Only a short record, six tracks on offer, but this is one of Darkthrone's murky best, check out the cold grating of 'The Claws Of Time' with it's almost New Wave Of British Heavy Metal riffing. Thankfully each track offers so much and they aren't just short fleeting glimpses of darkness, 'Across The Vacuum' a seven-minute gurgler has elements of Celtic Frost whilst the title cut is like an evil Motorhead. As you expect, Nocturno's vocals are extremely grim and harsh, but there's much to desire here that separates it from the usually black metal crowd, and that's the power of Darkthrone, that ability to bring back the ages 0f Venom and early Bathory yet still inject their own punkoid and extremely black style.
7.5/10
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