A Blaze In the Northern Sky
Has some weird kinship with the first At The Gates album, despite the different subgenre. Listen to them back to back and see what I mean--they capture a very similar surreal twisted beauty.
― punksishippies, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:46 (seven years ago) link
Listening to Arctic Thunder for the first time and enjoying it. It's their 17th album. Is their later stuff all good? I feel I've stuck to the 3 or 4 classics and maybe lost out...
― Duke, Saturday, 7 January 2017 23:29 (seven years ago) link
even the ones that didn't seem good to me at some point seem good to me now tbh
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 7 January 2017 23:41 (seven years ago) link
Darkthrone are a band that, if you love metal of all stripes, will always deliver. They ape their influences proudly and usually execute well. The only duds in their discography might be the early aughts albums, but if you bookend the middle period with Panzerfaust on one end and F.O.A.D. on the other you're good. I don't mean to disparage the albums from that era but the production is not on par with their best. Arctic Thunder is great, tho.
― Yelploaf, Saturday, 7 January 2017 23:55 (seven years ago) link
Thanks. So to clarify - Panzerfaust thru to FOAD are to be avoided?
― Duke, Sunday, 8 January 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Or Total Death thru to The Cult Is Alive?
― Duke, Sunday, 8 January 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link
Panzerfaust in the last great album of theirs from the 'classic' era imo. I didn't dig anything after that until FOAD. But again, such a great, dedicated band that I can't really say avoid anything.
― Yelploaf, Sunday, 8 January 2017 00:10 (seven years ago) link
I listened to Plaguewielder recently and it was better than I remember.
Also, check out Goatloard. Maybe online before you buy it, but to certain weirdos (like me) it's a great, strange record.
― ๐๐๐-BAM-O BAM A โ ๐๐-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 8 January 2017 00:56 (seven years ago) link
that's the thing. last time I listened to FOAD it was way better than it seemed when it was new. they're a smart and good band, and even their ebbs are worth some listens.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 8 January 2017 01:20 (seven years ago) link
Hate Them underrated imo
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 30 June 2017 11:04 (six years ago) link
Hate Them & Sardonic Wrath are the albums I listen to most!
― Dominique, Friday, 30 June 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
Darkthrone!! *puts on Darkthrone*
― Duke, Friday, 30 June 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
the commentary fenriz does for peaceville's reissue of transilvanian hunger is pretty awesome and hilarious. he talks at one point about how important track order is to him and says "that's an important job of being a musician as well! although i don't call myself a musician, that's disgusting." then he takes a beer break
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
love that man
i watched his "Black Metal 101" lecture last night and spent the night listening to Bathory, Tormentor and Darkthrone.
― blood, loud screaming and nudity (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
I finally completed my Darkthrone albums collection and have come to the conclusion that it's all pretty good.
― blood, loud screaming and nudity (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link
New Darkthrone album coming soon! 'Old Star'. from fb:
Okay people, soon comes a new serving of Darkthrone! So get ready for the arrival of the Old Star. Itโs like the 80s never left! Pre-order here darkthrone.lnk.to/OldStarFAWe are back with the RIFFS and more metal than EVER!!!Mixed by Sanford Parker & mastered again by our good friend Jack at Enormous Door. The stellar cover artistry comes courtesy of Chadwick St John, titled โThe Shepherd of the Deepโ
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― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 21 March 2019 12:22 (five years ago) link
Looking forward to it
― blood, loud screaming and nudity (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 22 March 2019 10:28 (five years ago) link
As long as it's better than their last six or seven albums, which are a complete blur to me, I look forward to it as well.
― pomenitul, Friday, 22 March 2019 10:42 (five years ago) link
I donโt think that at this point we can expect much more from Darkthrone than fun filled 80โs pastiche.
― Siegbran, Friday, 22 March 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
Darkthrone are firmly in Ramones territory for me now tbh. I know they'll never be as good as they were but I'm also not likely to be mad at anything they put out.
― blood, loud screaming and nudity (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 22 March 2019 21:03 (five years ago) link
total death is total-ly underrated
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 04:09 (four years ago) link
agree... love the bass sound and general production and strong material
I think Panzerfaust/TD/Ravishing are a great trilogy, actually.
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 06:17 (four years ago) link
goooood, I forgot how great Blaze is....
― Lady Antibody (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 July 2020 03:57 (three years ago) link
There's a riff in Where Cold Winds Blow that sounds like two guitars imitating a chainsaw gone bezerk and i keep replaying that part. A Blaze In The Northern Sky has a LOT to offer
― black dice live ft. jerry garcia (rizzx), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link
just digging deeper into these dudes... was not aware that they switched over to a more uhhhh punky bikers from hell kinda sound for a bit there. (FOAD and Circle the Wagons). Itโs really cool!!!
― brimstead, Thursday, 10 June 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
still haven't heard those! i skipped them and went to the later ones.
need to loop back
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
new record is sick
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 June 2021 05:56 (two years ago) link
it sounds like shit and the riffs are just so goddamn great and they drape over the drums like rotted robes
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 June 2021 06:11 (two years ago) link
it's pretty fucking good... hoping Old Star and Eternal Hails are the first two of yet another trilogy
― Shaidar Logoff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 June 2021 12:00 (two years ago) link
I thought Old Star was alright, mostly thanks to the proverbially epic 'Hardship of the Scots', but Eternal Hails is yet another post-Panzerfaust release that leaves me cold, and not in the trve kvlt sense. That said, I'm that rare beast: a black metal enthusiast who merely likes rather than worships Darkthrone.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 26 June 2021 12:18 (two years ago) link
I enjoy this, but at the same time it kinda feels like they're going through the motions?
― braised cod, Saturday, 26 June 2021 12:22 (two years ago) link
idk if that's true of the last two tracks
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 June 2021 13:45 (two years ago) link
lol yeah I wrote that before I got that far.
― braised cod, Saturday, 26 June 2021 13:52 (two years ago) link
It really does sound like shit but the tunes are undeniable
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 26 June 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
if it doesn't sound like crap it isn't a Darkthrone record.
― braised cod, Saturday, 26 June 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
do you have to be cool with nazism to be a true metalhead
― Left, Saturday, 26 June 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
obviously the answer to your good faith question is yes
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 June 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
hard to think of many other genres where this shit is just normal
― Left, Saturday, 26 June 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
itโs something i grapple with way more as a mayhem fan than as a darkthrone fan but go off
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 June 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
i do lament the normalization of buying records by nazis in metal communities
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 June 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
wtf? Darkthrone has literally made a statement that they are are not Nazis, so why wouldn't you go after actually dodgy bands? But I guess that would undermine your argument, since most metalheads avoid those.
― braised cod, Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
fuck off
― Left, Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
ahh this is a productive discussion
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
they collaborated with varg & have an album called panzerfaust but hey at least they said they're not nazis
this kind of denial & defensiveness is absolutely typical though
― Left, Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
what exactly is your 'endgame' here. did you read Wikipedia, get mad, and enter this thread?
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
"hey guys, here are two facts nobody has disputed that are both 20+ years old, here I am to blow your minds with it and suggest you are all Nazis!!!!"
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
opened thread, saw album title, did 2 minutes of google research, got pissed off at metal culture yet again
― Left, Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:45 (two years ago) link
i knew this would happen because i know metalheads don't like being called out on this shit
― Left, Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
we've literally had the conversation on ILX for more than ten years, you obstinate dumbfuck
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
you stumble into the thread after learning about it five minutes and we're the assholes? fuck you.
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Saturday, 26 June 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link