After much teasing on social media Darkthrone has announced they will release a new album soon. It Beckons Us All, the bands’ 21st album since 1988, is coming April 26th, 2024, and pre-orders are live now at the link below. You can also watch a trailer from the album below.
Pre-order the record here:
https://darkthrone.lnk.to/beckons
The band recorded the album last spring at Chaka Khan Studios in Oslo. Fans of the band should recognize that location as the place they recorded Eternal Hails and Astral Fortress.
“We recorded in the manner we always do, live, meaning drums and guitar, with another guitar added later. We found a new twist during this process that surely benefited this album. Fenriz did stellar clean vocals on several songs, and his way of thinking creatively made it so good.
“We also shared the bass work this time around. We added a lot of extra layers like solo guitars… it was just a cauldron of ideas. Instead of finding a plug-in or choir synth patch, we both recorded four vocal tracks each. Darkthrone is an ever-evolving band, as many should know by now, and this album is touching a bit into the heavy genre. I have no idea what genre we are, and have really not cared much about it, but I know for sure it’s metal.”
Fenriz says fans will “feel the darkness that emcompasses” the album’s title, drummer and vocalist Fenriz said he and his bandmate were so happy with how it came out that something extremely rare happened.
“For this album, when we were done recording it and mixing it, [Nocturno Culto] actually shook my hand afterward because he was so pleased. And I don’t think we’ve ever shook hands since I met him for the first time in spring ’88. So that says it!”
It Beckons Us All track listing
- Howling Primitive Colonies
- Eon 3
- Black Dawn Affiliation
- And In That Moment I Knew The Answer
- The Bird People Of Nordland
- The Heavy Hand
- The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet