DARKTHRONE
ETERNAL HAILS - CD

UPC: 801056711731
Label: PEACEVILLE
Format: CD
Release Date: May 17, 2024
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THE 2021 STUDIO ALBUM OF EPIC BLACK HEAVY METAL FROM THE NORWEGIAN LEGENDS, PRESENTED ON MID-PRICE CD.

“Five heavy dinosaurs looking in wonder & bewilderment at the stars" Fenriz

With the highly revered Norwegians remaining ever-dedicated to the art of the riff after 35 years of existence, Darkthrone returned in 2021 for album number nineteen for a fresh dose of metallic godliness. On the back of 2019’s triumphant ‘Old Star’ opus, the duo of Nocturno Culto & Fenriz power through a 41-minute maelstrom of Epic Black Heavy Metal across five sprawling compositions. Organic & dynamic, the album is an exploration of the very finest vintage metal & the best of doom, all delivered in the unmistakable Darkthrone style, whilst also incorporating instruments such as the Moog to further expand upon these soundscapes.

Eschewing the process of using their own Necrohell II studios - which had served the band so well over the last 15 years - & welcoming a change of environment & the opportunity to experiment with new ideas, ‘Eternal Hails……’ was recorded at Chaka Khan Studio in Oslo, & engineered by Ole Ovstedal & Silje Høgevold, breathing new life into the sound while retaining the essence of Darkthrone’s natural, raw feeling.

The cover artwork features the piece “Pluto & Charon” (1972), from renowned science fiction artist David A. Hardy; a hugely inspirational image for both Fenriz & Nocturno Culto spanning several decades & this also stands as a symbolic link between the genre-bending styles apparent on Darkthrone’s earliest works to those same traits evident on ‘Eternal Hails……’.

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