Old Star

Darkthrone - Old Star
Critic Score
Based on 9 reviews
2019 Ratings: #100 / 805
User Score
Based on 134 ratings
2019 Rank: #281
Liked by 12 people
May 31, 2019 / Release Date
LP / Format
Peaceville / Label
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notbuzzzila
88

EDIT: FANTASTIC

Old Star is Darkthrone's best album since Hate Them (which is factually the band's greatest work). While the album continues the return to traditional black metal that was hinted at in Arctic Thunder, it adds a significant doom metal twist that makes it all the more heavy and soul-crushing...just how I want my black metal to be. This is a unique and powerful Darkthrone album; easily the best black metal record of 2019 so far.

It looks like Darkthrone is going back to being ... read more

MaltosVini
94

Discografia Darkthrone 18/19

Imagina depois de mais de 20 anos na estrada você soltar um dos melhores álbuns de sua carreira? Pois bem, o Darkthrone consegue esse feito em 2019, com seu álbum Old Star, e eles conseguem esse feito sem ter que "voltar ao Black Metal" e fazer um Transilvanian Hunger II, como os nerds suplicam de joelhos todo dia, para que a banda faça. O som desse disco em minha visão é o resultado de tudo o que a banda vem ... read more

Brihongol
89

I just got a beard, a long one.

JadedBen
90

Fenriz and Nocturno Culto are still on top of their game here! Fucking epic release!

Turbomora
90

Los Darkthrone lo han vuelto a hacer con este álbum descomunal, no hay canción que tenga desperdicio

dedbuny
84

don't think i'll ever understand people who complain about darkthrone's new music ... this is a superb example of how to mix experimentation with the quintessential black metal sound we know & love. it's familiar and unmistakably darkthrone, but it's also a clear deviation from their roots, which i wouldn't necessarily consider a bad thing !

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Added on: March 20, 2019