Wie mittlerweile jedermann weiss bzw. wissen sollte, ist das anstehende neue GOD DETHRONED Album 'Passiondale' ein Konzeptalbum über die Schlacht von Passendale, welche in und um die Stadt gleichen Namens im 1. Weltkrieg tobte.Mainman Henri Sattler erklärt hier, wie es zu diesem Konzept gekommen ist:
"It says Passendale on the street sign. The little village with its huge Tyne Cot cemetery and memorial centre. I passed it many times on the way to Isaac (Delahaye, our former guitar player) for another of our notorious drinking sessions in Ypres not far from the French border. I got really impressed by how this town breathes World War I. The numerous cemeteries, the Menin Gate with its daily last post ceremony since 1929 with the exception of just one day during a bombardment in World War II, the buildings that have been rebuilt in their original state and definitely all the English, Irish and Scottish people that visit Ypres every weekend, probably because one of their relatives died there during the war. During the night at the bars & pubs they tended to get really drunk and sang louder than the barman could crank up the stereo set! It’s during these times that I got inspired by the Great War and decided to write a concept album about it. Ypres and Passendale were the center of war activities during the war with around 900,000 casualties compared to 9 million worldwide. I realized how harsh it must have been there during those 4 years. Passchendaele was the official name of the little village during the war, but since the English speaking armies couldn’t pronounce that, they nicknamed it to: Passiondale."
'Passiondale' erscheint als Double-Digipak mit zusätzlicher 9-Song Bonus-CD ('Live in 2005'), sowie als reguläre Jewelcase-CD und als LP (limitiert auf 666 Ex.)!
'Passiondale' erscheint am 24. bzw. 27 April in Europa!
Quelle: Metal Blade Records