The middle of this album is on the weaker side, especially by Darkthrone standards
But the first track and (especially) the last track are among the best Darkthrone songs since Panzerfaust
This album really surprised me
I really wish Darkthrone would make more songs like Wreak
If they did, they would make the best album of their career since Panzerfaust

This album was a big shock tbh
I wasn't expecting to like an ... read more

John Murray Music

NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL MARATHON FT. MAYHEM DARKTHRONE AND IMMORTAL
PT. 21 - DARKTHRONE - PLAGUEWIELDER
Darkthrone returns with their classic sound of raw and sort of flat production, blasting drums, and agonizing sounding vocals. The first song is pretty much what you would expect by this point and once again it sounds the least bit like the band is phoning it in. “Raining Murder” aside from being a hilariously campy song title is yet again just more standard black metal; the music ... read more

MaltosVini

Discografia Darkthrone 9/19

O álbum não apresenta falhas aparentes, é um sucessor que segue bastante a linha do disco anterior, porem com bem menos inspiração, carece de momentos memoráveis, que me faça querer escutar de novo, igual a maioria dos álbuns da banda que escutei até aqui me fizeram, nem que fosse por uma música. A qualidade segue no mesmo nível, um vocal decente e uma base de riffs sólidos, eu ... read more

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