:17
6. "Anti-tank (Dead Armour)" – 4:15
7. "Last Stand of Humanity" – 3:13
8. "Salvo" – 5:21
9. "When Cannons Fade" – 5:30
10. "A Symbol of Eight" – 4:10

Personnel

• Karl Willetts – vocals
• Gavin Ward
  Gavin Ward (musician)
  Gavin Ward is one of the two founding members of Bolt Thrower. He started out as the bass player early on in the band in 1986, and so can be heard on the first demo. For the second demo, he switched to playing lead and rhythm guitar. He plays lead and rhythm guitar on all albums, save Mercenary and...
  
   – guitars
• Barry Thompson
  Barry Thompson
  Barry Thompson plays lead and rhythm guitar in Bolt Thrower on all albums. He co-founded the band in 1986. He is also the main songwriter of the band. Thompson also did some backing vocals on the Benediction album, Grind Bastard.-Equipment:...
  
   – guitars
• Jo Bench
  Jo Bench
  Jo-Anne Bench is a death metal bass player from Leamington Spa, England. She plays bass in Bolt Thrower on all albums, but not on the demos. She has been vegetarian since 1984....
  
   – bass guitar
• Martin Kearns
  Martin Kearns
  Martin Kearns is an English Drummer, specializing in Death Metal, known for his association with Bolt Thrower.Martin joined Bolt Thrower when Andrew Whale left in 1994....
  
  – drums