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Darkthrone Release Pre-Historic Metal
Venturing out once more from their Northern cave with a new batch of timeless riffs, the band fly the Pre-Historic Metal banner high, leaning into the raw, timeworn sound for their latest primal offering.
As Fenriz himself proclaims of the title’s symbolic origin, “Prehistoric is a loose term. I just figure it’s our VIBE, our take on things and it’s more a statement that we use old style to create something new”.
To coincide with the album’s release there is a new lyric video for the album opener “They Found One Of My Graves”, created by Matthew Vickerstaff (Darkwave Arts).
A continuation of 2024’s stellar ‘It Beckons Us All’, ‘Pre-Historic Metal’ is a ferocious slab of primal epics & gargantuan riffs with organic sound, graced with the ever-present permeating spirit of the 70s and 80s. This next chapter in Darkthrone’s unyielding saga presents a vast odyssey through the sonic landscapes of Thrash, Black, Heavy and Doom Metal and, adorned with a punishing and “in your face” guitar presence, Darkthrone stirs the cauldron of savage creativity with a nod to the writing methods which were indicative of their earlier works of the late 80s, but with a more refined craft.
Summarising what the album represents, Fenriz explains: “It means that we are metal. With very loud guitars. "Frightfully barbaric but not without finesse", I call it. We collaborated in the studio more than ever, who's playing what is still in a purple haze, but last but not least it was a sort of hardening of the arteries - we decided to tighten the tourniquet and do 8 effective songs brimming with riffs instead of the airy plodding we so much enjoy usually”.
'Pre-Historic Metal' was recorded at Chaka Khan Studios, Oslo, with production work conducted by Ole Øvstedal, Silje Høgevold & Mads Luis. Mastering was carried out by Jack Control at Enormous Door, and Maor Appelbaum Mastering.
Pre-Historic Metal Track listing
1. They Found One Of My Graves (05:17)
2. Pre-Historic Metal (04:19)
3. Siberian Thaw (06:45)
4. Deeply Rooted (04:58)
5. The Dry Wells Of Hell (06:12)
6. So I Marched To The Sunken Empire (03:21)
7. Eat Eat Eat Your Pride (04:51)
8. Eon 4 (05:24)
ORDER YOUR COPY, STREAM OR DOWNLOAD PRE-HISTORIC METAL HERE
https://darkthrone.lnk.to/Pre_Historic_Metal
Pre-Historic Metal is available on
• A Deluxe box set special edition featuring:
• Exclusive splatter 180gm heavyweight vinyl with gatefold sleeve & exclusive alternate cover artwork by Maciej Kamuda.
• Exclusive cassette edition.
• CD edition.
• Booklet including an interview by Harald Fossberg on the making of ‘Pre-Historic Metal’.
• 2 posters
• LP on black & white splatter vinyl – available exclusively at the Peaceville label stores
• LP on purple marble vinyl – available at the Peaceville label stores + select stores worldwide
• LP on classic black vinyl
• LP on white vinyl (available exclusively in Germany + exclusive T-shirt bundles at EMP)
• LP on dark green vinyl (available exclusively in Norway)
• LP on silver vinyl (available exclusively in Sweden)
• LP on transparent orange vinyl (available exclusively in North America)
• LP on coke bottle green (available at independent records stores in North America)
• CD
• Digital
Photo credit – Peer Olav Kittilsen
Video created by Matthew Vickerstaff
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