Circle the Wagons (album)

Circle the Wagons
Studio album by Darkthrone
Released	5 April 2010
Recorded	2008–2009
Studio	Necrohell II studios
Genre	Crust punk heavy metal speed metal
Length	40:50
Label	Peaceville
Darkthrone chronology
Dark Thrones and Black Flags (2008) Circle the Wagons (2010) The Underground Resistance (2013)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Blabbermouth	[2]
Metal Storm	(7.8/10) [3]

Circle the Wagons is the fourteenth studio album by the Norwegian band Darkthrone. The album was released 5 April 2010 by Peaceville Records. Fenriz, the band's drummer, described the music as Darkthrone's "own brand of heavy metal/speed metal-punk", ^[4] and declared it a further shift from their old black metal style. ^[5] About half of the album was written by Fenriz and half by Nocturno Culto.

The catalog number "ANTI-King ov Hell 001" appeared in the liner notes. ^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Composer	Length
1.	"Those Treasures Will Never Befall You"	Fenriz	4:21
2.	"Running for Borders"	Nocturno Culto	4:04
3.	"I Am the Graves of the 80s"	Fenriz	3:07
4.	"Stylized Corpse"	Nocturno Culto	7:33
5.	"Circle the Wagons"	Fenriz	2:46
6.	"Black Mountain Totem"	Fenriz, Nocturno Culto	5:36
7.	"I Am the Working Class"	Fenriz	5:08
8.	"Eyes Burst at Dawn"	Nocturno Culto	3:49
9.	"Bränn inte slottet ("Don't Burn the Castle")"	Fenriz	4:37
Total length:			40:50

Credits

• Nocturno Culto – vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
• Fenriz – drums, bass guitar, vocals
• Dennis Dread – cover art

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Norwegian Albums Chart [7]	23

References

1. Norton, Justin M. "Review: Circle the Wagons". About.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
2. Alisoglu, Scott. "Review: Circle the Wagons". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
3. "Darkthrone – Circle The Wagons review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
4. "Darkthrone – Circle The Wagons". Peaceville.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
5. "Darkthrone'S Fenriz: The Metalsucks Interview". MetalSucks. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
6. Wuensch, Michael (22 March 2010). "Review of Darkthrone – Circle The Wagons". Metal Review. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
7. Steffen Hung. "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 9 February 2012.