Kerrang! - 20.07.2019

wordS:

JAMES MACKINNON

12 KERRANG!

Throes were slower, sludgier, and

steeped in a previously untapped

bleakness compared to what had

come before. Ask Throes what

fuels their desolate worldview and

Bryce will simply say “existence”,

with a mirthless chuckle.

“Some art is a reflection of

something

beautiful or

sad,” Morgan

elaborates, but

only a little.

“We’ve always

gravitated

towards the

nihilistic and

darker side.”

They Never

Spoke, from

their new In

The Hands Of An Angry God

album, fulfils that promise, as

Tyler laments the loss of a family

member. Yet amid the album’s

undertow, the song Disillusion

lifts Throes out of the mire into

more expansive territory. Both

Tyler and Morgan cite it as a

mutual favourite, praising Phil’s

mesmerising vocal performance.

“Disillusion was so out of my

comfort zone and it took a lot

for me to trust Phil’s instincts,”

says Morgan. “I was so

impressed. I didn’t know we

could write music like that!”

Throes may be a taciturn

bunch, with a gruffness that

reflects the hard road they’ve

travelled, but they all seem

pleased with the destination.

“This is the closest to what

I’ve wanted to do musically all

my life,” muses Tyler, as Bryce

and Morgan murmur their

agreement. “It’s finally something

I’m genuinely proud of.”

After all that misery, it’s a

change for the better, then.

THROES’ ALBUM IN THE HANDS OF

AN ANGRY GOD WILL BE RELEASED

on JULY 26 VIA HOLY ROAR

C

hange is often painful. Throes

bassist Bryce Kresge and drummer

Morgan Mechling know this all too

well. It started with a long drive

home to Boise, Idaho, after the acrimonious

collapse of their old band Bone Dance.

“We broke up during a tour and drove

36 hours straight home,” says Bryce.

“It was a quiet ride.”

But, as the miles

and months passed

by, Morgan believed

there was unfinished

business left.

“I really wanted

to keep playing with

some of the guys,

because we had

a good dynamic,”

adds Morgan. “I didn’t

want to let that go, so

I bugged them ’til we figured something out.”

Tentatively, Bryce and Morgan reconvened

with Bone Dance guitarists Phil Davis and

Kasey Richardson to put the axe to the

grindstone. Recruiting longtime friend and

gnarly vocalist Tyler Squire, the nascent

“WE ALWAYS

GRAVITATE TOWARD

DARKNESS...”

MORGAN MECHLING

Throes: come on,

lads, hands out of

pockets, yeah?

Nihilistic sludge lords burning their past

and plumbing new depths of oblivion...

NEW NOISE

Your quick

guide to

THROES...

GET TO

KNOW

THEY ARE: Idaho

sludge crew with no

shortage of heavy

riffs or bad vibes

to put out.

HEAR: Their

pile-driving new

album In The Hands

Of An Angry God.

SEE: The doomy

chemistry between

their three vocalists

in the video for

They Never Spoke.

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