God Dethroned "Passiondale (Passchendaele)(2CDS Limited Edition Digipak, Germany, Metal Blade Records, 3984-14724-0)"

Passiondale is the eighth full-length album by God Dethroned, released on April 24, 2009. It is a concept album based on the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I. The album was recorded with only three band members, with Henri Sattler recording all guitar parts. This album returns to the blackened death metal sound originally heard on The Grand Grimoire, Bloody Blasphemy, and Ravenous while retaining the melodic death metal sound of the previous three albums.

Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. The Cross of Sacrifice 01:05  
2. Under a Darkening Sky 03:59  
3. No Man's Land 03:14  
4. Poison Fog 06:39
5. Drowning in Mud 03:44  
6. Passiondale 04:05  
7. No Survivors 03:51   
8. Behind Enemy Lines 03:38   
9. Fallen Empires 04:49
10. Artifacts of the Great War 02:57

Time:  38:01  

Disc 2

1. Nihilism 05:52  
2. Boiling Blood 03:10  
3. The Warcult 04:27  
4. Soul Sweeper 04:35  
5. The Art of Immolation 03:55  
6. Villa Vampiria 03:43  
7. The Last Zip of Spit 04:26  
8. Sigma Enigma 04:36  
9. The Serpent King 04:23  

Time:  39:07  

"Passiondale" is a concept album about the Battle of Passchendaele (1917) around the city of the same name in World War I.

A music video was made for "Poison Fog."

A music video was made for "Drowning in Mud."

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Soundlodge Studio during mid fall '08 and early winter '09.