http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13992&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rssJoe Preston first came to the attention of music fans as a member of the Melvins, playing bass on <i>Lysol</i> and the Kiss-themed <i>Joe Preston</i>, both released in 1992. After leaving the Melvins, the Seattle native launched Thrones, his one-man double-necked bass band. Mixing in samples, tape loops and atmospheric noises, Preston puts both the bass and his voice through a wall of effects and plays trudgingly-paced doom metal along to a drum machine. Affecting his voice to sound at times like a chorus of angels and at others like a depressed grizzly bear, Preston makes music that, while structured fairly traditionally, is beyond weird. The heavy use of delay makes funeral marches and crushing stoner metal passages take on a psychedelic trance quality. In other songs, majestic explosions of heavenly robots shake off the murk in a sunburst marriage of noise-metal power and, um, opera (no, really! See "Obolus" on <i>Sperm Whale</i>). Thrones have released a pair of full-lengths (<i>Alraune</i> in 1996 and <i>Sperm Whale</i> in 2000), several seven-inches and EPs, and have appeared on a bunch of Kill Rock Stars comps. - Mike McGuirkDoom Metalen720Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:17:12 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13992&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Joe Preston first came to the attention of music fans as a member of the Melvins, playing bass on <i>Lysol</i> and the Kiss-themed <i>Joe Preston</i>, both released in 1992. After leaving the Melvins, the Seattle native launched Thrones, his one-man double-necked bass band. Mixing in samples, tape loops and atmospheric noises, Preston puts both the bass and his voice through a wall of effects and plays trudgingly-paced doom metal along to a drum machine. Affecting his voice to sound at times like a chorus of angels and at others like a depressed grizzly bear, Preston makes music that, while structured fairly traditionally, is beyond weird. The heavy use of delay makes funeral marches and crushing stoner metal passages take on a psychedelic trance quality. In other songs, majestic explosions of heavenly robots shake off the murk in a sunburst marriage of noise-metal power and, um, opera (no, really! See "Obolus" on <i>Sperm Whale</i>). Thrones have released a pair of full-lengths (<i>Alraune</i> in 1996 and <i>Sperm Whale</i> in 2000), several seven-inches and EPs, and have appeared on a bunch of Kill Rock Stars comps. - Mike McGuirk http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1385902&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Fri, 14 Jun 1996 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 1385902 tra.1385902 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Alraune alb.306549 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/8/3/863827_170x170.jpg 1996-06-14 00:00:00.0 1996-06-14 00:00:00.0 true Gifthorse tra.1385902 132000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1385902&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1385902&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013177&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 2013177 tra.2013177 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Sperm Whale alb.88277 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/9/5/685969_170x170.jpg 2009-05-01 00:00:00.0 2000-09-12 00:00:00.0 true Obolus tra.2013177 2747000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013177&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013177&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013170&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 2013170 tra.2013170 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Sperm Whale alb.88277 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/9/5/685969_170x170.jpg 2009-05-01 00:00:00.0 2000-09-12 00:00:00.0 true Oso Malo tra.2013170 269000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013170&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013170&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013174&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 2013174 tra.2013174 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Sperm Whale alb.88277 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/9/5/685969_170x170.jpg 2009-05-01 00:00:00.0 2000-09-12 00:00:00.0 true Django tra.2013174 165000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013174&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013174&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27897745&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Wed, 6 May 2009 05:21:18 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 27897745 tra.27897745 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.27891900 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/2/0/0/1640028_170x170.jpg 2009-05-05 00:00:00.0 null true Algol tra.27897745 385000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27897745&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27897745&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27897749&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Wed, 6 May 2009 05:21:18 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 27897749 tra.27897749 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.27891900 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/2/0/0/1640028_170x170.jpg 2009-05-05 00:00:00.0 null true Coal Sack tra.27897749 302000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27897749&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.27897749&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284698&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 16284698 tra.16284698 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.16272683 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/9/8/3/1103894_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 false Obolus tra.16284698 558000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284698&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284698&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013171&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 2013171 tra.2013171 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Sperm Whale alb.88277 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/9/5/685969_170x170.jpg 2009-05-01 00:00:00.0 2000-09-12 00:00:00.0 true Nuts And Berries tra.2013171 189000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013171&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013171&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284699&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 16284699 tra.16284699 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.16272683 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/9/8/3/1103894_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 false Davids Lib tra.16284699 274000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284699&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284699&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284689&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 16284689 tra.16284689 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.16272683 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/9/8/3/1103894_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 false Silvery Colorado tra.16284689 185000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284689&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284689&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284694&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 16284694 tra.16284694 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.16272683 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/9/8/3/1103894_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 false Easter Woman tra.16284694 76000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284694&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284694&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284686&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 16284686 tra.16284686 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.16272683 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/9/8/3/1103894_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 false Algol tra.16284686 386000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284686&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284686&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284693&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 16284693 tra.16284693 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.16272683 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/9/8/3/1103894_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 false Simon Legree tra.16284693 88000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284693&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284693&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284697&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 16284697 tra.16284697 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.16272683 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/9/8/3/1103894_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 false Black Blade tra.16284697 391000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284697&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284697&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284700&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 16284700 tra.16284700 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.16272683 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/9/8/3/1103894_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 false A Quick One tra.16284700 124000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284700&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284700&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284684&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 16284684 tra.16284684 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.16272683 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/9/8/3/1103894_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 false The Suckling tra.16284684 199000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284684&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284684&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284685&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 16284685 tra.16284685 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Day Late, Dollar Short alb.16272683 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/9/8/3/1103894_170x170.jpg 2007-09-18 00:00:00.0 2005-05-31 00:00:00.0 false Young Savage tra.16284685 175000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284685&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16284685&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1385905&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Fri, 14 Jun 1996 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 1385905 tra.1385905 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Alraune alb.306549 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/8/3/863827_170x170.jpg 1996-06-14 00:00:00.0 1996-06-14 00:00:00.0 true Ted Williams tra.1385905 737000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1385905&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1385905&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1385906&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Fri, 14 Jun 1996 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 1385906 tra.1385906 Thrones art.13992 0.0 Alraune alb.306549 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/8/3/863827_170x170.jpg 1996-06-14 00:00:00.0 1996-06-14 00:00:00.0 true Googander tra.1385906 1260000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1385906&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1385906&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1459881&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 1459881 tra.1459881 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Jackson's Jukebox: Kill Rock Stars Sampler alb.199899 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/2/7/2/702721_170x170.jpg 2009-05-01 00:00:00.0 2000-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Oracle (A Dream) (previously unreleased) tra.1459881 179000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1459881&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1459881&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1844050&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 23 Sep 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 1844050 tra.1844050 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Some Songs From The Kill Rock Stars Singles alb.88378 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/0/6/686031_170x170.jpg 2009-05-01 00:00:00.0 1997-09-23 00:00:00.0 true Young Savage tra.1844050 181000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1844050&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1844050&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013172&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 2013172 tra.2013172 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Sperm Whale alb.88277 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/9/5/685969_170x170.jpg 2009-05-01 00:00:00.0 2000-09-12 00:00:00.0 true Manmtn tra.2013172 420000 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alb.88277 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/9/5/685969_170x170.jpg 2009-05-01 00:00:00.0 2000-09-12 00:00:00.0 true The Anguish Of Bears tra.2013176 251000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013176&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2013176&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5264357&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss Doom Metal Mon, 5 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Thrones on Rhapsody Online 5264357 tra.5264357 Thrones art.13992 0.99 Pickle Patch "Live Shows 1997-1999" alb.5262274 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/3/0/7/627038_170x170.jpg 2004-04-05 00:00:00.0 2004-04-05 00:00:00.0 true Easter Woman tra.5264357 135000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5264357&variant=play&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5264357&variant=data&rws=%2Fthethrones%2Ftop-tracks.rss