The IVth Crusade is the fourth studio album by British death metal band Bolt Thrower.

It was recorded at Sawmill Studios in August 1992 and produced by Bolt Thrower and Colin Richardson.

For this album Bolt Thrower slowed down considerably compared to War Master, focusing more on playing heavy riffs and a thick sound.

The album features a more death/doom metal-driven style, and which was influenced by doom metal bands including Candlemass and Pentagram.

"Embers" opens and ends as "Cenotaph" did on the previous album War Master, and leads into "Powder Burns" on Mercenary.