Band:	Drone Throne
Album:	Everybody Dies Alone
Style:	Sludge metal, Stoner metal
Release date:	August 22, 2011
A review by:	Doc G.

01. Intro
02. Black Lung
03. Bud Clot
04. Greens
05. Dead Weight
06. Fatal Rips From The North
07. Stone Dome
08. Contact High
09. Gettin Pitted
10. Last Of The Larva
11. Ghost Smoke
12. Everybody Dies Alone

So it's probably seemed like Metal Storm has become Sludge/Stoner/Doom Storm over the past few months. Well folks, it's all about supply & demand. Stoner & sludge has seen an explosion in their fan base over the past couple years. It's a cyclical thing, more bands = more prevalence in the metal scene = more fans, more fans = more bands. Here's another one for the "above average, not quite great" pile.

To answer your question, no, they don't play drone. If nothing else, Drone Throne should be commended for their creativity. What they play is a mix of punk with sludge doom. Now, punk, generally speaking, is a type of music that puts a large emphasis on unrestrained displays of spunk...er...youthful energy. While a genre like grindcore is a completely logical step, using punk-like song structures and cranking up the speed and intensity, combining punk with doom is a more difficult task without compromising qualities of either genre. Well, Everybody Dies Alone is a supreme example of how to do it right. It's got it's own stripped-down, bare bones energy borrowed from punk, while at the same time being a band whose talents primarily lie in pounding, grimy riffs, a la doom.

It all gets a bit samey by the end, unfortunately. A dozen songs, mostly clocking in at under 3 minutes a piece, you'd think they would have a wider variety to display. Nope. Tempos fluctuate from time to time, but you're in for what is essentially a pretty monotonous ride.

The overall sound is fantastic, even if it gets a bit dry by the end. If you're a sludge fan, there's no reason not to be listening to this, especially considering the band is offering it to you for the fair price of $0.