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Lich King - Born Of The Bomb



8.4 | 91 votes |
Release date: 28 September 2012
Style: Thrash metal

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52 have it
16 want it


01. All Hail
02. We Came To Conquer
03. Wage Slave
04. In The End, Devastation
05. Fan Massacre
06. Agnosticism
07. Combat Mosh
08. Axe Cop
09. Agents Of Steel [Agent Steel cover]
10. Lich King IV (Born Of The Bomb)

Top 20 albums of 2012: 18

Line-up
Tom "A Fucking Tyrannosaur" Martin - vocals
Rob Pellegri - lead guitar
Joe "Darth Vader" Nickerson - rhythm guitar
Dave Hughes - bass
Brian "Hulk Hogan" Westbrook - drums

Guest musicians
Dave Carlino - guitar on track 9
Jay Visser - guitar on track 10
Patrick Lind - vocals on track 10

Guest review by
Cynic Metalhead
Rating:
9.0
We often encounter revivalist thrash metal bands that try to recapture the essence of the '80s and '90s thrash scene while sharpening said sound using modern production; however, these bands commonly facee flak of being unoriginal rehash machines. One of the bands that has trotted on its way carrying the torch from original flag bearers such as Slayer, Testament, Overkill, Anthrax and Nuclear Assault is a band from Massachusetts called Lich King.

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01.10.2012 - 17:33
Lit.
Account deleted
Hmmm... should I check this out?

EDIT: Holy crap, that is sick!
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01.10.2012 - 19:15
Rating: 9
Cynic Metalhead
Ambrish Saxena
Written by [user id=101272] on 01.10.2012 at 17:33

Hmmm... should I check this out?

Fuck yeah. It atleast sounds better than "World Gone Dead".
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11.10.2012 - 21:23
Murder
This album make me have faith in new thrash generations. Great work.
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20.10.2012 - 12:00
Rating: 9
Moose
Only just noticed the lyrics in "We Came to Conquer":

"Hey, Gama Bomb
You didn't write this riff
so hey, Warbringer
Eat our Lich King dicks
Hey, Havok
We just put you to shame
and hey, everyone,
if you're not us you're lame"
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20.10.2012 - 12:03
Rating: 9
Cynic Metalhead
Ambrish Saxena
Written by Moose on 20.10.2012 at 12:00

Only just noticed the lyrics in "We Came to Conquer":

"Hey, Gama Bomb
You didn't write this riff
so hey, Warbringer
Eat our Lich King dicks
Hey, Havok
We just put you to shame
and hey, everyone,
if you're not us you're lame"

They are young, gotta lot of gas in their tank to spit on their rivals and I guess through this lyrics they just try to come up with the clear reason : "DON'T FUCK WITH US"!!
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03.11.2012 - 07:04
Rating: 9
Guib
Thrash Talker
Written by Cynic Metalhead on 20.10.2012 at 12:03

Written by Moose on 20.10.2012 at 12:00

Only just noticed the lyrics in "We Came to Conquer":

"Hey, Gama Bomb
You didn't write this riff
so hey, Warbringer
Eat our Lich King dicks
Hey, Havok
We just put you to shame
and hey, everyone,
if you're not us you're lame"

They are young, gotta lot of gas in their tank to spit on their rivals and I guess through this lyrics they just try to come up with the clear reason : "DON'T FUCK WITH US"!!

I think its not a good idea to spit on other bands like this but eh, its lich king
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- Headbanging with mostly clogged arteries to that stuff -
Guib's List Of Essential Albums
- Also Thrash Paradise
Thrash Here
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04.11.2012 - 05:44
Mattybu
Written by Moose on 20.10.2012 at 12:00

Only just noticed the lyrics in "We Came to Conquer":

"Hey, Gama Bomb
You didn't write this riff
so hey, Warbringer
Eat our Lich King dicks
Hey, Havok
We just put you to shame
and hey, everyone,
if you're not us you're lame"

lol, I haven't heard this album but that's a dangerous statement. Cause if they don't put Havok/Warbringer/Gama Bomb to shame they just look like retards xD
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10.11.2012 - 21:13
Rating: 8
qlacs
"The Quaker"
Wow!
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13.11.2012 - 17:58
Rating: 7
K✞ulu
Seeker of Truth
Definitely an album to check out for thrash fans. Currently, I prefer World Gone Dead to this, but I have given the new album no more than 5 listens so far. Among obvious improvements is the production.
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Savor what you feel and what you see
Things that may not seem important now
But may be tomorrow

R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner

Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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01.12.2012 - 07:26
Rating: 9
Cynic Metalhead
Ambrish Saxena
Written by [user id=35732] on 30.11.2012 at 22:56

Written by K✞ulu on 13.11.2012 at 17:58

Definitely an album to check out for thrash fans. Currently, I prefer World Gone Dead to this, but I have given the new album no more than 5 listens so far. Among obvious improvements is the production.

I have a problem. This is less fun and exciting. What do you think about that? I think you're pretty familiar with this band, and that's why I'd like to know your opinion. So what I'm saying is that they've lost some of their most valuable keys.

idk about him, but atleast I can confidently say "this record stands out their best"(comparing to their previous works). Lyrically, they try to beefed up with other thrash bands spitting some cheesy lines on them and showed that "LK" isn't just another bunch of untalented, inexperienced young musicians who will be castigated on revivalism of thrash scene. Personally, i enjoyed their latest disc. Crushing riffs, hard-hitting drumming with powerful bass took album to very different level of great musicianship.

May be you found flaws in it, but to me it's straight 9 on their ratings( which is near to "awesome").
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02.12.2012 - 22:34
Rating: 7
K✞ulu
Seeker of Truth
Written by [user id=35732] on 30.11.2012 at 22:56

Written by K✞ulu on 13.11.2012 at 17:58

Definitely an album to check out for thrash fans. Currently, I prefer World Gone Dead to this, but I have given the new album no more than 5 listens so far. Among obvious improvements is the production.

I have a problem. This is less fun and exciting. What do you think about that? I think you're pretty familiar with this band, and that's why I'd like to know your opinion. So what I'm saying is that they've lost some of their most valuable keys.

I have listened to Born of the Bomb a little more and I have to say that the first four tracks are good, and then everything else is not so cool really compared to World Gone Dead. The Agent Steel is great too by the way (great vocal performance) + "Lich King IV" is not bad. By the way, have you noticed that the separated bass line on "Ling King IV" at 2:40-2:50 is very similar to the main (unbelievably awesome fat) riff of "ED-209?" That kind of makes it a little lame because it sounds like an incomplete representation of that very riff but then it's followed by something less cool...

So, up till now I still hold the same position: World Gone Dead is superior in terms of songwriting and quality/originality of ideas.
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Savor what you feel and what you see
Things that may not seem important now
But may be tomorrow

R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner

Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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02.03.2013 - 02:54
Rating: 10
Death To Posers
Hate Thy King
Written by K✞ulu on 02.12.2012 at 22:34

Written by [user id=35732] on 30.11.2012 at 22:56

Written by K✞ulu on 13.11.2012 at 17:58

Definitely an album to check out for thrash fans. Currently, I prefer World Gone Dead to this, but I have given the new album no more than 5 listens so far. Among obvious improvements is the production.

I have a problem. This is less fun and exciting. What do you think about that? I think you're pretty familiar with this band, and that's why I'd like to know your opinion. So what I'm saying is that they've lost some of their most valuable keys.

I have listened to Born of the Bomb a little more and I have to say that the first four tracks are good, and then everything else is not so cool really compared to World Gone Dead. The Agent Steel is great too by the way (great vocal performance) + "Lich King IV" is not bad. By the way, have you noticed that the separated bass line on "Ling King IV" at 2:40-2:50 is very similar to the main (unbelievably awesome fat) riff of "ED-209?" That kind of makes it a little lame because it sounds like an incomplete representation of that very riff but then it's followed by something less cool...

So, up till now I still hold the same position: World Gone Dead is superior in terms of songwriting and quality/originality of ideas.

Combat mosh was good... The whole album kicked ass
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The word gen means "illusion" or "apparition." In India, a man who uses conjury is called a genjutsushi ["a master of illusion technique"]. Everything in this world is but a marionette show. Thus we use the word gen.
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23.04.2013 - 23:04
Rating: 10
Himedal
I'd give this album a 10. it is so entertaining got thrash fans. Beside that, some songs have catchy and very powerful riffs like In the end, devastation and Combat Mosh. Don't miss it.
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What goes by is life to be taken
The doom calls upon the forsaken
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24.04.2013 - 01:05
Rating: 5
Boxcar Willy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Boring, terribad vocals. Ick.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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23.10.2013 - 01:35
Rating: 9
Daggon
Underpaid M.D.
A whole year since it's release and I still think this is the best Thrash metal album of 2012, I enjoyed World Gone Dead, but this is a huge improvement in almost every aspect.

And hey, they are know for being sarcastic, they bash a lot of bands in a friendly way, for example, they are great pals with the guys of Vektor, but still they bash them when they have the chance. Don't take those lines so seriously.
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"Les vers savent qu'ils n'ont pas d'ailes, c'est pour cela qu'ils se cachent sous terre"
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20.05.2014 - 20:59
Rating: 8
raveneffect
I like the humorous style this guys bring. I dont think they are shitting on anyone, they're just having fun which is nice. Good Album overall, We Came to Conquer is a killer track.
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25.07.2016 - 16:29
Rating: 9
DMDarkMatter
Written by Mattybu on 04.11.2012 at 05:44

Written by Moose on 20.10.2012 at 12:00

Only just noticed the lyrics in "We Came to Conquer":

"Hey, Gama Bomb
You didn't write this riff
so hey, Warbringer
Eat our Lich King dicks
Hey, Havok
We just put you to shame
and hey, everyone,
if you're not us you're lame"

lol, I haven't heard this album but that's a dangerous statement. Cause if they don't put Havok/Warbringer/Gama Bomb to shame they just look like retards xD

I know this is quite a late reply, but they are buds with Gama Bomb, Havok, etc. It's just a good jest.
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25.07.2016 - 16:41
Mattybu
Written by DMDarkMatter on 25.07.2016 at 16:29

I know this is quite a late reply, but they are buds with Gama Bomb, Havok, etc. It's just a good jest.

Ah, that makes sense.
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09.05.2021 - 23:32
Rating: 9
Cynic Metalhead
Ambrish Saxena
Man, to this day, this is my favorite Lich King record.
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