GOD DETHRONED's Henri Explains “Passiondale” Concept

As everyone knows or should know the upcoming new album of GOD DETHRONED ‘Passiondale’ is a concept album about the battle of Passendale around the city of the same name in World War I. Mainman Henri Sattler explains how he came up with the story and the concept: “It says Passendale on the street sign. The little village with it´s 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’ will be released as a double-digipak including a 9-track bonus-cd ('Live in 2005') as a regular jewelcase cd and on vinyl (ltd. to 666 copies)!

‘Passiondale’ is set for release the 24th/27th of April in Europe!

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