Norwegian black metal pioneers DARKTHRONE have balked at the idea of progression since the late 1990s. Whereas their (un)holy triumvirate of "A Blaze In The Northern Sky", "Under A Funeral Moon" and ...

Darkthrone are one of black metal's most defining yet atypical acts. They don't wear corpse paint... well, aside from a couple highly influential early '90s album covers. They never got involved in ...

In the realm of “True Norwegian Black Metal,” Darkthrone remains among the most influential groups. Their sophomore album, A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992), was revolutionary for its time as the ...

Fenriz compared the song to a couple other acts in a lengthy statement, which reads, There really isn’t just ONE song that can represent this album, "The Hardship of the Scots" was my song and ...

Next month, Darkthrone will release The Underground Resistance, their 16th studio LP (or 15th, depending on how you catalog these things). It's been 26 years since their formation (as Black Death), 22 ...

Among the bands from the Norwegian Second Wave of Black Metal, Darkthrone have always been one of our favorites. While they started off as questionable and mired in controversy as any of their peers — ...

Darkthrone will release their next album It Beckons Us All on April 26 via Peaceville Records (pre-order). They’re prefacing it with just one single, “Black Dawn Affiliation,” which is out now. The ...

In a new interview with Dev Gohil, DARKTHRONE's Ted "Nocturno Culto" Skjellum spoke about his emerging heavy rock project AVRAK in which he is joined by Anders Hegna of NØD, EL KAYENNE and SVIDD ...

The Norwegian duo gave up on black metal a long time ago, turning instead to an open-ended interest in the metal they loved as kids: thrash and crust punk, high-flying British metal, and blustery ...

While American metalheads were losing their shit to Pantera’s third major label album, Far Beyond Driven, the Norwegian black metal scene was burning hotter than a blazing cathedral. Throughout 1994, ...

Freddy Villano is a professional bassist, writer, theater-maker and certified Alexander Technique teacher. He has toured and recorded with artists such as Quiet Riot, Widowmaker (featuring Dee Snider ...