DARKTHRONE To Mix New Album This Month

Christine Carney of MP3.com recently conducted an interview with DARKTHRONE's Nocturno Culto. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

MP3.com: I'm calling you today so we can talk about your new film that you've put out on DVD called "The Misanthrope: The Existence of Solitude and Chaos".

Nocturno Culto: Yeah, that's right. Finally, it's out, I have to say, because it's not been very easy...because sometimes during the process, you know, I'm very insecure about things...because when you see such material so many times that I did, you're starting to wonder eventually, what the hell am I doing, you know. This is just too weird for everyone. But, I guess it's like this...when you record an album and you're mixing the album, you can listen to it, you listen to the songs and suddenly your ear goes blind, so you don't know what you're hearing, actually. And that's the same with a film, actually. But I have to admit that I had a lot of fun doing it. So that was the thing that saved my day, eventually.

MP3.com: I've seen the film already, and I quite enjoyed it. I don't know if there's an actual message in there. I apologize if I didn't get it, but it was quite enjoyable.

Nocturno Culto: Well, thanks. I think that's the thing I like about it. When I started this four years ago, I didn't know exactly when the release date was going to be, but I have to admit that I like that it's out just now because there's so many documentaries going on about Norwegian black metal and stuff like that. So to be able to release this DVD ...it's kind of documentary, you know, but there's no real information. I mean, the people that are in the DVD are very authentic because this is, you know...it's no playing games with the camera or anything. It's just like being alone with some people.

MP3.com: What about DARKTHRONE? What's next for DARKTHRONE?

Nocturno Culto: Well, actually, I came home yesterday. So now we are finished with the two last songs for the album, and that's what I'm doing today, I'm putting on some bass guitar and stuff. So it's going to be mixed pretty soon — before the end of the month — so I'll deliver everything to England. Then, I'm getting a really long summer vacation, which I of course will spend fishing. So I'm really looking forward to this summer, actually, because I remember last summer. I mean, even if I had a good time back then as well, I knew that when the autumn was coming, it was going to be a lot of work — both with the album and of course with the DVD as well. So now finally, all the pressure is gone. And it's almost like I'm feeling a bit nervous. I mean, what's next, you know? It's like...it's too good to be true.

MP3.com: Do you have a title for the new DARKTHRONE record?

Nocturno Culto: Yes, the album will be called "F*** off and Live Forever", or it's going to be called "F*** off and Die". Some people might say, OK...oh...this is going to be even more punk than the last album, but it's not true, actually. It will probably be even more metal in some kind of way. I mean, we are just picking up where we left "The Cult is Alive", and we probably have dragged the metal and the rock element a bit further. It's a very diverse album; it's a lot of different songs there, and I think also the sound on the album will be very different because we record two songs each time we meet up, and it results in different sounds on the album. But I think it's better to try to concentrate on each song and give that particular song its own...like...identity. Yeah, and also, there is going to be an EP in July or something, which will contain one very exclusive song, only for the EP. And there will be a different version of a song called "Wisdom of the Dead". It's a different version on the album. Yeah. And plus another song, and yeah...stuff like that. So that EP will be called "New Wave of Black Heavy Metal".

Check out the entire interview in text and audio format at MP3.com.