The other day I left the dentist’s office with plenty of lidocaine and vicodin in my system, when I decided to stop in a record store. My down payment on the surgery I had was $200 less than I was expecting, so fuck it. Saw a copy of Darkthrone’s second album (A Blaze in the Northern Sky),  of which I lost my copy years and years ago. So, I bought a new one. Yup, it’s still fucking sick, and still my favorite, period. You know, right before they went fully black metal. Anyway, it made me stop and remember the new Darkthrone album is out.

If you can’t handle their newer releases, you’re not going to dig it. But if you happen to actually like metal and not just second wave Norwegian black metal (Mayhem, Burzum, etc), it’s your lucky day, brah. Less Motorhead than F.O.A.D., and less schlocky than Dark Thrones and Black Flags, Circle the Wagons is sick from start to finish. Picture some Saxon, some 70s rock, a lil’ NWOBHM and some rolled into a tight ball of pissed-off Darkthrone bizarreness. That’s pretty much it. Let’s see ‘em.