Outstrider

Outstrider is the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band Abbath. It was released on 5 July 2019 through Season of Mist.^[5] Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.^[6]

Outstrider
Studio album by Abbath
Released	5 July 2019 (2019-07-05)
Genre	Black metal
Length	38:48
Label	Season of Mist
Abbath chronology
Abbath (2016) Outstrider (2019) Dread Reaver (2022)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Exclaim!	8/10[2]
Kerrang!	[3]
Metal Injection	8.5/10[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Calm in Ire (Of Hurricane)"	4:32
2.	"Bridge of Spasms"	3:48
3.	"The Artifex"	4:08
4.	"Harvest Pyre"	4:12
5.	"Land of Khem"	4:08
6.	"Outstrider"	5:39
7.	"Scythewinder"	4:16
8.	"Hecate"	4:24
9.	"Pace Till Death" (bonus track; Bathory cover)	3:41
Total length:		38:48

Personnel

Abbath

• Abbath Doom Occulta – vocals, guitars, songwriting, arrangements (tracks 1, 5, 7, 8)
• Ole André Farstad – guitars (lead, acoustic, baritone), zither, songwriting (guitar leads), arrangements (tracks 1, 5, 7, 8)
• Ukri Suvilehto – drums
• Mia Wallace – bass

Additional Personnel

• Endre Kirkesola – keyboards, synthesizers, sampling, additional percussion

Production

• Endre Kirkesola – production, engineering, mixing
• Maor Appelbaum – mastering

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	65
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	30
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[11]	30
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[12]	8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13]	2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14]	4
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[15]	43
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[16]	5