Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons

Seems it leaked

It will most likely be the same kind of crap they have done in the last years. Sad to see what this band became with time.

And I'm glad to see what this band became with time I'm also pleased that their last artworks are very good looking.

Album art looks sick! i cant wait to listin to it

Darkthrone's new style since the Cult is Alive is awesome. This album will probably rule....

Ordered the cd/t-shirt bundle courtesy of Peaceville.

http://www.peaceville.com/darkthrone/circlethewagons/

As always some nice crust-punk harsh riffs and great vocal work (large use of clean vocals was a relatively good surprise ), but then again the album did not completly please me.

It's seems that this ''new Darkthrone'' is just not so new anymore, they're trying too hard to keep it fresh. This time they have manage to beat the predecessor album in quality (at least to me), with some great songs like Those Treasures Will Never Befall You, Circle the wagons, Black Mountain Totem and the instrumental Bränn Inte Slottet.

I'm glad I decided to download this one first. Sure, they show a little creativity and most of the songs surprised me in some way, but the entire album still just bored the hell out of me. The drumming is the worst part, and I know it's always been the least important attribute to them, but the performance is just so dull, laid back, and unconvincing that the output just comes across as being lazy and uninspired. It sounds just like they did their own thing for a few months, met up, and then quickly wrote an album in the studio in a couple of days. Also, the guitar tone is far too clean and shiny to match the dirty crust/black/punk whatever style they are playing. It just doesn't match

Oh, and that ending instrumental.... wtf? Borrrrring

Written by Uirapuru on 08.03.2010 at 07:43

As always some nice crust-punk harsh riffs and great vocal work

How people can stand, let alone enjoy music with such balls-sucking vocals is a mystery to me. They just sound like a drunk old man yelling.

For once I really really tried to understand the big fucking deal with this band and tried as much as possible not to be judgemental. I even let some of the really annoying bits slide....still I can not stand any of it. Im sure everyone will tell me "well if you dont like it dont listen to it" but we all know few people let that stop them from giving their opinion - so my opinion is that I still hate it and its terrible....rad album cover though.

I've Herd a few songs already not so great at all Wheres the old Darkthrone

Well, I like it Sounds a bit like Manilla Road with a bad production (bad = good). The singing rules!

It's just so fuckin' sad to see how Darkthrone has become a joke band

I like it, some hit some miss (particularly the outro)... 7.5 from me.

I like it

Please tell this isn't the same punk-crap as F.O.A.D.? i've not heard the 08-record, but I wanna check this out asap. what kind of genre? (hope they've turned a little bit back to BM)

Written by gudermintjener on 08.04.2010 at 11:26

Please tell this isn't the same punk-crap as F.O.A.D.? i've not heard the 08-record, but I wanna check this out asap. what kind of genre? (hope they've turned a little bit back to BM)

It IS the same kind of punk-crap. You're warned.

I can't belive that this band is the same band that did timless albums like "A Blaze In The Nothern Sky" , "Under A Funeral Moon" and "Transilvanian Hunger" .....

Written by [user id=107553] on 30.07.2010 at 02:47

I can't belive that this band is the same band that did timless albums like "A Blaze In The Nothern Sky" , "Under A Funeral Moon" and "Transilvanian Hunger" .....

It's hard to believe, indeed.

Fucking excellent album.

imo, Circle the Wagons> Dark Thrones and Black Flags.

Great, as usual. All of these newer Darkthrone albums are far superior to the overrated Transylvanian Hunger.

Written by [user id=111774] on 19.03.2011 at 03:14

Great, as usual. All of these newer Darkthrone albums are far superior to the overrated Transylvanian Hunger.

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We would like to state that Transilvanian Hunger stands beyond any criticism. If any man should attempt to criticize this LP, he should be thoroughly patronized for his obviously Jewish behavior.

But don't worry!

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Darkthrone is certainly not a Nazi band nor a political band, those of you who still might think so, you can lick Mother Mary's asshole in eternity.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 19.03.2011 at 03:25

Written by [user id=111774] on 19.03.2011 at 03:14

Great, as usual. All of these newer Darkthrone albums are far superior to the overrated Transylvanian Hunger.

Quote:
We would like to state that Transilvanian Hunger stands beyond any criticism. If any man should attempt to criticize this LP, he should be thoroughly patronized for his obviously Jewish behavior.

But don't worry!

Quote:
Darkthrone is certainly not a Nazi band nor a political band, those of you who still might think so, you can lick Mother Mary's asshole in eternity.

You know, I once took a test to decide which South Park character I would be, and I got Kyle. If you don't watch the show, then know that he is the Jewish kid...

Written by [user id=111774] on 19.03.2011 at 03:14

Great, as usual. All of these newer Darkthrone albums are far superior to the overrated Transylvanian Hunger.

"Transylvanian Hunger" might be a bit overrated but it's a BM classic and belongs to a far superior league than the wannabe-Motorhead bullshit you praise so much.

P.S Newer Darkthrone still sucks

A surprising favourite of 2010. It's amazing what one can appreciate when one pulls one's head out of one's arse. A testament to meat-and-two veg songwriting and bravado.

Which one does the singing on the title track?
The music's some good punk stuff, but the vocals on a lot of the album up to the same quality as the music.

I thought this was a great album.

Still such a great album. Worth every bit of the 9 I gave it, even after the 20 or so months since I last commented. Fingers crossed the new one sounds like this (or even better). The first track is still a bit slow though I have to say. Never cared as much for that one as I did the rest. This is still the best of the newer-era Darkthrone. Best sound and songwriting; most ballsiest and punchy, as well as the catchiest and hook laden, followed by F.O.A.D, and then Dark Thrones and The Cult fighting for third position, probably with The Cult losing that contest. It's no wonder it took me until this album to fully appreciate what Darkthrone had become.

As far as the latter Darkthrone era is concerned (and I mean The Cult is alive onwards since that album was for me that real start of the crustpunk/metal style the band would begin to work on), this is probably my second favourite album. It's simplistic but is straight to the point too, and pulls no punches in getting riffs out here, there and everywhere. The vocals for me are still pretty bad (though I know what both Fenriz and Culto are trying to achieve by doing so) because they don't fit with the style, but instrumentally it's pretty awesome if I'm honest. Personal highlights for me would be 'Stylized corpse' and the title track.

I got this album for free and that’s still too much.

What a fucking poor attempt. This album lacks in every single category. Horrible drunk old man vocals, vapid half asleep D-beat drumming, all topped off with incoherent and sloppy guitar work.

Look, I get it. It’s like that on purpose. It’s supposed to be raw. I guess that’s the excuse for the 14 year old garage band songwriting showcased. I’ve never listened to this era Darkthrone until today, and I’m definitely not going to continue trying.