Circle the Wagons (album)

This article is about the Darkthrone album. For the defensive tactic, see Circle the wagons (idiom).

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.

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]

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