Black metal pioneer Fenriz looks at the changing phases of Darkthrone over their 33-year 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.

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 ...

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 ...

It’s difficult to pinpoint what exactly changed between Soulside Journey and A Blaze in the Northern Sky, pushing Darkthrone to embrace black metal completely.

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.

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 an somewhat surprising announcement just moments ago, one Norway’s black metal masters Darkthrone announced that they will be putting out a new album next month titled Astral Fortress. Slated for ...

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

From deepest darkest Newcastle to the frostbitten north and beyond, this is your whistle-stop tour of black metal in 14 songs.

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.