DARKTHRONE releases title track new album 'Pre-Historic Metal'
23-05-2026
Norwegian black metal veterans DARKTHRONE will release their new studio album, “Pre-Historic Metal”, on May 8 via Peaceville Records. In celebration of the announcement the band has now released the title track and an accompanying lyric video, created by Matthew Vickerstaff.
Watch “Pre-Historic Metal” below.
Following swiftly on from the recently released “The Fist In The Face Of God” box set covering the band’s revered early black metal period, it is time for the influential genre legends Fenriz and Nocturno Culto — who are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their initial formation, under the moniker BLACK DEATH — to emerge from their caves once more, for their new opus of high-caliber old metal.
As Fenriz himself proclaims of the title’s symbolic origin: “Prehistoric is a loose term. I just figure it’s our vibe, our take on things and it’s more a statement that we use old style to create something new”.
“Pre-Historic Metal” was recorded at Chaka Khan Studios, Oslo, with production work conducted by Ole Øvstedal, Silje Høgevold and Mads Luis. Mastering was carried out by Jack Control at Enormous Door and Maor Appelbaum Mastering.
“Pre-Historic Metal” track listing
01. They Found One Of My Graves (05:17)
02. Pre-Historic Metal (04:19)
03. Siberian Thaw (06:45)
04. Deeply Rooted (04:58)
05. The Dry Wells Of Hell (06:12)
06. So I Marched To The Sunken Empire (03:21)
07. Eat Eat Eat Your Pride (04:51)
08. Eon 4 (05:24)
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