Not bad, not impressive either.

I think one thing that draws me to later Darkthrone is this seems like the polar opposite of the modern hyper clean, tempo adjusted, pitch corrected, Andy Sneap modern metal album sound. Should that be an issue? Probably not, but this feels a bit more natural than so much of the plastic artificial sounding albums I hear. This sounds more real. Granted that wouldn't matter much if I didn't like the music, but I do.

Anyone get one of the defective vinyl copies?

Are all copies on black vinyl affected? I pre-ordered mine too but I didn’t hear anything unusual when I listened to it.

Yep,i'm a winner.Side B has an echo effect on the drums.Mine was a pre order on plain black vinyl and now in the process of organising a replacement.
Sent Burning Shed an email but not heard back yet.

Is it something that is very clearly a problem? I need to sit down and listen to mine, but is it something that is very plain to hear?

Not bad, not impressive either.

Fenriz sure has fun with song titles

...the album's cover, which is miles better than the bizarre ice skating photograph from the previous record.

Well here's the first single:

Is it something that is very clearly a problem? I need to sit down and listen to mine, but is it something that is very plain to hear?

I think one thing that draws me to later Darkthrone is this seems like the polar opposite of the modern hyper clean, tempo adjusted, pitch corrected, Andy Sneap modern metal album sound. Should that be an issue? Probably not, but this feels a bit more natural than so much of the plastic artificial sounding albums I hear. This sounds more real. Granted that wouldn't matter much if I didn't like the music, but I do.

Yeah listening to it sober today, I gave it a spin over the weekend but too much gin must have thrown my hearing off, and I can hear those off time drum hits on the one channel. I would send it back to Amazon but no idea if I'll get another defective one. Peaceville says they will let everyone know what to do, but I have a feeling that will mean me spending more money to get what I already paid for.

I tried this thing, but Fenriz voice is such a turn off, I respect Darkthrone but I can't stand the vocals.

Does anyone really ask for courageous? Most people I see who are really vocal seem to want them to make another album like the Blaze through TH.

I don't think anyone seriously thinks/wants that, because it would suck donkey balls.
What most people wants (yes, there's a study from a well renowned Swiss institute), is for them to have some filter when writing songs and not release every drunken demo recording as a new album. And consider getting a vocalist.

This must be a total nightmare for the label in sorting all this shit out with replacements and repressing,reposting etc.

I've always said that if Fenriz reviewed Darkthrone, he would roast the shit out of them. He mocks other bands for the exact things he does on his own records.