Old Star

Old Star
Studio album by
Darkthrone
Released31 May 2019
RecordedOctober – 24 November 2018[1][2]
StudioNecrohell II Studios
Genre
Length38:10
LabelPeaceville
ProducerNocturno Culto
Darkthrone chronology
Arctic Thunder
(2016) 		Old Star
(2019) 		Eternal Hails......
(2021)

Old Star is the 17th studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone, released on 31 May 2019, by Peaceville Records.[3] The album represented another drastic musical shift for the band, now featuring a doom metal style in the vein of Candlemass, combined with the band's more recent "blackened heavy metal" sound.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Fenriz[4]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."I Muffle Your Inner Choir"Nocturno Culto6:26
2."The Hardship of the Scots"Fenriz7:36
3."Old Star"Nocturno Culto4:28
4."Alp Man"Fenriz5:27
5."Duke of Gloat"Nocturno Culto6:49
6."The Key Is Inside the Wall"Fenriz7:24
Total length:38:10

Personnel

Darkthrone[5][6]

Additional personnel

  • Sanford Parker – mixing
  • Jack Control – mastering
  • Chadwick St. John – cover art

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 110
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 146
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 10
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 171
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 27
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 24
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 41

References

  1. ^ "Darkthrone on Facebook". 17 October 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Darkthrone on Facebook". 24 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  3. ^ Hartmann, Graham. "Darkthrone Announce Riff-Heavy 17th Album 'Old Star'". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. ^ Divita, Joe (29 May 2019). "Inside Darkthrone's 'Old Star' With No-Longer Politician Fenriz". loudwire.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Darkthrone - Old Star". Encyclopaedia Metallum - The Metal Archives. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Darkthrone - Old Star". facebook.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Darkthrone: Old Star" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 23, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 June 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  13. ^ "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 23, 2019". VG-lista. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Darkthrone – Old Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2019.



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