Darkthrone HHV Records 40 Items

From their formation back in 1986, to becoming one of Norways’s finest musical exports (with a number of highly revered black metal masterpieces released in the early 90’s helping to solidify their legacy), Darkthrone has continued to evolve and challenge in equal measure, throughout their illustrious recording career spanning over three decades. And now, the ever-productive duo of Nocturno and Fenriz continue their own metallic saga with a new selection of fine, vintage sounding headbanging classics in the making.

‘Astral Fortress’ is itself a swift follow-up to 2021’s ‘Eternal Hails’ opus, as a result of Darkthrone’s consistent and ongoing writing process, which has been in force for some years now. For Darkthrone does not sleep - it only waits.

Carried on the brisk wind of eager rock, with foundations in black, thrash, doom and heavy metal, ‘Astral Fortress’ is the latest album of stellar, eclectic old metal in the Darkthrone odyssey. With a seemingly endless dungeon full of heavy metal influences channelled through Darkthrone’s dynamic riff-machine, plus also with many increasing inspirations taken from their own past catalogue, Darkthrone has truly become its own beast within the metal world. Even though sprinkled with atmospheric touches such as synthesizers and mellotron on ‘Astral Fortress’ to great effect, the Darkthrone sound remains stripped down to the core; always primitive and organic.

‘Astral Fortress’ was recorded at Chaka Khan Studios in Oslo, the same location used for the ‘Eternal Hails’ album, with Ole Øvstedal and Silje Høgevold.

THE NEW, EPIC METALLIC ODYSSEY FROM THE LONGSTANDING NORWEGIAN DUO OF FENRIZ & NOCTURNO CULTO. SPECIAL LIMITED MULTI-FORMAT SET CONTAINING CD, EXCLUSIVE CORONA VINYL, & EXCLUSIVE CASSETTE TAPE. ALSO INCLUDES ART PRINTS FEATURING THE WORK OF ZBIGNIEW BIELAK.With a legacy of audial treasures now spanning more than 35 years & with the fountain of creativity ever flowing, Norway’s Darkthrone return with their latest venture through classic riffs & vintage sounding metal in the shape of the epic new seven track studio opus, ‘It Beckons Us All’. Seeing the longstanding duo of Fenriz & Nocturno Culto uniting once more, ‘It Beckons Us All’ follows on the heels of 2022’s revered ‘Astral Fortress’ album, with what could be considered an even more refined, challenging & diverse set of timeless metal anthems from the uncompromising trailblazers; from the melodic, to the sombre & atmospheric, to the blackened dirges emanating from Darkthrone’s highly distinguishable riffing, as well as a nod to influences such as Celtic Frost along the way. Recorded once again at Chaka Khan Studios in the band’s native Norway, ‘It Beckons Us All’ was mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door, with artwork courtesy of Polish artist Zbigniew Bielak. With an expansive catalogue consisting of a multitude of various genre classics, Darkthrone first arrived on the global stage with their atmospheric & technically accomplished death metal debut, ‘Soulside Journey’ back in 1991, followed by the milestone in black metal that is ‘A Blaze In The Northern Sky’ released only the following year, after the intended second album ‘Goatlord’ was essentially scrapped to make way for something more primitive & paving the way for Darkthrone’s close association with the black metal genre over many years. And so, with an endlessly progressing (and even regressing) evolution which has seen the band successfully delving into many sub-genres of metal & punk, ‘It Beckons Us All’ stands as one of the band’s most complete & vast works to date. This special multi-format edition of 'It Beckons Us All' contains CD, exclusive corona vinyl, exclusive cassette tape, plus four art prints featuring the work of artist Zbigniew Bielak. CD1. Howling Primitive Colonies (06:30)2. Eon 3 (05:43)3. Black Dawn Affiliation (06:11)4. And In That Moment I Knew The Answer (03:17)5. The Bird People Of Nordland (07:27)6. The Heavy Hand (04:18)7. The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet (10:03)EXCLUSIVE CORONA VINYL LPSide A1. Howling Primitive Colonies (06:30)2. Eon 3 (05:43)3. Black Dawn Affiliation (06:11)4. And In That Moment I Knew The Answer (03:17)Side B1. The Bird People Of Nordland (07:27)2. The Heavy Hand (04:18)3. The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet (10:03)CASSETTESide One1. Howling Primitive Colonies (06:30)2. Eon 3 (05:43)3. Black Dawn Affiliation (06:11)4. And In That Moment I Knew The Answer (03:17)Side Two1. The Bird People Of Nordland (07:27)2. The Heavy Hand (04:18)3. The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet (10:03)

With the highly revered Norwegians remaining ever-dedicated to the art of the riff after 35 years of existence, Darkthrone returns for album number nineteen and a new dose of Metallic godliness. On the back of 2019’s triumphant Old Star opus, the duo of Nocturno Culto & Fenriz present a 41 minute maelstrom of Epic Black Heavy Metal across five sprawling compositions. Organic and dynamic, the album is an exploration of the finest vintage Metal and the best of Doom, all delivered in the unmistakable Darkthrone style (whilst also incorporating instruments such as the Moog to further expand upon these soundscapes).

Eschewing the process of using their own Necrohell II studios - which has served the band so well over the last 15 years - and welcoming a change of environment and the opportunity to experiment with new ideas, Eternal Hails…… was recorded at Chaka Khan Studio in Oslo, and engineered by Ole Ovstedal and Silje Høgevold, breathing new life into the sound while retaining the essence of Darkthrone’s natural, raw feeling.

The cover artwork features the piece Pluto and Charon (1972), from renowned science fiction artist David A. Hardy; a hugely inspirational image for both Fenriz and Nocturno Culto spanning several decades, and this also stands as a symbolic link between the genre-bending styles apparent on Darkthrone’s earliest works, to those same traits evident on Eternal Hails

Includes original inner sleeve, insert and booklet.

Limited Silver Vinyl Edition.
Includes original inner sleeve. Record is close to NM.

Violet translucent vinyl.

Oxblood coloured vinyl. Original inner sleeve included.

Sealed copy with a slightly bent corner!

2013 reissue. Vinyl is close to NM. Original inner sleeve.

Cover closer to NM

Silver vinyl Limited edition. Still sealed with hype sticker.

Still sealed. Yellow vinyl Limited edition.