Old Star
by Darkthrone
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Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

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  1. The Wire
    Jul 11, 2019
    80
    The music on Old Star is not black metal, stylistically speaking, but it nonetheless telegraphs Darkthrone’s cackling, sardonic grimness so as to transpose a blackened atmosphere into speed metal riff salad, epic/trad doom and frequent moments that call up Celtic Frost’s hallowed splicing of iron and velvet. [Aug 2019, p.64]
  2. Dusted Magazine
    Jul 11, 2019
    80
    Even given all those evocations and tonal shifts, Old Star feels cohesive. That’s down to the assured musicianship and the precisely engineered sound the band has mastered.
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  3. Exclaim
    Jul 11, 2019
    80
    Old Star sounds as new as it does born of another epoch, reminding us that though genres and scenes may change, the riff is eternal.
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