''Old Star'' is the 17th studio album by the Norwegian
black metal
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band
Darkthrone
Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band hailing from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, in 1991, Darkthrone transitioned to a black metal style influenced by Bathory (band), Bathory and Celtic Frost and ...
, released on 31 May 2019, by
Peaceville Records
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. The album represented another drastic musical shift for the band, now featuring a
doom metal
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style in the vein of
Candlemass, combined with the band's more recent "blackened heavy metal" sound.
Track listing
Personnel
Darkthrone
*
Nocturno Culto
Ted Arvid Skjellum (born 4 March 1972), also known by the stage name Nocturno Culto, is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist, lead guitarist, and partial bassist (shared with Fenriz) of the influential black metal band Darkthrone. He ...
– vocals, guitar, bass, production
*
Fenriz
Gylve Fenris Nagell (born Leif Nagell; 28 November 1971), known professionally as Fenriz, is a Norwegian musician, part-time music journalist and online radio host (with the show "Radio Fenriz") – drums, lyrics
Additional personnel
* Sanford Parker – mixing
* Jack Control – mastering
* Chadwick St. John – cover art
Charts
References
Darkthrone albums
2019 albums
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