Ahead of the eagerly awaited new album It Beckons Us All, DARKTHRONE give fans a final tease of what is awaiting them with the release of the official video for “The Bird People Of Nordland”.
Whilst freely admitting the concept for the song “Not a very metal subject, sorry!” Fenriz explains “it’s about the EIDER bird and Nordland. Many years ago I saw a Norwegian documentary with the symbiotic relationship the coast people of Nordland had with the bird. They watched over the nests and in return could pick the eider for pillows clothing, warmth etc. So that is what the lyrics are about.”
Humble as ever Nocturno Culto states “Well, AGAIN, talking about our music really blows or is very difficult, at least for me. Personally, music is a floating thing, and I am having a hard time to try to break it down. It´s metal, a bit of heavy/doom/black/thrash, that is DARKTHRONE now, mixing genres has been something we have done since A Blaze [In The Northern Sky], and especially since 2005. And I am just looking forward on new material, new riffs and ideas.”
With a legacy of audial treasures spanning more than 35 years, and a fountain of creativity ever flowing, DARKTHRONE returns in 2024 with an epic Metallic odyssey boasting classic riffs and vintage sounding Metal.
The seven track studio opus It Beckons Us All sees the longstanding duo of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto presenting an even more refined, challenging and diverse set of timeless anthems. The uncompromising trailblazers shift from the melodic to the sombre and atmospheric to blackened dirges emanating from DARKTHRONE’s unique riffing.
With an expansive catalogue consisting of a multitude of various genre classics, DARKTHRONE first arrived on the global stage with their atmospheric and technically accomplished Death Metal debut, Soulside Journey back in 1991, followed by the milestone in Black Metal that is A Blaze in the Northern Sky released the following year, after the intended second album Goatlord was essentially scrapped to make way for something more primitive, and paving the way for DARKTHRONE’s close association with the Black Metal genre over many years.
It Beckons Us All stands as one of the band’s most complete and vast works to date.
