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Can Darkthrone get more wrathful?

Bradley Smith | Ankara Turkey | 10/02/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"THe best Darkthrone since at least Ravishing Grimness. Darkthrone have taken what I like to refer to as their modern sound which they started with Panzerfaust(IMO) and matured and developed it even further. THis is their most varied album probably since Panzerfaust as well.



Order of the Ominous starts this one of with a creeping and brooding ambience that imbues your mind with the proper mood to embrace the album that follows. LRZ(of Red Harvest) did a brilliant job programing this piece(if you downloaded the album on the internet this is a completely different intro).

Then Information Wants to be Syndicated storms out from your speakers. This is possibly the fastest Darkthrone has played in a long time(possibly ever). After a few minutes though it slows waaay down into regions of doom metal that remind me a little of Black Sabbath. After that we are treated to a Hellhammer inspired piece that is Sjakk matt Jesu Krist(check mate Jesus Christ). My favorite of the compositions on this album is Straightening Sharks in Heaven. It has a very melancholic melodic main riff. It also breaks down into some doomy areas towards the halfway point. Alle Gegen Alle is another Hellhammer/Celtic Frost inspired piece that is characterized by Fenriz's modern songwriting style. Mann Tanker Sitt is a groove laden song that rumbles along like a forceful tank and has a killer breakdown in the middle where the vocals thunder over the subtle guitar. God of Doubt is perhaps the most enigmatic song on the album with its haunting melody that flows through most of the song. After that Hate is the law picks the pace back up. It reminds me in some parts of one of the ending songs on Undera Funeral Moon such as Crossing the Triangle of Flames but then it evolves into some sold black thrash. An intersting note on this song is that the vocals are performed by Fenriz and Apollyon(Aura Noir). Finally the album closes out with the Slothful Rawness Obsolete that gives me the feeling of their Song Quintessence if all the folk elements were stripped from it.



Overall this is another great piece of what I feel black metal should be, Raw, stripped-down, guitar-oriented and hateful. With Darkthrone you always know what you are going to get and if that is what you like you will not be dissappointed here."