Darkthrone / Hate Them
| Album: | Hate Them | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Darkthrone | Added: | May 2003 | |
| Label: | Moonfog Productions | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2003-06-02 | Pull Date: | 2003-08-04 | Charts: | Loud |
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| Week Ending: | Jul 27 | Jul 6 | Jun 29 | Jun 8 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 23, 2010: | Bloodstains Across Atherton-Sleep Later, Music Now!
Det Svortner no |
4. | Jan 10, 2006: | Baptism of Solitude
Det Svortner no |
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| 2. | Apr 22, 2009: | Baptism of Bloodstains-Schub Fer Mike
Divided We Stand |
5. | Sep 03, 2005: | Bloodstains Across Atherton
Divided We Stand |
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| 3. | Jun 22, 2007: | logic of love
Rust |
6. | Apr 08, 2004: | The Triumph Of Time Over Space
Det Svortner no |
Album Review
Orges Beqiri
Reviewed 2003-06-04
Reviewed 2003-06-04
Darkthrone – Hate Them (Moonfog)
These Norwegians have been going strong for about 15 years now, never straying from their roots, never changing their sound, never really progressing, always staying true. Some people would say a bit too true. I’d agree. The material here sounds dated, old, rehashed stuff. Not bad, mind you; this is still excellent black metal the way it was meant to be done, with huge grooves and warbled & buzzed guitars and bass, with tight drums, screamed/rasped vocals and dark, dark, “troo” themes. And they succeed in doing that, but not much else. Which I guess is a great achievement in itself. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m tired of getting the same great music from these guys and I wish they would sometimes make some great music with a little twist, and over many years, these little twists would add up and make the band sound fresh. By itself, the album stands any test you could put it through; when viewed as a part of their rich history, it stumbles and falls on its face. Nonetheless, add-worthy, even if just to honor one of the founding bands of the genre, and not for the meek.
Recommended Tracks:
1) Starts out with a slow, moody, doomy intro with cool samples and then moves into a mid-tempo black metal dirge. Very cool.
2) Nice drums, with the better parts coming towards the end.
3) FCCs
4) This is in Norwegian, and the title means something like “extreme in life” or something like that (ask RoR, damnit!). It’s just a sign of how true they are to include a song with that title and that kinda of message. Kinda silly, if you think about it.
5) Eh, pretty average musically, but it has a great vocal delivery which saves the day.
6) The most melodic of the album, it actually sounds a little like punk-rock. Not bad, but I can’t get over the cheesy lyrics (“Keep kicking that litter our way/We ain’t about to throw the fight here”).
7) More punk-ish sounding, but the double bass on this is excellent. Once again, cheesy lyrics - “Black metal is the devil’s fuel!”- that practically ruin the damn song. I mean, come the fuck on, who are you trying to fool? FCC
These Norwegians have been going strong for about 15 years now, never straying from their roots, never changing their sound, never really progressing, always staying true. Some people would say a bit too true. I’d agree. The material here sounds dated, old, rehashed stuff. Not bad, mind you; this is still excellent black metal the way it was meant to be done, with huge grooves and warbled & buzzed guitars and bass, with tight drums, screamed/rasped vocals and dark, dark, “troo” themes. And they succeed in doing that, but not much else. Which I guess is a great achievement in itself. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m tired of getting the same great music from these guys and I wish they would sometimes make some great music with a little twist, and over many years, these little twists would add up and make the band sound fresh. By itself, the album stands any test you could put it through; when viewed as a part of their rich history, it stumbles and falls on its face. Nonetheless, add-worthy, even if just to honor one of the founding bands of the genre, and not for the meek.
Recommended Tracks:
1) Starts out with a slow, moody, doomy intro with cool samples and then moves into a mid-tempo black metal dirge. Very cool.
2) Nice drums, with the better parts coming towards the end.
3) FCCs
4) This is in Norwegian, and the title means something like “extreme in life” or something like that (ask RoR, damnit!). It’s just a sign of how true they are to include a song with that title and that kinda of message. Kinda silly, if you think about it.
5) Eh, pretty average musically, but it has a great vocal delivery which saves the day.
6) The most melodic of the album, it actually sounds a little like punk-rock. Not bad, but I can’t get over the cheesy lyrics (“Keep kicking that litter our way/We ain’t about to throw the fight here”).
7) More punk-ish sounding, but the double bass on this is excellent. Once again, cheesy lyrics - “Black metal is the devil’s fuel!”- that practically ruin the damn song. I mean, come the fuck on, who are you trying to fool? FCC
Track Listing
| 1. | Rust | 4. | Ytterst I Livet | |||
| 2. | Det Svarter Nå | 5. | Divided We Stand | |||
| 3. | Fucked Up and Ready to Die | 6. | Striving for a Piece of Luci | |||
| 7. | In Honour of Thy Name | |||||