Review: Thronehammer – Slay Kill Erase

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 9th October 2026 British/German epic doom band Thronehammer have been unfurling grandiose banners of doom since 2012, and while expanding their sound from classic British doom to include a little Bolt Thrower and a little post rock in the meantime, have come to their fourth full length record ‘Slay Kill Erase’, out now through Supreme Chaos Records. You may recognise frontwoman Kat Gillham from Nine Altars, whose debut record we adored back in 2023, and that album might give you a brief taste as to what Thronehammer will bring to the table on this new record. The thunderous, crescendoing that opens the title track feels like something epic is happening, and when that massive rumbling riff and guttural roar appear it feels like you’re staring into the face of God himself. Imagine Bolt Thrower without the pace, early Paradise Lost or Anathema with twice the heaviness, and you’re about halfway there. But Thronehammer’s sound feels so much vaster than…