Those Once Loyal

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Those Once Loyal
Studio album by Bolt Thrower
Released 14 November 2005
Recorded May–September 2005
Genre Death metal
Length 43:43
Label Metal Blade
Producer Andy Faulkner, Bolt Thrower
Bolt Thrower chronology
Honour – Valour – Pride
Those Once Loyal

Those Once Loyal is an album by the British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was released on 11 November 2005 in Germany, 14 November 2005 in the rest of Europe and 15 November 2005 in the USA by Metal Blade Records. It was recorded and mixed at Sable Rose Studios [1] 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. The cover shows a World War 1 QF 18 pounder field gun and its crew in action and is based on an original WW1 photograph .[1]


Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating 4/5 stars[2]
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[3]
Blabbermouth 7/10 stars[4]
PopMatters 7/10 stars[5]
Terrorizer 8.5/10[6]

Ian Finley praised the album in Terrorizer as "immune to the corrupting influence of all musical trends" while offering "the epitome of what a metal album should be: hard, fast and uncompromising".[6]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Bolt Thrower

No. Title Length
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
Total length:
Digipak Edition Bonus Track
No. Title Length
10. "A Symbol of Eight"   4:10


Bolt Thrower
  • Arranged by Bolt Thrower
  • Produced by Bolt Thrower & Andy Faulkner


  1. ^ File:QF18pdrRHA.jpg, QF 18 pounder in 1916.
  2. ^ review
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Blabbermouth review
  5. ^ PopMatters review
  6. ^ a b Finley, Ian (December 2005). "Bolt Thrower: Those Once Loyal". Terrorizer (138): 68.