Throwdown have had to eat a lot of crap in recent years because their vocalist, Dave Peters, is doing such a blatant, idolatrous imitation of Pantera/Down vocalist Phil Anselmo.
It doesn't help that with 2005's Vendetta they shifted from the thick-necked, straight-edge hardcore of their early catalog to a version of the "groove metal" practiced by Pantera, Trivium, and other modern metal bands.
On this latest album, though, Peters occasionally shifts from imitating Anselmo to imitating Anselmo-imitating- Mudvayne's Chad Gray.
The music, too, has a lot of Mudvayne's combination of groove and progressive epic-ness, coupled with Pantera's ultra-punishing, almost industrial riffs.
So it seems like Throwdown are attempting to make some sort of crossover to mainstream metal success, and maybe even get a track on rock radio with the album opener "The Scythe," which features a clean chorus, or "The Blinding Light," which finds these Orange County boys attempting a Southern rock swagger -- Peters has moved from the Pantera phase to the Down phase of his Anselmo impersonation.
"Widowed" is basically a power ballad, verging on Alice in Chains' territory.
Deathless proves that Throwdown have more sides to them than previous albums may have indicated.
However, everything they do has been done before, and better, by others.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The ScytheMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | This ContinuumMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | TombsMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 4 | The Blinding LightMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 06:08 | 14 MB | 42 MB |
| 5 | WidowedMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 05:46 | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| 6 | Headed SouthMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 05:16 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 7 | Serpent NooseMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 8 | Ouroboros RisingMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 9 | Skeleton VanguardMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 10 | Pyre & ProcessionMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 11 | Black VaticanMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 12 | Burial At SeaMark Choiniere, Dave Peters | Throwdown | Play | 05:31 | 12 MB | 39 MB |
| 54 mins | 124 MB | |||||
| 54 mins | 388 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarrod Alexander | Drums |
| 2 | Mark Choiniere | Composer, Guitar |
| 3 | Mark Mitchell | Bass |
| 4 | Mudrock | Engineer, Producer |
| 5 | Dave Peters | Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Producer, Vocals |
| 6 | Throwdown | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |