Old Star

Old Star
Old Star
Studio album by Darkthrone
Released	31 May 2019
Recorded	October – 24 November 2018
Studio	Necrohell II Studios
Genre	Black metal; doom metal; heavy metal;
Length	38:10
Label	Peaceville
Producer	Nocturno Culto
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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.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Fenriz^[4]

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"I Muffle Your Inner Choir"	Nocturno Culto	6:26
2.	"The Hardship of the Scots"	Fenriz	7:36
3.	"Old Star"	Nocturno Culto	4:28
4.	"Alp Man"	Fenriz	5:27
5.	"Duke of Gloat"	Nocturno Culto	6:49
6.	"The Key Is Inside the Wall"	Fenriz	7:24
Total length:			38:10

Personnel

Darkthrone^[5]^[6]

Nocturno Culto – vocals, guitar, bass, production
Fenriz – drums, lyrics

Additional personnel

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

Charts

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

^ "Darkthrone on Facebook". 17 October 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ "Darkthrone on Facebook". 24 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ Hartmann, Graham. "Darkthrone Announce Riff-Heavy 17th Album 'Old Star'". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ Divita, Joe (29 May 2019). "Inside Darkthrone's 'Old Star' With No-Longer Politician Fenriz". loudwire.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ "Darkthrone - Old Star". Encyclopaedia Metallum - The Metal Archives. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Darkthrone - Old Star". facebook.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Ultratop.be – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "Ultratop.be – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "Darkthrone: Old Star" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "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]}
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 23, 2019". VG-lista. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Darkthrone – Old Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

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[1] "Darkthrone on Facebook". 17 October 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

[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.

[Darkthrone_-_OldStar-5] "Darkthrone - Old Star". Encyclopaedia Metallum - The Metal Archives. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[6] "Darkthrone - Old Star". facebook.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

[ac_Austria_Darkthrone-7] "Austriancharts.at – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[ac_Flanders_Darkthrone-8] "Ultratop.be – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[ac_Wallonia_Darkthrone-9] "Ultratop.be – Darkthrone – Old Star" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[ac_Finland_Darkthrone-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]}

[ac_Germany_Darkthrone-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.

[ac_Scotland_-14] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

[15] "Veckolista Album, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[ac_Switzerland_Darkthrone-16] "Swisscharts.com – Darkthrone – Old Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

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v t e Darkthrone
Fenriz Nocturno Culto Ivar Enger
Studio albums	Soulside Journey A Blaze in the Northern Sky Under a Funeral Moon Transilvanian Hunger Panzerfaust Total Death Ravishing Grimness Plaguewielder Hate Them Sardonic Wrath The Cult Is Alive F.O.A.D. Dark Thrones and Black Flags Circle the Wagons The Underground Resistance Arctic Thunder Old Star Eternal Hails...... Astral Fortress It Beckons Us All.......
Demo albums	Goatlord
Compilation albums	Frostland Tapes

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