Darkthrone - Eternal Hails...... (2021)

Last week Norwegian Black Metal masters Darkthrone dropped their nineteenth album Eternal Hails… In the past month or so, in the build up to this release, a lot has been said about the length of the songs and the fact that the duo chose to record this album in a commercial studio instead of using the trademark Necrohell II, which succeeded NecroHell I when it “became too Necro and died” (revisit our interview with Fenriz discussing its demise here).

Despite the change in the recording process, Eternal Hails has not fallen for the temptation of bells, whistles and studio magic, in fact, it seems a bit more LoFi and raw in comparison to their previous two albums, Old Star and Arctic Thunder. This album has definitely kept the Darkthrone DNA.