Norwegian black metal legends Darkthrone has officially dropped their melodic yet spiteful lyric video called "Caravan of Broken Ghosts" via their record label's YouTube channel.
Fenriz and Matthew Vickerstaff will issue their 20th full-length studio album, Astral Fortress, on October 28th, 2022, through Peaceville Records. The outing will be made available in various formats.
"As usual, Ted makes music by playing himself, and riffs just come to me," Fenriz said. "I think since 2016's Artic Thunder, we have mostly been inspired by our own back catalog."
"I can hear many of my riffs eventually sounding like a plethora of bands, but this seldom seems to correlate with what others hear." He explained. "As you'll know by now, I never talk about the lyrics or the inspiration behind them, and I would never want any lyrics that I like of others to be explained to me, but I will tell you this, it is darker than ever, it is seething with hell."
The ever-productive duo continues their metallic saga with a new selection of fine, vintage-sounding headbanging classics in the making.
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 channeled through Darkthrone's dynamic riff-machine. Plus also with many increasing inspirations taken from its past catalog.
Even though sprinkled with atmospheric touches such as synthesizers and mellotron on Astral Fortress to significant effect, the Darkthrone sound remains stripped down to the core - always primitive and organic. Darkthrone has genuinely become its beast within the metal world.
Stream the video below, and don't forget to share it with your metalhead friends on social media. Enjoy!