DARKTHRONE - CARAVAN OF BROKEN GHOSTS - lyric video (taken from Astral Fortress)

Darkthrone Premiere “Caravan Of Broken Ghosts”
Taken from their forthcoming album Astral Fortress due for release on Peaceville records on 28 October 2022.
Pre orders available here: darkthrone.lnk.to/AstralFortress
With the release of their highly anticipated new album ASTRAL FORTRESS imminent, Darkthrone have released the song “Caravan Of Broken Ghosts” accompanied by a lyric video filmed by Fenriz and created by Matthew Vickerstaff.
With the song, Fenriz says “there is a revisit vibe of ‘Quintessence’ at first, which is a total coincidence as it is Ted's song and I wrote ‘Q’. The song then explodes into fiercer metal, pounding and catching there as well, with clever riff shifts. And then the classic doom ending. Thank you, Ted"
The ever-productive duo of Nocturno and Fenriz continue their own metallic saga with a new selection of fine, vintage sounding headbanging classics in the making .. Astral Fortress, the band’s 20th album, will be released on Peaceville on 28 October 2022, and is a swift follow-up to 2021’s Eternal Hails opus, which comes from Darkthrone’s consistent and ongoing writing process, which has been in force for some years now. For Darkthrone does not sleep - it only waits.
Carried on the brisk wind of eager rock, with foundations in black, thrash, doom and heavy metal, Astral Fortress is the latest album of stellar, eclectic old metal in the Darkthrone odyssey. With a seemingly endless dungeon full of heavy metal influences channelled through Darkthrone’s dynamic riff-machine, plus also with many increasing inspirations taken from their own past catalogue. Even though sprinkled with atmospheric touches such as synthesizers and mellotron on Astral Fortress to great effect, the Darkthrone sound remains stripped down to the core; always primitive and organic. Darkthrone has truly become its own beast within the metal world.
‘Astral Fortress’ was recorded at Chaka Khan Studios in Oslo, the same location used for the Eternal Hails album, with Ole Øvstedal and Silje Høgevold and the album was mastered by Jack Control
CARAVAN OF BROKEN GHOSTS - LYRICS
So I basked in a convoy of stunning souls
There is a bewitched mark on the ground
Barren, as if life has shedded
Satan’s hide is deep embedded
Nomadic caravan of broken ghosts
Enhancer of the void
Now you long for a line of wisdom
To tie you to the outposts
Then there were whole lives to rent
Hold them like glittering eons
Painting your world with bloody scalps
Elegance is what you’re made of
Men made their mark on this world
But surely not the size of lunar craters
No, a largeness that you can’t conceive
All for the better
Nomadic caravan of broken ghosts
Bones scare you blind
Dusty rags beg to be removed
But they tie you to the outposts
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[@k9_1008]

you can clearly hear the power of feng shui in his voice

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

I keep thinking about that lol

[@Michael_Michaels]

I would bet on a well prepared shrimp Chow Mein.

[@ARG0T]

Based

[@EternityofNight]

What's that about then?

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

@@EternityofNight in the trailer For the album - fenris has a ball pelted at his face mid sentence, and responds with “stand back ! I know feng shui!” 😂.

[@Blutroth]

The only band that keeps Celtic Frost's Style alive.

[@raakareiska9804]

Far are the days when they had really catchy CF riffs. This is just lazy ass record

[@maniaque37]

i was a huge fan of celtic frost and i discovered this band recently. i do love this and yes maybe it has an influence from celtic frost but sorry celtic fros is dead and nobody will do the same lol

[@amazinghuppifluppi359]

Hey! Uuuuuhhhrrr!

[@bmpromotion]

Walks through the forest are the best walks.

[@mitochondriaman4798]

Walks through the Scandinavian forests*

[@laveredasecreta]

@@mitochondriaman4798 Nah ;) all forests make for some good walks.

[@branojuraj9063]

At snowy winter night

[@DATA-qt3nb]

love all that you do friend. long live black metal!

[@sirhonksalot1432]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 What a statement

[@tolga4497]

That last riff is to die for

[@Makotnik]

Indeed. For me sounds like from Soulside Journey 👌 And the solo has early Burzum flava 😏

[@CapitanFinnart]

@@Makotnik Yeah, definitely has some of those early death metal vibes. Soulside Journey is probably one of my favorite Darkthrone albums.

[@worldinpains2.035]

Well they ain´t dead ti´l you are..

[@thomasschwarz5616]

Damn, really get's me also ... could be an interesting album then

[@Makotnik]

Cerentenly! For me Darkthrone = the Pink Floyd of metal 😄 And I mean no weak album in their discography. But music style pro(re)gression also. Well, when Pink Floyd is all over - only Darkthrone left to hail 😉

[@MUSICKamil]

This track is just epic! Thank You for all those years Nocturno Culto and Fenriz!

[@OFFICIALFUNUSBAND]

thnx varg.

[@Cxdyy]

@@OFFICIALFUNUSBAND man he ain’t got nun to do with this

[@satysixx]

@@Cxdyya little

[@darianmendoza1785]

This is the most different sound for darkthrone ever. It gives mad heavy Bathory vibes

[@rothbardfreedom]

I was convinced this is a good song just with the first 10 seconds guitar riff.

[@AlexNayck]

Totally true

[@EM-xj8hy]

@@CTaJIuHckuuVaMITup you don’t like Darkthrone then. You’re holding onto them cause of nostalgia. Let them go. They are too good of a band to just casually listen to them. You either get the power of their riffs or you don’t.

[@DylieBeans]

Goddam the production is so good. Not many bands out there today have this good a sound. Nothing modern or commercialized about it at all. Very unique and dynamic soundscape. The drums are so spacey and wet. The guitar has such a great scratchy mid tone. You can hear the scrapes so well from fretting. I love everything about this direction of tone. They did excellent on their own but with the help of these new guys at the new studio the last two albums have just sounded better than anything else they’ve ever recorded in my opinion. Songwriting has just been so on point too. The power of the riff is so compelling and such a driving force in everything Darkthrone does. Much love and respect. Please make an album a year! Don’t wait 3 for the next one! So glad to see this follow up to Eternal Hails the next year.

[@phinehasr]

Yeah, the last two albums have been so good. Their best since Panzerfaust in my opinion.

[@laveredasecreta]

@@phinehasr I agree. "Old Star" and "Eternal Hails" have been some of their best work in a looong time. And "Astral Fortress" I feel will be a mix of these two.

[@voronOsphere]

@@laveredasecreta Plaguewielder, too!

[@jimdino77]

Well described…. Really just started taking a deep dive into harder metal, and I was impressed by the whole album. Greatness of the composition aside, it’s very well mixed and mastered.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

true. i love that organic natural sound of drums and that meaty peavey sound. i am so bored with the digital sound.... my brain lights up when i play darkthrone bcuz it sounds so goood

[@eaglebauer944]

Drum sound is gorgeous!

[@ThePlantagenet666]

I came to this videa right after to listening to some 90s Bathory. Thankyou Darkthrone, for keeping all of this alive in the way that you do.

[@jamesstewart9972]

I collected every album,they are the best band,I can listen to this for hours on repeat,it's friggin amazing to hear incredible black metal from dark throne🤘👍🙂

[@laveredasecreta]

Damn this is good. Darkthrone always stays true.

[@xpsychoghostx]

This is the concept that i love about darkthrone, pure raw energy, pure metal

[@LinkerParker]

Amazing track, the first part has shades of Quintessence... just lovely

[@JBarG22]

Black Metal and forests go along so well

[@thesarratum]

I cant imagine how they do it but again they made something interesting, the first part smells like Bathory while the second part is like it is taken from Total Death era, amazing work!

[@rossreynolds5153]

These guys have gone through so many interesting musical phases. I think the current Candlemass phase is their best one yet. Arctic Thunder, Old Star, Eternal Hails, and Astral Fortress are all fantastic. I shudder to think what their next phase will be. Do we have some Def Leppard albums on the horizon? Some John Fogerty alligator swamp tunes, perhaps? Looking forward to see what comes next!

[@spicyboi8008]

i love how it turns into thrash halfway through

[@Oleg.Andreevich]

It sounds as if Tom Warrior was invited by Quorthon to sing in Bathory on "Twilight of the Gods."

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

Wonderful song that reeks of old school. Waiting to hear the new album 🤘

[@jamalcalypse]

no doubt this video is just Fenriz recording his routine hike through the forest on his phone

[@voronOsphere]

Amazing chords!!!! Beautiful song! I love Darkthrone!!!

[@jonluick]

That was fantastic. Really looking forward to the whole album hitting soon.

[@coreythiel504]

I've ONLY listened to the unholy trinity for the past two weeks, so to see this uploaded is not only a surprise, but a delightful one at that! DARKTHRONE IS COLD.

[@fcamiola]

nice...what's yer favorite out of the three?

[@coreythiel504]

@@fcamiola UAFM. You?

[@fcamiola]

@@coreythiel504 same! but I love Blaze too

[@prsgrind8794]

"Look, big sunglasses, not Emperor sunglasses, Big BIG sunglasses. Very important. Always big sunglasses, cool band"

[@HELLYEAH1313]

KILLER track, Darkthrone does not disappoint.

[@moshtags]

Masterpiece💫

[@Behem0thZz]

Some serious Soulside Journey vibes in this and i love it.

[@SharkxBait93]

As expected, just great. I've already got the riffs stuck in my head after one single listen and that speaks for itself. The norwegian kings delivering again, looking forward to a great album next week! \m/

[@rawblackmetal736]

Main riff sounds like Quintessence 2.0. Waiting for full album so much!

[@user-et4vc6vi6t]

They perfectly can catch the very feeling of old Celtic Frost records without sounding blatant or copycat.

[@mabildesoares]

One of my Favorite Black Metal Band and always excellent. So great they still move my days.

[@algolmelo4459]

🤘It’s sound like the 95/96 era. Astonishing riffs. Darkthrone forever 🤘

[@DigitalLogos]

I was thinking the same thing. Very much reminds me of Panzerfaust

[@bes5164]

Very good song!!! I love such epic slow doomy songs! .. the ending is a killer!

[@a.f.8177]

beautiful forest and wonderful music!

[@dalegriffin6768]

Darkthrone in my opinion has never made a bad album,i love & like all of there material,truly a badass band

[@Patrick_0n]

Already preordered the album. \m/. You guys never cease to amaze.

[@dsadsa208]

Love it! The Riffs and Drums are heavy and will be played a lot in my house🤘

[@rogeriopacheco4965]

Great riffs,hails dark throne

[@RafaelJrPalmaCODM]

Hail Norway, Hail Darkthrone, Hail Black Metal!!!!!! 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🇳🇴

[@mamatjunit]

i was waiting for the great return of you a lot!!! awesome masterpiece!!

[@szymon1348]

This song is awesome can't wait for the whole album

[@Adamaeus88]

Darkthrone is like a fine whiskey. It gets better as it ages.

[@erictallant4965]

Great track. Black metal reminds me how evil the woods are, and how I need to visit them more often.

[@TinchoRinaldi2023mar]

Hail Darkthrone to the death!! Greetings from Uruguay, Fenriz, Nocturno Culto, thank you for the music northern brothers!! 💪😎👍🇺🇾

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[@TinchoRinaldi2023mar]

@@hernanalejandroantunezisas8325 Gracias valor, lo voy a visitar, aguante Darkthrone la mejor banda noruega para mi, aguante el metal

[@hernanalejandroantunezisas8325]

@@TinchoRinaldi2023mar Arriba viejo!

[@Hodophilax]

You mean, Cisplatina, right?

[@shipspottinghamburg1119]

Darkthrone = True 🇧🇻 Black Metal

[@s_necros]

The riff goes exactly at the pace of walking and headbanging at the same time . The video captures this sense i think , brilliant thought \m/

[@Nobody-zn3yv]

The intro really sounds like Opeth with the acoustic transition. Amazing.

[@MelodeathxTed]

I was thinking the same thing tbh

[@Satanic_Warmaster_666]

Eternal Hails !!! 🤘🏻

[@flitzpipe4229]

this sounds very refreshing for metal overall

[@torchbearer3784]

I was walking in the forest while listening to this track on Spotify. Then I saw this video at home and and it felt like a deja vu 😂wtf...Sounding really promising.

[@TheNJ93487]

Gorgeous. 🤘🏾 Hail Darkthrone 🤘🏾

[@CoreyCashRiff]

Love the double thunder at the end. Killer guitar tone. Tight riffs. Lyrics of human descent.🌲🏡

[@KILLKILLKILLKILLKILLKILLKILL]

you mean descent, decent means not bad :3

[@darkmarv8045]

Really good song of Darkthrone, various with a lot of pacing change, slow and raw at the beginning, cold and evil at the end.

[@travispearson5059]

This is the best black metal song I’ve heard in 2022! Love the video. As a trail runner I love the scenery 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@Nekrist666]

This track reminds me to Burzum at some points, has an strong slow Black Metal edge. I hope the rest of the album is sounding like this.

[@Ormstunga]

Same here. I really hope all tracks keep this structure and identity!

[@azrael666ethereal]

I think more Bathory than Burzum.. Someone brought this to my attention, and now I can't unhear Bathory..

[@nuclearrevenge2377]

@@azrael666ethereal yeah definitely had more of a bathory feel to it, love it though

[@Nekrist666]

@@azrael666ethereal Bathory (Viking era) and some Burzum (Umskiptar).

[@voronOsphere]

@@Ormstunga I'm definitely enjoying the Burzum flavored chords.

[@Baphometrose]

Thanks for taking us hiking with you

[@wheelsofmercury]

Fenriz laying down the double-kick in the last leg of the song! Freaking AWESOME!🤘

[@mynameistechno]

uff, its great. iam so glad they never did an album twice. really looking forward to this one :)

[@lucass2571]

The intro is beautiful !!!!

[@valeriegregoire5073]

What a great song!!!! 🤘

[@wintrig]

Darkthrone never fails to deliver amazing music

[@jensonnunez4122]

THE SHIFT AT MIN 3:37... WTF, a spectacular passage!

[@worldinpains2.035]

Another album, another Infernal blessing, for them who still holds this scene. They "fall" like flies, one by one, but rise with the moonshine.. Skål!

[@johnhelms8226]

Dette er det beste Darkthrone har hørt på mange år, etter min mening. This is the best Darkthrone has sounded in many years, in my opinion. 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

[@MF-ex8qo]

Darkthrones ability to fill that void with hypnotic black metal riffs amazes me. That dark echo goes through all their music.

[@yungcv1060]

The atmosphere is pretty sick I would sell my kidney and my lungs to see this guys playin live

[@crapaudivre1517]

Here is a true dedication. I am a huge fan of MuSick since a looong time, but I don’t think I would be ready to give such parts of my body. Or maybe just a part of my brain, something really less important than a lung.

[@darin3k]

Hiking Metal Punks, Forever!

[@turiddidriksen233]

Timeless! Darkthrone will never let that old flame die!

[@maronhopequeno3033]

Nice stroll through the forest. Chillest video clip ever. The song is good.

[@xMETALHEDx1]

Wow! Absolutely loved this! 🤙

[@ernestomartinez4844]

Pase lo que pase Darkthrone conserva su propio estilo y es escuela de muchos, agarrense duro que llegó papá

[@shivaakasha9566]

Insane Video! Fenriz got for a little walk behind his house!

[@ChildOfTheGrave]

Awesome!

[@JoshBM1981]

Awesome track! Looking forward to getting this! 🤟🔥

[@tingtongnidnoi]

the opening has clear "twilight of the gods" vibes,but as usual Darkthrone mixes in their own old school mash. can't wait to hear the whole album!

[@carlostorrecillasmunoz4]

best vertical video

[@JohanA-uh1yg]

The cameraman with Parkinson.. great move!

[@betulaobscura]

This is fantastic!

[@largewoodenbadger7195]

Dark Throne returns!!!

[@TheMike28212]

Awesome!!! 🖤🤘🏻

[@archaicpath666]

Can’t wait to get this 🤘

[@user-lp1gr4iz6y]

The gift that keeps on giving new darkthrone releases❤

[@rafaelamantino5176]

Best lyric video ever, until now.

[@WayToTheGrave]

They just don't miss. Great song as usual.

[@hunterbidenslaptop5749]

Will definitely be picking this up!

[@thelegionofdoom7569]

Thank you 🤘

[@phrjcf]

So good, can't wait for the album

[@thetruemorke]

Great Dark Throne. As always. Reinventing yourself again and again without becoming unfaithful.

[@suryanshkalia6546]

This is so good🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@ctrlz5484]

HAIL TRUE ESSENCE OF NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL! HAIL DARKTHRONE

[@Hrvo182]

Honestly one of my favorite bands ever.. still capable of surprising, but always faithful to its core. Dark and primal!

[@norsk_svartmetall]

Better than expected

[@JK13929]

As expected, this is a new Darkthrone song.

[@euronymus9377]

Great!

[@dtaylor5206]

This is straight ahead and genuine. Not forced at all. Fluid sharp cold and not contrived at all.

[@sivhaugedal]

Brilliant 👌

[@malakasquad2214]

What a magnificent temple! 🤘

[@griefforest1870]

I love it! Although I liked Eternal Hails I also thought it was a slightly step down from Arctic Thunder and Oldstar, this on the other hand sounds like a mix of the three albums that came before. I'll await the rest of the album a bit more eagerly than before. The first part sounds akin to Bathory, but I love the Doom/Black/Thrash elements in the second half of the song as well.

[@JohnSmith-zk5gd]

Totally agree. The drum sound on Eternal Hails really bothers me, too. Old Star has fantastic production

[@Vingul]

I thought Eternal Hails was their best stuff since the early 2000s.

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

This might be the best Darkthrone song in 10 years or so. Based off one listen, that is. I'm always ready for a new album from them, always a guaranteed purchase from me.

[@WITHFULLFORCE66]

Mit so einem komplexen Song habe ich nicht gerechnet 🤘🏻