Soulside Journey
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{{Infobox album
| name = Soulside Journey
| type = studio
| artist = Darkthrone
| cover = Darkthrone - Soulside Journey.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 1991
| recorded = September 1990
Sunlight Studio, Stockholm
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Death metal
| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=44}}
| label = Peaceville
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Tomas Skogsberg
- Darkthrone, with guitars co-produced by Uffe Cederlund
}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = A Blaze in the Northern Sky
| next_year = 1992
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/soulside-journey-mw0000040517 |title=Soulside Journey – Darkthrone : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |work=AllMusic |accessdate=12 September 2012}}
}}
Soulside Journey is the first studio album by Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone. It was released in January 1991 by Peaceville Records. It is notable as the band's only death metal album, before they became an integral part of the Norwegian black metal scene.
Background
The band's drummer, Fenriz, used the nickname "Hank Amarillo". Being that they had finally made it "big" and released an album,{{cite web |url=http://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/darkthrone.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041030062410/http://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/darkthrone.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=30 October 2004 |title=Darkthrone Interview @ tartareandesire.com |date=September 2004 |work=tartareandesire.com |accessdate=12 September 2012}} and due to his negativity toward the then-crop of death metal bands, Fenriz thought it would be appropriate to mockingly choose a "Western" name. Later pressings of the albums listed all of the band's pseudonyms rather than their real names.
Reissue
The album was remastered and reissued by Peaceville in 2003, as well as being repackaged in a cardboard digipak. The first chapter of a four-part video interview with Fenriz and Nocturno Culto, spanning the first four albums, was also included as bonus material.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Fenriz
| all_music = Darkthrone
| title1 = Cromlech
| length1 = 4:11
| title2 = Sunrise Over Locus Mortis
| length2 = 3:30
| title3 = Soulside Journey
| length3 = 4:36
| title4 = Accumulation of Generalization
| length4 = 3:17
| title5 = Neptune Towers
| length5 = 3:15
| title6 = Sempiternal Sepulchrality
| length6 = 3:32
| title7 = Grave with a View
| length7 = 3:27
| title8 = Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia
| length8 = 4:00
| title9 = Nor the Silent Whispers
| length9 = 3:18
| title10 = The Watchtower
| length10 = 4:58
| title11 = Eon
| length11 = 3:39
| total_length = 41:44
}}
Credits
= Darkthrone =
- Nocturno Culto – vocals, lead guitar
- Zephyrous – rhythm guitar
- Dag Nilsen – bass guitar
- Fenriz – drums
= Other staff =
- Nimbus – mastering
- Tomas Skogsberg – producer
- Gylve Nagell – photography, design, logo
- Duncan Fegredo – cover art