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/:: Artist :: Darkthrone ::\
:: Album :: Circle the Wagons ::
:: Year :: 2022 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Mindscrape Music R.date :: 22.03.2022 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: MIND 056-CD Size :: 80,4 MB __::_
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:: 01. Those Treasures Will Never Befall You 04:19 ::
:: 02. Running for Borders 04:02 ::
:: 03. I Am the Graves of the 80s 03:06 ::
:: 04. Stylized Corpse 07:31 ::
:: 05. Circle the Wagons 02:45 ::
:: 06. Black Mountain Totem 05:34 ::
:: 07. I Am the Working Class 05:07 ::
:: 08. Eyes Burst at Dawn 03:31 ::
:: 09. BrΣnn Inte Slottet 04:38 ::
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:: Circle the Wagons is an album that purposefully evokes a ::
:: metal era where simplicity and songwriting were king. ::
:: Fenriz and Nocturno Culto have succeeded mightily in that ::
:: endeavor, creating a pile of tunes that I find completely ::
:: addictive. Circle the Wagons has been my fist pumping ::
:: soundtrack to many-a mundane activity of late. These songs ::
:: all but beckon you to sing along with their preposterous ::
:: vocals and twisted lyrics. ::
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:: Circle the Wagons is filled with elegant yet uncomplicated ::
:: riffage that's rooted in a bygone era, but is ultimately ::
:: timeless. The tracks feel like they rolled out of bed in ::
:: 1983, threw on their denim jackets and delivered a case of ::
:: beer directly to my ears. You'll find everything from ::
:: traditional heavy metal chugging to punk inflected pre- ::
:: thrashification to darker, proto-black metal. There's no ::
:: real need to injure your brain trying to pick out the ::
:: influences at work; Fenriz has annotated the album booklet ::
:: with an explanation of just that. He name-drops bands like ::
:: Motorhead, English Dogs, Agent Steel, Metallica, Deathside, ::
:: Puke, Slayer, Omen and Savage Grace. 'Nuff said. ::
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:: Lyrically, this thing is a hoot. Fenriz sings ôI am the ::
:: graves of the 80s, I am the risen dead. Destroy their ::
:: modern metal and bang your fucking head!ö Do I really need ::
:: to say anything else? The songwriting and composition on ::
:: Circle the Wagons is what puts it head and shoulders above ::
:: Darkthrone's formidable recent output, at least in my eyes. ::
:: The title track is just goddamned infectious. ôI Am The ::
:: Working Classö is completely anthemic, with memorable riffs ::
:: and lyrics that never cease to make me smile. Track for ::
:: track, this might also be the most consistent album ::
:: Darkthrone have put out lately. ::
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:: I don't think I need to tell you that the drumming is ::
:: fantastic and the production is perfectly laissez-faire. ::
:: Circle the Wagons certainly doesn't stack up to the ::
:: classics of the eighties, but I don't think that's the ::
:: point. It does, however, share the ethos. When I spin this ::
:: album I usually follow it up with some Piece of Mind, Mob ::
:: Rules, Melissa or even some Stained Class. It makes me want ::
:: to rock out with those old albums as much as it makes me ::
:: want to reach for a beer. That's simply metal. ::
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