DARKTHRONE - Eternal Hails...... (CD)

"Five heavy dinosaurs looking in wonder and 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 H gevold, 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..'.