“Astral Fortress”, the new studio album from Norwegian DARKTHRONE, will be released on October 28th via Peaceville Records. With the release only a week away, the band has unleashed “Caravan Of Broken Ghosts”, the opening track of the forthcoming album, accompanied by a lyric video filmed by Fenriz and created by Matthew Vickerstaff.
Fenriz states about the track: “There is a revisit vibe of ‘Quintessence’ at first, which is a total coincidence as it is Ted’s song and I wrote ‘Q’. The song then explodes into fiercer Metal, pounding and catching there as well, with clever riff shifts. And then the classic doom ending. Thank you, Ted.”
This new studio opus is a swift follow-up to 2021’s “Eternal Hails” opus, as a result of DARKTHRONE’s consistent and ongoing writing process, which has been in force for some years now. For DARKTHRONE does not sleep – it only waits.
Carried on the brisk wind of eager rock, with foundations in Black, Thrash, Doom and Heavy Metal, “Astral Fortress” is the latest album of stellar, eclectic old metal in the DARKTHRONE odyssey. With a seemingly endless dungeon full of heavy metal influences channelled through DARKTHRONE’s dynamic riff-machine, plus also with many increasing inspirations taken from their own past catalogue.
Even though sprinkled with atmospheric touches such as synthesizers and mellotron on “Astral Fortress” to great effect, the DARKTHRONE sound remains stripped down to the core; always primitive and organic. DARKTHRONE has truly become its own beast within the Metal world.
“Astral Fortress” was recorded at Chaka Khan Studios in Oslo, the same location used for the “Eternal Hails” album, with Ole Øvstedal and Silje Høgevold.
“Astral Fortress” track listing:
- Caravan of Broken Ghosts
- Impeccable Caverns of Satan
- Stalagmite Necklace
- The Sea Beneath the Seas of the Sea
- Kevorkian Times
- Kolbotn, West of the Vast Forests
- Eon 2
You can watch the lyric video for “Caravan Of Broken Ghosts” below:
