Old Star is the 17th studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone, released on 31 May 2019, by Peaceville Records.[3] The album represented another drastic musical shift for the band, now featuring a doom metal style in the vein of Candlemass, combined with the band's more recent "blackened heavy metal" sound.

Old Star
Studio album by
Released31 May 2019
RecordedOctober – 24 November 2018[1][2]
StudioNecrohell II Studios
Genre
Length38:10
LabelPeaceville
ProducerNocturno Culto
Darkthrone chronology
Arctic Thunder
(2016)
Old Star
(2019)
Eternal Hails......
(2021)

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Fenriz[4]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."I Muffle Your Inner Choir"Nocturno Culto6:26
2."The Hardship of the Scots"Fenriz7:36
3."Old Star"Nocturno Culto4:28
4."Alp Man"Fenriz5:27
5."Duke of Gloat"Nocturno Culto6:49
6."The Key Is Inside the Wall"Fenriz7:24
Total length:38:10

Personnel

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Darkthrone[5][6]

Additional personnel

  • Sanford Parker – mixing
  • Jack Control – mastering
  • Chadwick St. John – cover art

Charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 110
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 146
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 10
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 171
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 27
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 24
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 41

References

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  2. ^ "Darkthrone on Facebook". 24 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  3. ^ Hartmann, Graham. "Darkthrone Announce Riff-Heavy 17th Album 'Old Star'". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. ^ Divita, Joe (29 May 2019). "Inside Darkthrone's 'Old Star' With No-Longer Politician Fenriz". loudwire.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Darkthrone - Old Star". Encyclopaedia Metallum - The Metal Archives. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Darkthrone - Old Star". facebook.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Darkthrone: Old Star" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 23, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  13. ^ "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 23, 2019". VG-lista. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Darkthrone – Old Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2019.