Darkthrone is one of the earliest and most influential Norwegian Black metal bands. They began life as a Death metal band with the album Soulside Journey. Deciding that the death metal idiom was no longer relevant, they produced the album A Blaze in the Northern Sky. Although strongly inspired by the works of Bathory and Celtic Frost, this seminal album brought punk-like simplicity and chaos to metal. Their further albums explored the themes of corrosive sound, abraded recording, and musical simplicity.
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Cover of 'A Blaze In The Northern Sky' (1991)
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Cover of 'Transilvanian Hunger' (1994)
Discography
Soulside Journey (1990)
A Blaze In The Northern Sky (1991)
Under A Funeral Moon (1993)
Transilvanian Hunger (1994)
Panzerfaust (1995)
Goatlord (1996)
Total Death (1996)
Ravishing Grimness (1999)
Preparing For War (2000)
Plaguewielder (2001)
Official Homepage: http://www.darkthrone.no