Circle the Wagons (album)

Circle the Wagons is the fourteenth studio album by the Norwegian band Darkthrone. The album was released 5 April 2010 by Peaceville Records. Fenriz, the band's drummer, described the music as Darkthrone's "own brand of heavy metal/speed metal-punk",[4] and declared it a further shift from their old black metal style.[5] About half of the album was written by Fenriz and half by Nocturno Culto.

Circle the Wagons
Studio album by
Released5 April 2010
Recorded2008–2009
StudioNecrohell II studios
Genre
Length40:50
LabelPeaceville
Darkthrone chronology
Dark Thrones and Black Flags
(2008)
Circle the Wagons
(2010)
The Underground Resistance
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
Blabbermouth[2]
Metal Storm(7.8/10)[3]

The catalog number "ANTI-King ov Hell 001" appeared in the liner notes.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleComposerLength
1."Those Treasures Will Never Befall You"Fenriz4:21
2."Running for Borders"Nocturno Culto4:04
3."I Am the Graves of the 80s"Fenriz3:07
4."Stylized Corpse"Nocturno Culto7:33
5."Circle the Wagons"Fenriz2:46
6."Black Mountain Totem"Fenriz, Nocturno Culto5:36
7."I Am the Working Class"Fenriz5:08
8."Eyes Burst at Dawn"Nocturno Culto3:49
9."Bränn inte slottet"Fenriz4:37
Total length:40:50

Credits

  • Nocturno Culto – vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Fenriz – drums, bass guitar, vocals
  • Dennis Dread – cover art

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Norwegian Albums Chart[7] 23

References

  1. Norton, Justin M. "Review: Circle the Wagons". About.com. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  2. Alisoglu, Scott. "Review: Circle the Wagons". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  3. "Darkthrone – Circle The Wagons review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  4. "Darkthrone – Circle The Wagons". Peaceville.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  5. "Darkthrone'S Fenriz: The Metalsucks Interview". MetalSucks. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  6. Wuensch, Michael (22 March 2010). "Review of Darkthrone – Circle The Wagons". Metal Review. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  7. Steffen Hung. "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
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