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Darkthrone is an influential Norway|Norwegian black metal band. They formed in 1986 as a death metal group, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Black metal#The Second Wave|Norwegian black metal scene. For most of this period Darkthrone has consisted of just two musicians, Nocturno Culto and Fenriz. They claim to be influenced by punk and have sought to remain outside the music mainstream.<ref>[http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/interview.php?interview_id=426 Amateur fanzine link]</ref> Recently their music has incorporated more crust punk traits.
History
Death metal years
The band that would become Darkthrone formed during 1986 in Kolbotn, a small suburb of Oslo. They were a death metal group by the name of Black Death, and its members were Gylve Nagell, Ivar Enger and Anders Risberget. In 1988 the band changed their name to Darkthrone and were joined by Ted Skjellum and Dag Nilsen. During 1988 and 1989 the band independently released four demo tapes: ''Land of Frost'', ''A New Dimension'', ''Thulcandra'', and ''Cromlech''.
They were subsequently signed to the independent record label Peaceville Records with a four album contract. In 1990 they recorded their first studio album, ''Soulside Journey''. The album was cleanly-produced in a technical death metal style, although there were some elements of black metal prese... read all
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