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CIRCLE THE WAGONSDARKTHRONEPeaceville Records CDSome bands just won’t dissapoint you, and one of them is for sure Darkthrone. Now that the majority of tr00-kvlt retards finally lost all hope that they will release another „Under a funeral moon“ and successfully fucked off from undisputed kings of Norway to suck the cocks of new „saviours“ of scene, we can now peacefully enjoy continuation of exciting exploration of the various soulful styles of the extreme done by Fenriz and Nocturno Culto. „Circle the wagons“ continues down the route of their previous couple of releases, but trained ear will notice some subtle changes in Darkthrone world after repeated listening. The most prominent feature is prevalent inclusion of Heavy / Speed Metal sound; just check out „I am the graves of the 80’s“ or the title track for my assumption. In his own words, Fenriz decided to finally throw in Agent Steel circa „Sceptics..“ style into Darkthrone and mentioned tracks for sure prove this as they sound like some mutant banger between Agents of steel and Motorhead, topped off with Fenriz’ inspired vocal performance. While we’re at it, it should be said that the songwriting duties are again split between the two men and Nocturno got a bit lazier this time - he wrote 3 songs, while Fen did 5 and they have co-written "Black mountain totem" which is one of the finest album's moments and shows the criss-crossing of their styles. Speaking of which, I think I can safely say that one can already separate their songs easily as they have chrystalized their songwriting. While Fenriz is more in metal punk waters and his numbers are anthemic rocking assaults, Nocturno Culto seems to be more concentrating on the atmosphere with doomy riffing underlined with somewhat blackish atmosphere and slower tempo, but still coming out very Heavy fucking Metal. Also, both are singing on the tracks they have written and it is apparent that Nocturno is leaving his throaty rasp for a little bit cleaner gush which helped the infusion of more vocal melodies (of course, Fenriz is always in that vein); you can even find some completely clean choruses like in „Those treasures will never befall you“ which reminded me whole lot on Manilla Road. But I won’t give you any more clues, as (in my opinion) there is nothing like putting the new Darkthrone album in the stereo, turn off the lights & light up a cigarette and delve into their world full of various references but still coming out with something of their own. Album title and front cover is dedicated to Indians of the underground, warriors of true Metal fighting the plastic opposers of today, and through their various actions (myspace promotion, interviews, albums...) Darkthrone has truly become the totem of Undergorund resistance, a beacon to all the likeminded individuals who circle their wagons around them and create again very strong filthy metal ambience. With their reputation and status, they could have go dormant, make 5-year breaks and live off the n-th re-release of „A blaze in the northern sky“ but their burning will simply make them go further forever tied to righteous values. That fact alone is worth the the mark below, if only "Circle the wagons“ is not the killer release it is. Essential. Slobodan Trifunović (10) |
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