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Darkthrone announce new album ‘It Beckons Us All’

DARKTHRONE have announced a new album!

Titled It Beckons Us All, the upcoming album from the iconic Norwegian band is the follow-up to 2022’s Astral Fortress, and is scheduled to be released in April this year, via Peaceville Records.

The upcoming album was recorded in April and May last year at Chaka Khan Studios in Oslo, the same location used for the Eternal Hails and Astral Fortress albums, mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door, with artwork courtesy of Polish artist Zbigniew Bielak.

“I am having difficulties putting into words my personal feelings around the existential title It Beckons Us All, I can only hope others out there can feel the darkness that encompasses it,” muses FenrizNocturno comments, “we recorded in the manner we always do, live, meaning drums and guitar, with another guitar added later. We found a new twist during this process that surely benefited this album. Fenriz did stellar clean vocals on several songs, and his way of thinking creatively made it so good. We also shared the bass work this time around. We added a lot of extra layers like solo guitars… it was just a cauldron of ideas. Instead of finding a plug-in or choir synth patch, we both recorded four vocal tracks each. DARKTHRONE is an ever-evolving band, as many should know by now, and this album is touching a bit into the heavy genre. I have no idea what genre we are, and have really not cared much about it, but I know for sure it’s metal.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. Howling Primitive Colonies
2. Eon 3
3. Black Dawn Affiliation
4. And In That Moment I Knew The Answer
5. The Bird People Of Nordland
6. The Heavy Hand
7. The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet

It Beckons Us All - Darkthrone

It Beckons Us All is set for release on April 26th via Peaceville Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

For more information DARKTHRONE like their official page on Facebook.

James Weaver

Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Distorted Sound Magazine; established in 2015. Reporting on riffs since 2012.

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