Artist: Darkthrone
Title: Total Death
Label: Peaceville
Cat #: VILELP329
Release Year: 2013
Duration: Album
Format: LP Vinyl Record
Packaging Type: Standard Sleeve
Special Attributes: Reissue Repress

Total Death was the sixth album from Norwegian black metal legends Darkthrone, and was originally released in 1996, After recording the previous 2 albums at Fenriz's Necrohell portable home studio, the band reverted back to a traditional studio set-up for recording; this time it was Ancient Spectre Ruins, with the songs recorded in 2 sessions there in August and October 1995.

The song-writing on Total Death was split equally between the 2 members, Fenriz and Nocturno Culto, with Nocturno supplying lyrics to his own songs, whilst Fenriz gave the honour to notable members of the Norwegian metal scene: Garm from Ulver, Ihsahn from Emperor, Carl-Michael Eide from Aura Noir/Ved Buens Ende and Satyr from Satyricon, The album delivers a classic dose of mid and up-tempo black metal, along with thrash, such as on the track Blasphemer.

Recommended if you like: Mayhem, Immortal, Burzum, Emperor, Marduk, Gorgoroth, Taake

Tracking List:

Side A:
A1 Earth's Last Picture
A2 Blackwinged
A3 Gather For Attack On The Pearly Gates
A4 Black Victory Of Death

Side B:
B1 Majestic Desolate Eye
B2 Blasphemer
B3 Ravnajuv
B4 The Serpents Harvest