Darkthrone - Panzerfaust review
| Band: | Darkthrone |
| Album: | Panzerfaust |
| Style: | Black metal |
| Release date: | 1995 |
| Guest review by: | Wolf |
01. En Vind Av Sorg
02. Triumphant Gleam
03. The Hordes Of Nebulah
04. Hans Siste Vinter
05. Beholding The Throne Of Might
06. Quintessence
07. Snø Og Granskog (Utferd)
Unholy Darkthrone was upon us again back in 1995 with their fifth release now on new label Moonfog under the watching eye of Satyricon-man Sigurd Wongraven, the band released a very anticipated album called Panzerfaust a.k.a. 'Tank-fist'. For people who liked their old productions won't be disappointed because Nocturno Culto, Zephyrous and Fenriz succeeded again to create that kind a music where black metal is just all about.
And I think this is a perfect example of an album you just can't allow to be re-mastered because of the primitive production, Darkthrone's rusty sound makes the music even better and darker.
Because where Transylvanian Hunger ended, Panzerfaust continues, and this album his unforgettable riffs, screaming vocals and lyrics that makes you shiver from head to toe, crowns it all in that way that on a very hot summer day you still can feel theice-cold-Norwegian breeze blowing through your speakers...
Written by Wolf | 11.09.2003
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
Comments
| dark awakening Posts: 574  |
I agree! Great songs take place in this CD! True Norwegian Black Metal! 
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Awesome... Raw... Cold... Another Darkthrone masterpiece!  unforgettable, great Black Metal album! 
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| BurbotsRevenge Foetal Butchery Posts: 1603  |
i think theres a spelling mistake in third paragraph - album 'his' unforgettable - should be has? just a small change needed 
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| Sonsofsabbath Posts: 103  |
I like this band, their music is primal, organic. I watched their dvd on a peaceville remaster, i think it was there first or second release. These guys are in there own world, which can be interesting to enter on occasion.
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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955  |
nice album.. it has the slower parts that i kinda like on raw black metal, but not toooo slow like Soulside Journey, The only bad song is Hordes of Nebulah, very boring.
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| Maxx666 Meshuggahian Posts: 376  |
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15287  |
This album ranks with FOAD and Total Death as my least favorite Darkthrone releases. it sounds at points like it wants to recapture some of what Transylvanian Hunger had going for it, but just seems dull in comparison. it marked the beginning of a bit of a rut for the band, before Plaguewielder and the fantastic Hate Them got them out of it.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Written by Uirapuru on 19.04.2008 at 07:36 ... Soulside Journey is Death Metal as far as I'm corcerned. So is easy to understand why that album was different.
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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955 |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.06.2009 at 16:20 Yeah.. that's true, I didnt even notice that genre difference back then  
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| Slayer666 Posts: 2466  |
En Vind Av Sorg and Hans Siste Vinter are a lot better than even some stuff on Transilvanian Hunger, but the rest is medicore, IMO. EDIT: Quintessence is also pretty good.
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| Lord_Regnier Posts: 1469  |
I've never been able to get into "Panzerfaust". It has only a few good songs like what Darkthrone made before this album. The rest is shitty Hellhammer-wannabe songs and vocals are so awful, it sounds like a grumpy drunk man screaming because he lost his beer bottle or burned himself with his cigarette. When vocals are crappy like that, I don't feel anything grim or cold. I just can't take the songs seriously because it's so bad it becomes laughable.
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| Richard Elite Posts: 4862  |
Written by [user id=35732] on 28.01.2011 at 00:45 Ruddy Hell, yes! The early Celtic Frost inspired element to this album is clearly evident but totally deliberate, and what a great influence to have. And the song you mentioned in particular has an all-time great riff IMO, which as you also rightly said was also used to great effect in a song by Storm (which had Fenriz, Satyr and Kari Rueslattan).
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62020  |
Maybe shortest album review on internet
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15287 |
Written by Bad English on 26.07.2015 at 20:54 not even close.
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