Darkthrone is an influential Norwegian metal band. They formed in 1986 as a death metal band under the name Black Death. In 1991, the band embraced a black metal style influenced by Bathory and Celtic Frost and became one of the leading bands in the Norwegian black metal scene. Their first three black metal albums—A Blaze in the Northern Sky, Under a Funeral Moon and Transilvanian Hunger (sometimes dubbed the "Unholy Trinity")—are considered the peak of the band's career and to be among the most influential albums in the genre. For most of this time, Darkthrone has been a duo of Nocturno Culto and Fenriz, who have sought to remain outside the music mainstream. Since 2006, their work has strayed from the traditional black metal style and incorporated more elements of traditional heavy metal, speed metal and punk rock, being likened to Motörhead.
The band that would become Darkthrone formed in late 1986 in Kolbotn, a small suburb of Oslo. They were a death metal band by the name of Black Death whose members were Gylve Nagell, Ivar Enger, and Anders Risberget. Main inspirations were Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer and Cryptic Slaughter. In fall 1987, the band changed their name to Darkthrone and were joined by Dag Nilsen. Ted Skjellum joined in spring of 1988. During 1988 and 1989, the band independently released four demo tapes: Land of Frost, A New Dimension, Thulcandra, and Cromlech.
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I ridicule your hopes
Parasite in the realm
To be wiped away
You're doomed in that valley
Raised cages of cold
Wait for the next wave
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No dignity at all
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And they will freeze, the night away
With my turning winds of high
You die a parrot state
I ride the wasteland
Powered by the will to deny
Seeking, fortune on these shores
I ridicule your hopes
Parasites in the realm
To be wiped away
You're doomed in that valley
Raised cages of cold
Wait for the next wave
Welcome, ...(???)... shores
With my brutal winds of night
You die a parrot state
I ride the wasteland
Powered by the will to deny
The will to deny