The Brave Picks Top 30 Of 2009 countdown continues! Each day in December we will deliver one of the essential records of the year - as voted by the scribes here at BraveWords.com.

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#29 - GOD DETHRONED - Passiondale (Metal Blade)

Says BraveWords.com scribe Chris Tighe: "God Dethroned have managed to piece together their masterwork. Starting out life as a death metal band with melodic intent and recently adding progressive elements to their sound, God Dethroned have finally assimilated both approaches into one coherent, fetching whole. While in and of itself it may not be surprising that the unit has been able to combine the elements, it is eye-brow raising that they were able to do so within the framework of a concept record."

Check out the entire review here.

Passiondale was released by Metal Blade Records in late April and is available as a limited double-digipak edition including a bonus CD, featuring a live recording from 2005.

Passiondale tracklisting: 'The Cross Of Sacrifice', 'Under A Darkening Sky', 'No Man’s Land', 'Poison Fog', 'Drowning In Mud', 'Passiondale', 'No Survivors', 'Behind Enemy Lines', 'Fallen Empires', 'Artifacts Of The Great War'.

Bonus disc Live in 2005: 'Nihilism', 'Boiling Blood', 'The Warcult', 'Soul Sweeper', 'The Art Of Immolation', 'Villa Vampiria', 'The Last Zip Of Spit', 'Sigma Enigma', 'The Serpent King'.

Passiondale was also be released on vinyl in a limited amount of 666 copies.

BraveWords.com - Brave Picks Top 30 Of 2009

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#29 - GOD DETHRONED - Passiondale (Metal Blade)