The Underground Resistance

fantano

With some classic heavy metal riffage, Darkthrone comes out with their most old school album yet, which I'm sure will be a thrill to some metal fans--even if the cartoony vocals seem to poke fun at heavy metal stereotypes a bit.

pitchfork

The Norwegian duo gave up on black metal a long time ago, turning instead to an open-ended interest in the metal they loved as kids: thrash and crust punk, high-flying British metal, and blustery hardcore. It's hard to imagine two middle-aged men having more fun than Darkthrone do on their propulsive sixteenth studio album.