Darkthrone premiere first single and video »Black Dawn Affiliation« taken from their forthcoming studio album »It Beckons Us All«!
Norwegian trailblazers Darkthrone premiere the first single and video »Black Dawn Affiliation« taken from their forthcoming studio album, »It Beckons Us All«, set to release on April 26th, 2024 via Peaceville Records.
Animation by Matthew Vickerstaff.
Tracklist:
01. Howling Primitive Colonies
02. Eon 3
03. Black Dawn Affiliation
04. And In That Moment I Knew The Answer
05. The Bird People Of Nordland
06. The Heavy Hand
07. The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet
Courtesy of Peaceville Records:
Fenriz comments of the song’s creation: “Nocturno Culto sculpted »Black Dawn Affiliation« and as much as I writhe in woe trying to describe riffs I did not make, we are certainly rocking hard and dark around a dungeon of slow Kreator 1986-era riffs (think »Awakening Of The Gods« or »Take Their Lives« from the »Flag Of Hate« 12″).”
Nocturno Culto adds: “It is not easy to describe the music you make, but for sure I will try…it’s heavy! Everything worked out as I hoped for this track. Some things are just forged in the studio, like as Fenriz’s excellent vocals at the end of the song; and the choir I wanted. Instead of just taking shortcuts, Fenriz and I recorded three vocal tracks each, and it was brilliantly mixed by Silje at Chaka Khan. There are many things one can say about riffs, but I make songs from a combination of a very methodical approach and happy accidents! And somewhere in the back of my head, it’s most likely there is something affecting a lot of my decisions on little details that shapes the riffing.”
Photos by Ester Segarra
With a legacy of audial treasures spanning more than 35 years, and a fountain of creativity ever flowing, Darkthrone returns in 2024 with an epic odyssey boasting classic riffs and vintage sounding metal.
The seven track studio opus »It Beckons Us All« sees the longstanding duo of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto presenting an even more refined, challenging and diverse set of timeless anthems. The uncompromising trailblazers shift from the melodic to the sombre and atmospheric to blackened dirges emanating from Darkthrone’s unique riffing.
Set for release on Peaceville on 26th April 2024, the new tracks are an intense observation of the world around them – exciting and challenging the listener in equal measure, in the way only they can. Some of the riffs howl across a gallery of ice and snow while others crackle like a volcano awakening from its timeless slumber.
Includes the astonishing 10 minute closer, »The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet«.
Recorded once again at Chaka Khan Studios in the band’s native Norway, »It Beckons Us All« was mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door, with artwork courtesy of Polish artist Zbigniew Bielak.
With an expansive catalogue consisting of a multitude of various genre classics, Darkthrone first arrived on the global stage with their atmospheric and technically accomplished death metal debut, »Soulside Journey« back in 1991, followed by the milestone in black metal that is »A Blaze In The Northern Sky« released the following year, after the intended second album »Goatlord« was essentially scrapped to make way for something more primitive, and paving the way for Darkthrone’s close association with the black metal genre over many years.
»It Beckons Us All« stands as one of the band’s most complete and vast works to date.
Pre-orders available now at darkthrone.lnk.to/beckons
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well