Search - DarkThrone :: Hate Them

Enter the ram painted abattoirs.

04/13/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a rather good release from Darkthrone. It's brutal, raw and aggressive. Rust has as good an intro to any black metal song in general and it's the Darkthrone sound. This is perhaps their best album since Goatlord. Det Svartner Na has a punkish sound in the beginning but then you hear Nocturno Culto's scream and that just takes it to another level. To think that this band is a duo makes you wonder how they could make such an evil sound without the help of other musicians. Hate Them has better production than earlier Darkthrone albums but its still raw enough compared to other BM bands. It's a good album but it's not on the same level as "A Blaze In The Northern Sky, Under A Funeral Moon, Transylvanian Hunger and Panzerfaust" but it would be tough for them to reach such majestic heights (or should I say depths?) again. Overall its good enough to please faithful Darkthrone fans, its a very good album compared to other BM bands releases of late, such as Dimmu Borgir and Satyricon. If you're starting to get into Darkthrone and are curious to buy this album don't begin here, start with either; Transylvanian Hunger, A Blaze In The Northern Sky, Under A Funeral Moon or Panzerfaust instead. Those albums truly capture this band at their peak and you'd also hear some of the best black metal ever recorded."

United we stand

02/15/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This is rather Ok album by darkthrone. Nothing over-the-top extreme/evil here, just a few more old black metal tunes. The intro was very interesting but the rest just did not stand up to early Darkthrone reputation and fell flat with simple riffing and dominant slow tempos. Well, not to say that it's bad, it's not but it doesn't get adrenaline pumping either. However, it's black metal, not some nerdy electronic/techno bs. Thank god."

Heavy, old school black metal done the Darkthrone way

Chet Fakir | DC | 11/30/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Darkthrone have been mining the same necro sound for their entire career, yet have managed to remain fresh despite the confines of a fairly narrow aesthetic. Hate Them is an aptly titled slab of brutal, simple riffs that call to mind Celtic Frost (of course), thrash metal and the energy of hardcore punk rock circa 1982. It's an angry, hateful and often grooving assault that delivers the bare bones essence of black metal. In other words there's no guitar solos, massive overdubs, operatic choruses or keyboards, just angry, hateful thrashing noise. The sound is big, lots of bass, distorted guitar, drums and Nocturno Culto's voice is mixed perfectly. While Fenriz may downplay his drumming ability, he plays with a lot of variety and more inportantly, feel. Hate Them is a monstrous wall of black noise and may be the heaviest, if not the best album by black metal's most enduring institution."