Bolt Thrower

Bolt Thrower are a British death metal band from Coventry, England. They formed as a grindcore band in 1986 and released their first album with Vinyl Solution in 1988. The band takes its name from a weapon in the popular tabletop strategy game Warhammer Fantasy Battle. The lyrics and artwork of their second and third albums were based on Warhammer Fantasy Battle and its futuristic companion Warhammer 40,000,with much of the art actually being provided by the game's publisher, Games Workshop.

Links To Peel
The band recorded two demos, the second, Concession Of Pain, was sent to John Peel in late 1987, so impressed with the demo, that he asked the group to do a session for his show, which they did in January 1988. Peel regularly played the band's material between the late 80's and early 90's, which ultimately they did three sessions for his show. In an interview with the bassist, Jo Bench, for the Metal Chaos website, he was asked what he thought of Peel:

"I miss John Peel a lot. He was a total legend and I feel so fortunate to have been part of the Peel Sessions history. There are not many people who you can say changed your life, but for me John Peel is definitely one of them. A few days before he died I had a dream about him, I thought 'damn, I should send him some stuff and say thanks for everything'. Unfortunately I never got to do that and I still haven't forgiven myself. Never has anyone before or since him done so much for new music. RIP John."