Panzerfaust (album)
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CD, LP |
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7th |
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39:03 |
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Darkthrone |
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Panzerfaust is the fifth album by the Norwegian band Darkthrone and the band's first on the Moonfog Productions label .
History of origin
With Transilvanian Hunger , the band had fulfilled their contract with Peaceville Records ; Since the band had described the album as "Norsk Arisk Black Metal" ('Norwegian Aryan Black Metal') and criticized it as "obviously Jewish behavior", it was not advertised by the label itself and, according to Rock Hard, as "a Crime and fascism professed band “boycotted. The band announced that they wanted to work only with Norwegians and went to Moonfog Productions, the label of Satyricon singer Satyr, where they released their albums up to and including Sardonic Wrath (2004); since 2005 Darkthrone is back under contract with Peaceville. While Transilvanian Hunger was still recorded with Zephyrous, in 1995 the band consisted only of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto , who still make up the line-up of the band today. As with the predecessor, Fenriz wrote all the music and played all instruments, and Nocturno Culto took over the vocals.
The cover shows another band member, this time the silhouette of Nocturno Culto at the edge of the forest, the back shows some trees; Darkthrone calls itself there in relation to the boycott as "The Most Hated Band in The World" ('the most hated band in the world'). In the booklet, the band refers to the right-wing extremism allegations made against them: " Darkthrone is certainly not a nazi band nor a political band, those of you who still might think so, you can lick mother mary's asshole in eternity ." ('Darkthrone is certainly neither a Nazi nor a political band, those who still think so can lick Maria's asshole forever '). In the text on Hans siste vinter ('his last winter'), however, there is talk of an “ Aryan ” palace: “En kriger stor, […] han ble ført inn / Fra sitt ariske palass / Det ble han siste, long, kalde , siste vinter “ ('A great warrior, […] he was removed / From his Aryan palace / It was his last, cold, last winter').
Track list
- En vind av sorg - 6:21
- Triumphant Gleam - 4:25
- The Hordes of Nebulah - 5:33
- Hans siste vinter - 4:50
- Beholding the Throne of Might - 6:07
- Quintessence - 7:38
- Snø og granskog (Utferd) - 4:09
style
The album was recorded with the same equipment as its predecessor, Transilvanian Hunger , but the sound was "more pleasant again", "a little smoothed and offers a somewhat clearer blur", but was later described by Rock Hard as being poorly produced. In addition, the band broke with the style of previous albums: On average, Panzerfaust is slower, heavier and more based on the early albums of the band Celtic Frost , which Darkthrone has always called an influence . The rougher singing voice is in contrast to the typical Norwegian black metal, with reverberation underlying Screaming of the three previous albums "a somewhat clearer croak," which "like the wailing ghost of a certain Tom G. Warrior sounds". Warrior stated in several interviews that he “does not approve of the obvious CELTIC FROST / HELLHAMMER influences in the music of DARKTHRONE, because he says that CELTIC FROST was always out to break new ground and DARKTHRONE is basically just copying them”. When asked about it, Fenriz replied that Warrior was right about Panzerfaust , where “a couple of tracks […] come after CELTIC FROST”, “but apart from that” Darkthrone, in his opinion, has “its own sound”, and added, Celtic Frost I've definitely broken new ground with Cold Lake . The riff of the penultimate track Quintessence , the text of which comes from Varg Vikernes , also appears in the song Noregsgard by the band Storm , in which Fenriz was also involved; Snø og granskog , the setting of a poem by Tarjei Vesaas , is Darkthrone's first electronic piece.
reception
Due to the Darkthrone boycott, the album was not reviewed by numerous publications such as Rock Hard, but achieved cult status in black metal circles. In Ablaze the album was described as "absolutely destructive", METALGLORY Magazine describes the album as "[s] impel, cold, fast, atmospheric and with no [sic!] Great production. THAT is the quintessence of Black Metal and the umpteenth DIMMU BORGIR clone will not be able to change that! ” Panzerfaust is considered the band's last classic,“ the final farewell lament of a band that should dive into the waters of mediocrity. DARKTHRONE's [sic!] Last compulsory album ”. In return, Matthias Herr wrote in the Black Metal Bible that the album was “[k] an outstanding release”, but behind Darkthrone and their sound there was “a certain BM philosophy”, which in his opinion the album lived up to; In the meantime, however, the band has "lost a lot of ground compared to the upcoming competition".
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Holger Stratmann (Ed.): RockHard Encyclopedia . RockHard-Verlag, Dortmund 1998, ISBN 3-9805171-0-1 , p. 80 .
- ^ Peaceville Artists ( Memento from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Kory Grow: WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DARKTHRONE'S FENRIZ, PART 3! HIS THOUGHTS ON 'PANZERFAUST,' VARG VIKERNES ,. (No longer available online.) Revolver, January 15, 2010, formerly the original ; accessed on August 25, 2010 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Metal Reviews: Darkthrone - Panzerfaust
- ↑ a b Marc Spermeth: Obsessed with darkness and evil . In: Ablaze , No. 5, May / June 1995, p. 11.
- ↑ a b c d "Panzerfaust" review by The Metal Observer
- Jump up ↑ Brad Smith: The Call from the Cold of the North. September 2001, accessed July 28, 2010 .
- ^ "Panzerfaust" review by METALGLORY Magazine
- ^ Matthias Herr: Black Metal Bible , p. 168.
Soulside Journey (1991) | A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) | Under a Funeral Moon (1993) | Transilvanian Hunger (1994) | Panzerfaust (1995) | Total Death (1996) | Goatlord (1996) | Ravishing Grimness (1999) | Plaguewielder (2001) | Hate Them (2003) | Sardonic Wrath (2004) | The Cult Is Alive (2006) | FOAD (2007) | Dark Thrones and Black Flags (2008) | Circle the Wagons (2010) | The Underground Resistance (2013)