Darkthrone announce new album "It Beckons Us All......" to be released on April 26, 2024 - Allied Forces

Darkthrone announce new album “It Beckons Us All……” to be released on April 26, 2024

Norwegian black metal masters Darkthrone have announced that their new album It Beckons Us All would be released on April 26, 2024 via Peaceville Records. The enigmatic duo formed by Fenriz and Nocturno Culto have recently revealed that their 21st studio album is ready to swallow our souls with their unique black/heavy/spped metal combination in a few weeks.

“I am having difficulties putting into words my personal feelings around the existential title ‘It Beckons Us All’. I can only hope others out there can feel the darkness that encompasses it“, says Fenriz about their new album. On the other hand, Nocturno Culto says: “We recorded in the manner we always do, live, meaning drums and guitar, with another guitar added later. We found a new twist during this process that surely benefited this album. Fenriz did stellar clean vocals on several songs, and his way of thinking creatively made it so good. We also shared the bass work this time around. We added a lot of extra layers like solo guitars… it was just a cauldron of ideas. Instead of finding a plug-in or choir synth patch, we both recorded four vocal tracks each. Darkthrone is an ever-evolving band, as many should know by now, and this album is touching a bit into the heavy genre. I have no idea what genre we are, and have really not cared much about it, but I know for sure it’s metal“.

“In that sense, It Beckons Us All is very much demonstrative of two visionaries at their world-commanding best. They know what works but more importantly they choose to grow, throwing every ounce of their hearts and souls into evolving the jaw-dropping whirlpool of noise that could only ever have come from their collective minds. There are clean guitars, clean vocals and less typical instruments thrown into the mix, but the approach, intent and ethos at the heart of their fearless artistry remains very much the same. This is music for dreamers who find themselves paralyzed by the contrasting beauty and ugliness in the world surrounding them. Never ones to appease the faint-hearted, Darkthrone are as real and human as it gets“, adds Nocturno Culto.