Total Death (album)
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August and October 1995 |
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| Label (s) | Moonfog Productions (FOG 011) | |||
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
35:47 |
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Darkthrone |
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Total Death is the sixth album by the Norwegian band Darkthrone .
Emergence
Total Death was included in Ancient Specter Ruins in August and October 1995 and released by Moonfog Productions in 1996 . Unlike the previous albums, the lyrics come from Nocturno Culto and members of other bands, while they are usually from the drummer Fenriz and on Transilvanian Hunger or Panzerfaust there were also lyrics by Varg Vikernes . Nocturno Culto wrote the music for his own texts and Fenriz the music for the texts of Garm ( Ulver , Arcturus , Borknagar ), Ihsahn ( Emperor ), Carl-Michael Eide ( Ved Buens Ende , Aura Noir ) and Satyr ( Satyricon ).
layout
While the previous albums of the black metal phase were in black and white, this time the CD cover depicts an image of space in shades of blue, while the record cover is a black and white recording of a snowy mountain. The unofficial Picture Disc by Hell Slaughter Records, released in 2005, takes on the cover of the CD.
Track list
- Earth's Last Picture - 5:12 (Music: Fenriz / Text: Garm)
- Blackwinged - 4:31 (music and text: Nocturno Culto)
- Gather for Attack on the Pearly Gates - 4:53 (Music and Text: Nocturno Culto)
- Black Victory of Death - 4:00 (Music: Fenriz / Text: Ihsahn)
- Majestic Desolate Eye - 3:07 (Music and Text: Nocturno Culto)
- Blasphemer - 4:01 (Music: Fenriz / Text: Carl-Michael Eide )
- Ravnajuv - 4:20 (music and text: Nocturno Culto)
- The Serpents Harvest - 5:43 (Music: Fenriz / Text: Satyr)
Music style and lyrics
On Total Death Darkthrone moves away from the fast-paced style of Transilvanian Hunger and the heavily celtic-frost- heavy sound of Panzerfaust and plays Black Metal with some influences from European Thrash Metal . Their style is partly reminiscent of bands like Celtic Frost and Sodom and partly corresponds to typical Nordic Black Metal. The album is better produced than its predecessor. In the official biography, the style of music is compared to that of the band's first two black metal albums and is described on the label's website as "ugly, but atmospheric, as only Darkthrone can be".
The lyrics deal with subjects like the end of the world and the war against Christians and their shrines.
reception
Total Death was received negatively by numerous fans and is considered to be the point at which the band could no longer be regarded as innovative, and the predecessor Panzerfaust as their last classic. For John Chedsey of Satan Stole My Teddybear , the album is a “faceless rush through the corridors of Black Metal” and the band's phase at that time is their least interesting.
skeggjadr from sputnikmusic, however, is of the opinion that Total Death is the band's most underrated album, in his eyes one of their best and superior to their predecessors. Ralf from The Metal Observer also rates the album positively and describes it as the best and most versatile Darkthrone album since A Blaze in the Northern Sky . The sound is the best in their history and the album is one of the band's greatest classics, which is mandatory for everyone who wants to know how Black Metal sounds without frills.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ralf: THE METAL OBSERVER - Review - DARKTHRONE - Total Death. December 17, 2004, accessed July 28, 2010 .
- ↑ a b c Steve Hoeltzel: CoC: Darkthrone - Total Death: Review. August 12, 1996, accessed July 28, 2010 .
- ^ Peaceville Artists. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English).
- ↑ Total Death. Archived from the original on November 13, 2008 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English).
- ↑ The Lodge @ Darkthrone Interview. 2003, archived from the original on March 13, 2010 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English).
- ↑ a b Satan Stole My Teddybear music reviews - Darkthrone. Retrieved July 28, 2010 .
- ↑ Zadok: Metal Reviews: Darkthrone - Panzerfaust. Retrieved July 28, 2010 .
- ↑ skeggjadr: Darkthrone - Total Death Review - sputnikmusic. April 24, 2006, accessed July 28, 2010 .
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