Description
Re: 2012 (C 17-03-2013)
Darkthrone began life in the late 80’s as a thrash/death metal act & progressed through technical death/doom metal experimentation to become legends of the black metal world & one of the original leading bands of the Norwegian scene, as well as inspiring a whole generation of metal bands, as they continue as strong as ever to this day.
….It is commonly agreed that “Hate Them”, the tenth regular studio album of the Norwegian duo, does not belong to its most impressive works. What is even worse, it can be easily overlooked in view of the nearly unmanageable discography of the Scandinavian metal trolls. But ignoring this album would be a pity, because it is definitely not weaker than some of its predecessors. After their mediocre death metal debut, the mind-boggling black metal reference works and the intermezzo with the heterogeneously produced “Total Death” and the incredibly shitty “Goatlord”, Darkthrone had begun a new era with “Ravishing Grimness”. This album was the first that featured fairly complex, long songs. They combined many elements of extreme metal without delivering generic black, death or thrash metal. “Plaguewielder” confirmed the approach of “Ravishing Grimness” and the here presented album made the trilogy complete.”…” (Excerpt from a fan review on metal-archives.com https://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Darkthrone/Hate_Them/18089/
Tracklist:
- A1 Rust
- A2 Det Svartner Nå
- A3 Fucked Up And Ready To Die
- A4 Ytterst I Livet
- B1 Divided We Stand
- B2 Striving For A Piece Of Lucifer
- B3 In Honour Of Thy Name
