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8 June 2013
Added bonus DVD for Realm of Chaos re-issue

30 August 2012

16 May 2013
Added the 2013 USA tour.

30 August 2012
Added a FAQ section about intros played live.

13 May 2012
Added some more gig/tour dates

9 April 2012
Added setlist for Boltfest, 7th April.

22 December 2011
Added tour dates for the Fuck Price Politics Tour.

30 September 2011
Added some information on Martin Kearns, thanx to Lee Ward.

26 May 2011
Added two covers by Winterwolk and Dying fetus

1 May 2010
Updated tourdates for 2010
Added a couple of setlists

29 November 2009
Added tourdates for 2010

13 September 2009
Added the compilation "Grind Madness At The BBC (The Earache Peel Sessions)" to the discography.

9 September 2009
Added quite some tourdates to World Crusade Tour Europe thanx to Rolnik

3 May 2009
Added two covers, thanx to Rolnik again.


10 February 2009
Added two setlists, one from 2002 and one from 2006 thanx to Rolnik.


10 January 2009
Added two more forthcoming new dates.


27 October 2008
Added some more tour dates; thanx to Arthur Yin.


29 August 2008
Added the guest appearance of Karl on Benediction's Killing music


10 August 2008
Added a few more set lists


8 August 2008
Added the set list to the Atak gig


6 August 2008
Updated the bio and tour information for August 2008


17 July 2008
Completed the tour schedule of the 2001 short mini tour


If you want to go to the Enschede gig on the 7th of August, this is how to get tickets:

"This will be a special free show to say farewell to the old Atak club, the only club we have played on every tour in the last 18 years.

We would like to celebrate this special night with people who have seen us play there over the years and have some of the same fond memories that we have of the crazy shows in Atak, like people stage diving from the balcony and crowd surfing wheelchairs!

So if you want to join us saying goodbye to this old cult club, this how you can get your tickets:.

For those of you who don't live locally but would like to come to the show, you can get your ticket by sending an email to tickets@boltthrower.com

If you live near Enschede you can get tickets from Atak: boltthrower@atak.nl Please mail your name, email address and a short message about your connection to Bolt Thrower and Atak over the years. (No attachments please!)

There are only 275 tickets for this show, and it's first come first served.

See you in Atak!

Cheers,
Bolt Thrower "


25 June 2008
Added a couple of tour posters to the photo gallery.


13 June 2008
It seems Bolt Thrower calls it quits, more or less:

"We've spent the last year trying to write songs for a new album, planning to go into the studio this summer. Unfortunately, after a lot of thought, we have had to make the difficult decision to postpone the recording indefinitely.

"We know everybody says that their new album is better than their last, but with us we really believed that. From day one we made it clear that we'd stop recording when we felt we'd written the ultimate BOLT THROWER album; we just never knew when that would be. We kind of took for granted that each release would get better and better. But we have realized now that our last release, 'Those Once Loyal', turned out to be that album, and basically the new stuff we have written just doesn't match up to it. We have a lot of pride in our back catalogue, and we refuse to turn into one of the many bands (like the ones we grew up listening to) who end up releasing crap, and we're also not prepared to compromise by instead releasing an album of cover versions or a 'best-of' album.

"Sorry to disappoint those of you looking forward to hearing new BOLT THROWER songs, but we always said that we would never release anything we weren't happy with or that, in our view, didn't at least match up to our previous work.

"For those of you living in Holland, Germany and Belgium, you will get the chance to see BOLT THROWER live soon, as there are a few select shows lined up. The confirmed shows are:

"August 7th - Atak in Enschede, Netherlands. This is our second home, and we've played at Atak on every tour for the last 18 years. Sadly, the club will be closing down this month and they will be moving to a new building in the autumn. So we were chuffed when they contacted us and offered to re-open for one night, so we can say farewell to this cult club and be the last band to ever play there. We decided that the tickets will be free and we will be informing you soon on the lineup and how to get tickets.

August 8th - Party.San Festival in Bad Berka, Germany. As headliner we will play a longer set than usual, so expect to hear a lot of songs we haven't played for a while.

"August 9th - Hof ter Lo in Antwerp, Belgium. For this show we will be joined by the best and upcoming bands from the Benelux. The confirmed support bands are: GOD DETHRONED, BORN FROM PAIN, THE SETUP and ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK. Tickets are 11 euros."


27 April 2008
Added the Bolt Thrower tribute album.


31 March 2008

Added a new cover song of For Victory, by Reexamine


11 January 2008

Added another setlist to the ground assault tour (Thanx to Artur Yin)
Added line ups to all the tours


26 November 2007

Added the support act for the september 90 gig in Edinburgh (thanx to Sam Pate)
Added the festival date in 2007


24 October 2007

Added an interview with Barry. (Thanx to Darryl Brundage)


24 July 2007

The forum is back online but at a new address http://88.198.21.214/~foobar2000/bt/forum/


27 May 2007

Added an interview with Gavin for Grimoire of Exalted Deeds (Thanx to Darryl Brundage)


22 May 2007

Added a scanned review from Kerrang! from 1988. (Thanx to Darryl Brundage)


28 February 2007

Added the setlist to the 91 gig in Bradford


27 February 2007

Add an interview with Karl.


24 January 2007

Added a gig poster from 1988


5 December 2006

Removed the guest book. It was barely used and most often not functioning anyway. 14 December 2006

Added a couple of live photos from the latest tour and added a set list as well


5 December 2006

Removed the guest book. It was barely used and most often not functioning anyway.


2 December 2006

Added two more dates to the World Crusade Europe tour.


16 November 2006

Fixed set list 19 january 1991.


9 November 2006

Added three set lists.


23 October 2006

Added info about the "Prophet of Hell" bootleg. And added another cover. Fixed the Andy's current profession.


27 September 2006

Added the setlist to one War Mass tour date


29 August 2006

Bolt Thrower have had to cancel plans to tour the US this year with their 'Those Still Loyal' Tour.

Unfortunately their label, Metal Blade Records refused to financially back the band, i.e. pay towards the flights, etc. Despite trying to work out other ways to make this happen, the band found they were unable to finance a tour of this scale on their own and therefore had to stop any further planning of the tour.

Bolt Thrower apologise to Maurizio & Thunderdome Touring, the promoters/bands who were willing to participate in the tour and their fans in the US who were hoping to finally see them live. Regrettably, it looks like while Bolt Thrower are signed to Metal Blade Records they will be unable to tour the States.


17 August 2006
Added more set list information to the "Those Still Loyal" tour.


23 July 2006
Fixed some information concerning the second leg of the Those Still Loyal and updated the set list


17 July 2006
Added picture of Realm of Chaos re-issue


13 July 2006
Fixed some member's sections.


9 July 2006
Added some info about Jo and Baz and the World Eater song series. Also fixed some issues with XHTML standardisation.
Added a few new Wikipedia links (Finnish and Polish)
Added a new interview with Jo


26 March 2006
The unofficial forum has re-locate to http://foobar2000.home.pl/bt/forum/index.php. Also, the official forum was closed down a while ago.


19 March 2006
Added new tour dates for the second leg of the Those Still Loyal Tour 2006


3 March 2006
Added new tour dates for the second leg of the Those Still Loyal Tour 2006


7 February 2006
Added set lists to three tours (1999, 2002, 2006).


2 February 2006
Added morse code translation of "Contact Wait Out"


30 January 2006
Added another live pic taken in Atak, Enschede 4 january 2006


25 January 2006
Added four live pictures taken @ Vera on 20 January 2006, courtesy of Tommy from Metal Covenant. And 3 live pictures taken @ the Warshaw gig on 9 January 2006, courtesy of Rolnik.
Added and updated many other parts


19 December 2005
Some minor fixes


15 December 2005
Added promo pics for the new album


25 November 2005
Updated the artwork descriptions


22 November 2005
Added two interviews from 2005, with Karl and with Dave. Updated the bio and made some minor fixes and additions.


21 November 2005
Finally added the lyrics to Those once Loyal. Plus added a new logo to the photo gallery and added the tour dates to the US World Crusade tour.


12 October 2005
Updated track info of the new album


10 October 2005
Added the tour dates for the Australian 1993 tour


6 October 2005
A streaming player for two new Bolt Thrower tracks can be found here


27 September 2005
Added two new interviews one from 2001 with Jo and one from 2005 also with Jo


8 September 2005
The new album is pushed back a short while, to 14 November
Added tracklist and artwork to the discography


2 September 2005
The new album is scheduled for a release on 31 October 2005


12 August 2005
Added tourdates for the 2006 tour.


31 July 2005
Added an interview and some pictures.


24 July 2005
Added a couple of pics to the gallery and updated the Peel session EP picture.


15 July 2005
Added lyrics to Domination and corrected the lyrics of Throughout the ages. Thanx to Karl for sending me the words
Added some dates as well to 1991 tour and other gigs


3 July 2005
Updates to the bio section


30 June 2005
Updated the lyrics to "Throughout the Ages"


27 June 2005
Update "...For Victory" shirt description


19 June 2005
Some minor fixes


18 June 2005
Added tour dates to the Australian tour


16 May 2005
Changed the pic to the Peel Session EP to a better quality
Added and changed some links


7 May 2005
Updated the members section, on Karl
Added a section on non-tour gigs


5 May 2005
Updated to the biography and some other parts as well


2 May 2005
Updates to biography and tours section


1 May 2005
Added the link the official website


24 April 2005
Some updates to the biography and the FAQ.


23 April 2005
Updated Jo's, Karl's bio
Added another interview with Gavin from 2002
Added another cover of Bolt Thrower, this time performed by Animals Killing People


14 April 2005
Added a screen shot of the ending credits of the "Heart of the Alien Sega" game. Thanx to Darryl Brundage.


10 April 2005
Added a note about the game "Heart of the Alien Sega"


9 April 2005
Some minor fixes


4 April 2005
Added an interview with Gavin; thanx to Rolnik for the translation


4 April 2005
Added the Forum as a button to the top frame. Go have a look and discuss anything related to Bolt Thrower.
Fixed some lay-out issues with the photo gallery
Upgraded the warmaster cover image


2 April 2005
Added a new cover version, by Slugathor


29 March 2005
Added a couple of compilations albums to the discography
Latest words from Jo about the new album:
"we're still putting the finishing touches to the songs. Baz keeps changing them, which doesn't help! We're booked to go into our rehearsal room this weekend to run through the songs to make sure they're ok before we start work in the studio in the next few weeks.We're still hoping for an October/November release"


28 March 2005
I added the Bolt Thrower forum to the links


22 March 2005
Some minor updates


20 March 2005
Added two interviews with Gavin


25 Februari 2005
Added the Hardcore Holocaust and Hardcore Holocaust 2 to the Compilation section


21 February 2005
Added an interview with Karl from 1991
Added another, Spanish fansite


17 February 2005
Added some more items to the merchandise section
Fixed the layout of the FAQ page


15 February 2005
Added a new set of buttons to the top frame, thanks again to Rolnik


13 February 2005
Added the Mayhem in the Chaos Wasteland Bootleg LP


12 February 2005
Changed the layout of the songs overview


4 February 2005
Added an interview
Made some minor fixed


3 February 2005
Added another cover song to the list


2 February 2005
Some tweaks to the biography and members pages


31 January 2005
Fixed some stuff.
Added a new top image, with thanx to Rolnik


29 January 2005
Added 4 interviews


26 January 2005
Updated the layout.
Plus some minor fixes


17 January 2005
Minor updates. Added "Monsters of Death Vol.2" DVD to the video information


15 January 2005
Added a new Compilation album: Thrash'em all
Added a new video bootleg


9 January 2005
Some minor fixes.
Added A Polish Fansite
conversion of section 4 to XHTML 1.0


8 January 2005
Added a new cover song to the list: Mutilation from Poland performing Cenotaph.
Added the Japanese edition of Earplugged
Added 'Hard Rock & Metal Hammer Off Road Tracks Vol. 12'
Added 'Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles Magazine Promo CD'
Added 'Uncorrupted Steel Metal Blade Sampler'
dome minor correction, changes and fixes + conversion of section 1, 2 & 3 to XHTML 1.0


7 January 2005
Some minor fixes, plus some changes to the style and layout plus a link to more guitar tabs.


6 January 2005
Added a new link plus the links to the french and dutch sections of Bolt Thrower. And added an interview with Dave.


11 December 2004
Some minor textual and style changes and some fixes.


22 November 2004
Added the BT entry of Wikipedia to the links list


18 November 2004
BOLT THROWER have found a replacement for the recently departed Dave Ingram.

The band are very happy to announce that original vocalist Karl Willetts has rejoined them as a full-time member. Karl said, "It's fantastic to be a part of the mighty Bolt Thrower again. It feels great to be back with the guys, I can't wait to get my teeth into the new songs and get back on the road again. I've got some unfinished business to attend to...!"

The now complete line-up of Bolt Thrower - Karl Willetts, Gavin Ward, Barry Thomson, Jo Bench & Martin Kearns will spend the next few weeks finishing off the new material and plan to go into the studio in the new year."


5 November 2004
Small fix in Dark Millennium lyrics


18 October 2004
Added a few pictures: the beast photo, a live photo and a picture of the Peel Session EP. Thanx to Jo! And a pictures of the split bootleg w/ Paradise Lost - Demolishing England


15 October 2004
Fixed the lyrics to Pride. Added the 'missing verse'.


14 October 2004
Added the tracklist to the split bootleg w/ Paradise Lost - Demolishing England


10 October 2004
Some minor fixes.


26 September 2004
Made some changes to the style of section 2. Plus corrected some minor errors


14 September 2004
Some more fixes to Through the Ages lyrics with help of Arthur Yin



12 September 2004
Fixed the lyrics to In Battle there is no Law. And added some Peel Sessions info


9 September 2004
Fixed tour information with help of Jo.


8 September 2004
Some fixes to the lyrics of "Through The Ages" thanx to Arthur Yin. A small correction in the warmaster USA tour info.


7 September 2004
Added a fact sheet. Minor fixes in lyrics and FAQ. Extended want list.


3 September 2004
Lots of tweaks and small fixes. Added some tour info.


2 September 2004
I added the years in which each of the members was part of Bolt Thrower. Added a new question "Which tours did they do?". Fixed some types.


1 September 2004
BOLT THROWER are sad to announce the departure of vocalist Dave Ingram. In a statement, the band said: "Dave has been suffering with health and personal problems for a while now and he has decided that it would be best if he left the band to concentrate on his recovery. We would like to thank him for the 6 years he dedicated to the band and we wish him all the very best for the future."

BOLT THROWER were due to go into the studio to record their 8th album, (the follow up to 'Honour, Valour, Pride' (2001) - the only BT release featuring Ingram on vocals), but the recording will now be delayed until a replacement is found.

I also added some new lyrics descriptions and info on the Eye design


30 August 2004
Added some live pictures.


29 August 2004
More updates on the site. Thanx again to Jo. Full name of Alex added, infor on the videos, some fixes in the lyrics section. And I linked some other fan sites.


28 August 2004
Updated many information upon a communication with Jo Bench. Esp. clarification on the demos and the early line-up. And I got the lyrics to Overlord and Prohpet of Hatred!


27 August 2004
Added information about 2 bootlegs, one video from 1990 and a split with Paradise Lost. Also made the Want list more prominent


23 August 2004
Some minor fixes


18 August 2004
Added a couple of interviews


9 August 2004
Moved to a new URL. http://www.xs4all.nl/~kmachine/btfaq/


4 July 2004
Improved lyrics to overlord


10 April 2004
Added a few pictures, fixed some errors


5 April 2004
Fixed more errors, typos, added more pictures, extended HVP information, added Eternal War Bootleg


1 April 2004
Fixed some errors, added HVP to the picture gallery.


28 March 2004
Currently Bolt Thrower are working on a new album, to be recorded in May and released at the end of 2004 by Metal Blade. A European tour and a US tour are being prepared.


27 March 2004
Added some pictures, updated the tour information and fixed typos.


3 January 2004
Many minor updates. Added cover artwork to Where Next to Conquer bootleg and Concessions of Pain demo, and a picture of Alex Thomas and Martin van Drunen.


5 September 2002
Added Honour - Valour - Pride information.


8 March 2000
Added lyrics files for 'Cenotaph' EP, 'War' and 'Who Dares Wins'


29 February 2000
Added more info about 'Domination'
Added a few explanations of lyrics


3 February 2000
Fixed the Grindcrusher 1 and 2 Compilation albums entries
Added 'Victims of the Bubonic plague 2' compilation CD
Fixed links to the tabs
The entire BTFAQ is now conforming to the W3C HTML 4.0 specification
Removed the Top frame


29 January 2000
Added a new band picture


28 January 2000
Fixed a link


12 January 2000
Metal Blade announces a new album to be released in November of 2000

Re-scanned the Cenotaph cover. Added portrait pictures from Cenotaph EP. Added a couple of band pictures and a bunch of live pictures, thanx to Jeff Hate.


16 December 1999
Added another interview


13 Decmeber 1999
Added two tabs: Ritual and The IVth Crusade
Added a picture of the "Who Dares Wins" album cover
Changed the buttons in the left panel
Added a new section : Picture Gallery


1 December 1999
Many minor textual changes


11 nov 1999
Added lyrics to 'Infiltrator', thanks to Arthur Yin.


18 oct 1999.

Community email addresses:
Post message: btfaq@onelist.com
Subscribe: btfaq-subscribe@onelist.com
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List owner: btfaq-owner@onelist.com

Shortcut URL to the page: http://www.onelist.com/community/btfaq


18 sep 1999.
Re-styled the index to a more FAQ like style and added a tabulature section.


4 sep 1999.
Replaced all GIF images by PNG images due to copyright limitations by Unysis on the compression algorithm LZW. Fuck Unisys! 27 aug 1999.
Revised the lay-out and re-written many texts.


2 aug 1999.
Various minor updates


The Bolt Thrower FAQ can now also be reached from http://bounce.to/boltthrower


1 okt 1998.
The new album 'Mercenary' has been released in Europe, since 8 September 1998; it will be released in the USA on 10 November 1998. The Earache compilation album 'Who dares wins' should be out in Europe as well.


30 Sep 1998.
I finally added a news section to the Bolt Thrower page. Expect the latest news about Bolt Thrower here, including tourdates.


 

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