''Conquering the Throne'' is the debut album by

Hate Eternal Hate Eternal is a death metal band from St. Petersburg, Florida. The band currently consists of founding guitarist/vocalist Erik Rutan and bassist J. J. Hrubovcak. To date, Hate Eternal has released seven studio albums: ''Conquering the Throne' ...

. It was released on November 2 1999 on

Wicked World Records Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York. The label helped to pioneer extreme metal by re ...

, a subdivision of

Earache Records Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York. The label helped to pioneer extreme metal by rel ...

. The album cover is from the right portion (Hell) of

Hans Memling Hans Memling (also spelled Memlinc; c. 1430 – 11 August 1494) was a painter active in Flanders, who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. He was born in the Middle Rhine region and probably spent his childhood in Mainz. He ...

's painting '' The Last Judgment''. Drummer

Tim Yeung Tim Yeung (born November 27, 1978) is an American extreme metal drummer. He currently performs in the band I Am Morbid, which plays Morbid Angel songs and also features Morbid Angel's former vocalist/bassist David Vincent (musician), David Vinc ...

made his recording debut on this album.

Track listing

Al songs written by

Erik Rutan Erik Rutan (born June 10, 1971) is an American heavy metal musician and producer from New Jersey. He is the guitarist and lead vocalist of death metal band Hate Eternal and lead guitarist for Cannibal Corpse, who he fully joined in 2021 after ...

, except for where noted. # "Praise of the Almighty" – 2:38 # "Dogma Condemned" – 3:00 # "Catacombs" – 3:16 # "Nailed to Obscurity" (

Doug Cerrito Doug Cerrito (born November 1970) is an American musician best known as the former guitarist for New York death metal band Suffocation from 1990 until their split in 1998. He also played on death metal band Hate Eternal's debut ''Conquering the ...

) – 2:22 # "By His Own Decree" – 3:25 # "The Creed of Chaotic Divinity" – 2:58 # "Dethroned" (Cerrito) – 2:36 # "Sacrilege of Hate" – 2:22 # "Spiritual Holocaust" (Cerrito) – 3:27 # "Darkness by Oath" – 4:11 # "Saturated in Dejection" – 3:08

Credits

- lead guitar, lead vocals * Jared Anderson - bass, backing vocals *

- drums *

- rhythm guitar

References

{{Authority control 1999 debut albums Hate Eternal albums Albums produced by Erik Rutan Earache Records albums