Old Star

by Darkthrone

Old Star cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 31 May 2019
  • Label: Peaceville
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 38:07
  • Community rating: 3.46/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Gylve Nagell, Frederick Jude, Nocturno Culto

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The legendary Norwegian duo continues their exploration of classic, 1980s-inspired extreme metal, leaning heavily into sluggish, Celtic Frost-inspired doom riffs. Fenriz and Nocturno Culto maintain their fiercely independent, lo-fi recording ethos, delivering a riff-driven homage to the foundational days of underground thrash and heavy metal. It proves their enduring commitment to organic, unpolished heaviness.

Genres

Descriptors: old-school, unpolished, riff-heavy, DIY, metallic

Tracklist

  1. I Muffle Your Inner Choir (6:25)
  2. The Hardship of the Scots (7:35)
  3. Old Star (4:27)
  4. Alp Man (5:27)
  5. Duke of Gloat (6:49)
  6. The Key is Inside the Wall (7:22)

Credits

  • Darkthrone - primary artist
  • Chadwick St. John - cover, artwork [cover art "the shepherd of the deep" by]
  • Fenriz - lyrics by [all lyrics by], songwriter
  • Gylve Nagell - songwriter, drums, lyrics by

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