One of the most elusive, iconic and musically knowledgeable pioneers of the second wave of black metal, Darkthrone multi-instrumentalist Gylve Fenris Nagell (better known as just Fenriz) has ...

With their true Norwegian black metal days behind them and nothing left to prove, the longrunning duo trumpet their joyful debt to classic heavy metal. Norwegian metal duo Darkthrone’s career ...

Panzerfaust was a huge step forward for Darkthrone. It's a testament not just to the band, but the early history of black metal. Of course , part of why I chose to write about this record is ...

The name Darkthrone is synonymous with the Scandinavian black metal scene. But Fenriz, one-half of Darkthrone, has a different viewpoint of the genre as an entity and the band's place within it. As he ...

Black metal’s nihilistic philosophies and destructive tendencies basically cursed its practitioners with brief and tormented careers – particularly among the Norwegian bands arising in the ...

This is the moment when Darkthrone decide to become a black metal band. Where death metal is a labyrinth littered with quicksand pits that suck you under, black metal is an icy wind that pulls you ...

Fenriz and Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone are the kings of black metal. "Unholy Black Metal" from Under a Funeral Moon (1993) is a perfect example of what BM should sound like.

Darkthrone have long had a talent for coming up with album titles that might be described as “prototypical black metal.” You know what I mean. A Blaze in the Northern Sky. Under a Funeral Moon.

Over the past four decades, black metal has both grown and worn many hats, from the wild-eyed NWOBHM of Venom, to Mayhem's darkness, through the primitiveness of Darkthrone, the majesty of Emperor ...

Here are 12 classic black metal albums turning 30 years old in 2025. Killjoys have attempted to convince us that black metal entered a state of decline once crimes began to attract media attention ...

In the early 1990s, Norwegian bands like Mayhem, Darkthrone and Immortal formed black metal’s second wave, distinctly influencing the nihilistic and misanthropic tone the genre took on.

Darkthrone Equally influential black metal legends Darkthrone split the difference perfectly with this utterly unique and much-imitated splatter of a logo.