In his novel The Third Realm, Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard writes about a fictional black metal band called Domen.

Darkthrone has been around for over three decades at this point, and has almost always been the duo of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto. So how has the band stayed together for so long and made as much great ...

What makes a truly awful metal album? It’s not just a lack of riffs, awful production, or quarter-assed vocal takes. Most of these records suffer from overdosing on compromise, whether it’s hopelessly ...

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 ...

“Who cares? We have plenty of albums out, and I don't understand that people want more,” Darkthrone drummer Fenriz said to underground zine Mindview in 1999. “It's like eating pancakes: six or seven, ...

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Norway’s Darkthrone made some of the most influential black metal albums of the ’90s, and although guitarist Zephyrous left in 1993, the core duo of vocalist/guitarist Nocturno Culto and drummer ...

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Those who know the pain of going through airport security while wearing a bullet-belt will need no introduction to Hellripper's brand of blackened thrash and speed metal steel, but for everyone else, ...