Début septembre, avec une nouvelle et belle pochette.
Peaceville Records has set a September 5 release date for the reissue of DARKTHRONE's seventh album of primitive black metal, "Ravishing Grimness", featuring new artwork selected by the band, plus a bonus commentary disc with Fenriz and Nocturno describing their inspirations, as well as memories from the time of recording.
DARKTHRONE began in the late '80s as a thrash/death metal act and progressed through technical death/doom metal experimentation to become legends of the black metal world and one of the original leading bands of the Norwegian scene.
"Ravishing Grimness" was DARKTHRONE's seventh studio album, originally released in 1999. The LP contained more mid-paced black metal than some of their previous releases — with CELTIC FROST-inspired riffs once again an important factor in DARKTHRONE's music — as well as featuring more rock and punk elements than earlier albums. Most of the tracks on "Ravishing Grimness" were this time written by Nocturno Culto, as well as guest lyrics on "The Beast" appearing courtesy of Aldrahn and Fog (DØDHEIMSGARD).
TRACKS
Disc 1:
01. Lifeless
02. The Beast
03. The Claws of Time
04. Across the Vacuum
05. Ravishing Grimness
06. To the Death (Under the King)
Disc 2:
* As above, including commentary from Fenriz and Nocturno Culto
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
Réédition de leurs 4 démos sur un CD, avec 3 bonus.
DARKTHRONE began in the late '80s as a thrash/death metal act and progressed through technical death/doom metal experimentation to become hugely respected and influential legends of the black metal world, and one of the original leading forces of the Norwegian scene, alongside other legendary acts such as MAYHEM and BURZUM.
Due on February 20 via Peaceville Records, "Sempiternal Past" contains all four of DARKTHRONE's cult demo releases recorded between 1988 and 1989 ("Land Of Frost", "A New Dimension", "Thulcandra" and "Cromlech") and shows the remarkable development of the band in its early years.
Each demo has now been fully restored and remastered from the best tape sources available, specifically for this release. Also included are the tracks recorded at Oslo TV in 1989, along with a restored version of the rare song "God Of Disturbance And Friction".
The CD booklet features liner notes, lyrics and rare photos of the band in their early years.
"Sempiternal Past" track listing:
01. Land Of Frost
02. Winds Of Triton
03. Forest Of Darkness
04. Odyssey Of Freedom
05. Day Of The Dead
06. Intro
07. Snowfall
08. Eon
09. Thulcandra
10. Archipelago
11. The Watchtower
12. Accumulation Of Generalization
13. Sempiternal Past / Presence View Sepulchrality
14. Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia
15. Soria Moria Slott (Oslo TV 1989)
16. Eon / Thulcandra (Oslo TV 1989)
17. God Of Disturbance And Friction
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
DARKTHRONE began in the late 80’s as a thrash/death metal act and progressed through technical death/doom metal experimentation to become legends of the black metal world and one of the original leading bands of the Norwegian scene, as well as inspiring a whole generation of metal bands.
A Blaze In The Northern Sky, Darkthrone's second album, was originally released in 1992 and was without question the blueprint release for the black metal scene, spearheading the evolution of the early second wave movement in Norway and beyond. It was hailed on release as an album of true scene-shifting greatness, following their more death metal centred debut, Soulside Journey.
The album saw a whole new blacker than black Darkthrone, new names, new cold and stripped down sound and highly visual black and white artwork. Fenriz claimed at the time "this is the new Darkthrone, the old Darkthrone is dead." So great was the hunger and need for Darkthrone that it meant absolutely nothing to critics and fans alike that the band hardly ventured out to play live. On the contrary, this only added to the mystique of the band, and saw them, in the eyes of the fans as very much 'keeping it real' with their completely uncompromising approach.
This special edition of A Blaze In The Northern Sky marks 20 years since the album’s original release, and contains an additional CD featuring Fenriz talking about his memories and recollections of the album’s construction as the music plays in the background. This edition is also presented in digibook format with extra liner notes from Fenriz and Nocturno Culto, plus rare and previously unseen images. Also contains video interview with Nocturno and Fenriz from 2003.
Tracks
Disc 1
'Kathaarian Life Code'
'In The Shadow Of The Horns'
'Paragon Belial'
'Where The Cold Winds Blow'
'A Blaze In The Northern Sky'
'The Pagan Winter'
Video interview with Nocturno and Fenriz
Disc 2
Same as above tracks, but with commentary from Fenriz
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
Mauvais topic je crois