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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

Any day where fans can hear a new Darkthrone song is a good day. Today is one of those days! Fenriz, one half of the Darkthrone duo, has premiered "Tundra Leech," the opening track (video above) off ...

The guitarist, bassist and vocalist for the world's most uncompromising underground metal duo walks through the making of their latest album, Eternal Hails..... When you purchase through links on our ...

Norwegian black metal legends Darkthrone have announced their 21st LP, Pre-Historic Metal, due out on May 8 via Peaceville. Fenriz calls Pre-Historic “a loose term,” saying, ” just figure it’s our ...

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 ...

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 stormed ...

Supergroup AVRAK is ready to unleash its long-awaited first album and metal fans are all ears.

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 ...

Darkthrone are a black metal band revered for their corpsepaint trilogy. But frontman Fenriz just became a politician – thanks to his cat. He talks us through his busy diary It’s easy to leap to ...