Hammerdown Protocol, Throne of Iron, Gay Tetris

Begun in Bloomington, Indiana in the Summer of 2018 and directly influenced by passing of legendary epic metal figure and Manilla Road founder Mark 'the Shark' Shelton, Throne Of Iron was originally a solo project of Tucker Thomasson (ex-Thorr-Axe). Quickly recording and releasing a demo on Bandcamp, inspired by the sounds of bands such as Manilla Road, Iron Maiden, Cirith Ungol and Judas Priest, the project immediately gained recognition and was awarded a spot on the music platform's 'Best of Metal' list for August 2018. Throne of Iron are a self-proclaimed 'Dungeon Crawling Heavy Metal' band that play traditional epic/heavy metal with lyrics inspired by classic Dungeons & Dragons; a theme that continues through the artwork on their releases. Eventually, Throne Of Iron came to the attention of No Remorse Records, leading to the recruitment of more members and playing live. Throne Of Iron's debut live performance was Saturday February 2nd at The Hi-Fi, Indianapolis. On Friday 2nd August 2019 Throne Of Iron became possibly the first heavy metal band to play at Gen Con, one of the world's biggest and most well respected gaming conventions. The band contributed an exclusive track, Xanathar, to Indy Metal Vault's charity compilation album "Benefit Vol.1: Girl's Rock". This was released digitally on Bandcamp, July 16 2019. On August 19 2019 Xanathar was re-released as a digital only single on Bandcamp with new artwork. On July 20th 2019 a split EP with dungeon synth band Hillsfar, entitled The Crypt of Blades, was released digitally on bandcamp with a physical release on cassette due for release by Ice Fall Records. Two digital songs, "Feel Master" and "Ride Power", were released on Bandcamp on August 4th 2019 beginning a series of releases called Roll for Metal. These tongue-in-cheek songs are incredibly raw and were created by using a song generator system devised by Tucker and Corwin. This involves using a standard D&D dice set to roll for various drum beats on Ugritone's "NWOBHM Essentials" midi pack, improvising riffs and with lyrics generated initailly by Random Power Metal Lyric Generator and subsequently using a purpose built database put together by the owner of DMR Books. The Roll for Metal experiment has developed into an ongoing series that the band's patreon backers can watch in real time during the band's livestreams. In February 2020 Throne of Iron released their debut album 'Adventure One' through No Remorse Records to good critical acclaim. 2022 saw another split EP release. The Side Quest was released through Wise Blood Records and features three new Throne of Iron songs and four by California Thrashers, Dungeon Crawl. Throne of Iron is: Tucker Thomasson (Guitar and Vocals) Corwin Deckard (Guitar) Jacob Lett (Drums) ARZAB of the Howling Abyss (Bass) Klaus (Feline Familiar)