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DARKTHRONE Issue Lyric Video For New Track ‘Caravan Of Broken Ghosts’
October 19th, 2022

Norwegian metal band Darkthrone have released an official lyric video for the track ‘Caravan Of Broken Ghosts’. Created by Fenriz and Matthew Vickerstaff, the clip can be viewed below.

Speaking about the song, Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell said: “There is a revisit vibe of ‘Quintessence’ at first, which is a total coincidence as it is Ted’s song and I wrote ‘Q’. The song then explodes into fiercer metal, pounding and catching there as well, with clever riff shifts. And then the classic doom ending. Thank you, Ted.”

Darkthrone issue their 19th full-length studio album Astral Fortress on October 28th, 2022 through Peaceville Records.

Fenriz commented: “As usual, Ted makes music by playing himself and riffs just come to me. I think since 2016’s Artic Thunder, we have mostly been inspired by our own back catalogue. I can hear many of my riffs eventually sounding like a plethora of bands but this seldom seems to correlate with what others hear. 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.”

Astral Fortress was once again recorded at Chaka Khan Studio in Oslo, and engineered by Ole Ovstedal and Silje Høgevold.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Caravan Of Broken Ghosts’
02. ‘Impeccable Caverns Of Satan’
03. ‘Stalagmite Necklace’
04. ‘The Sea Beneath The Seas Of The Sea’
05. ‘Kevorkian Times’
06. ‘Kolbotn, West Of The Vast Forests’
07. ‘Eon 2’

Darkthrone’s line-up is as follows:

Ted “Nocturno Culto” Skjellum (vocals, guitar and bass)
Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell (bass, guitar and drums)

Eighteenth studio record Eternal Hails…… was released in June 2021 via Peaceville.

Promotional photograph by Jørn Steen.