In March 2019, Darkthrone announced the release of their seventeenth studio album, Old Star , which came out on 31 May of the same year. The album featured a stronger emphasis on doom metal than previous releases, with their Candlemass influences becoming more apparent. In January 2021, the band announced…
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On 22 October 2016, the band announced via Facebook that they would release a compilation album entitled The Wind of 666 Black Hearts . Released on 25 November 2016, the album comprised rehearsals recorded in 1991 and 1992 for songs that later appeared on A Blaze in the Northern Sky…
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In late 2010, Peaceville acquired the rights to the band’s Moonfog albums and reissued Panzerfaust as a two-disc set and on vinyl. The reissue of Total Death was scheduled for 14 March 2011. In July 2012, Darkthrone announced a new album titled The Underground Resistance , which was released on…
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In July 2007, the band released the EP NWOBHM (an acronym for ‘New Wave of Black Heavy Metal’, a play on the original ‘ New Wave of British Heavy Metal ‘) as a preview of their next album. In September of that year, Darkthrone released F.O.A.D. (an acronym for Fuck…
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Also in 2007, Nocturno Culto completed and released The Misanthrope , a film exploring black metal and life in Norway. The film included some of his own solo recordings. In October 2008, Dark Thrones and Black Flags was released, following a style similar to that of the previous album. In…
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In January 2006, the group released the EP Too Old, Too Cold , featuring the track “High on Cold War,” performed by Enslaved ‘s vocalist Grutle Kjellson . The EP also included a cover of ” Love in a Void ” by Siouxsie and the Banshees . For the first…
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In 2005, Darkthrone announced their return to Peaceville Records after departing from the label in 1994. They also launched their own record label, Tyrant Syndicate Productions, to release their future albums. To commemorate their return, Peaceville reissued the Preparing for War compilation, which included a bonus CD of demos and…
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In 2003, the band released the album Hate Them . Although this record and the following one incorporate electronic introductions, they remain faithful to Darkthrone’s early black metal style. Sardonic Wrath was released in 2004, the band’s last album with Moonfog Productions and their final work recorded exclusively in the…
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In 1999, Darkthrone released the album Ravishing Grimness , followed by Plaguewielder in 2001. While Transilvanian Hunger and Panzerfaust featured songs exclusively written by Fenriz, these two albums contained tracks predominantly composed by Nocturno Culto and were both recorded at Ronny Le Tekrøe’s studio in Toten, Norway. This accounts for…
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In the latter part of the 1990s, two tribute albums dedicated to Darkthrone were released: Darkthrone Holy Darkthrone in 1998 and The Next Thousand Years Are Ours in 1999. The band also released Preparing for War , a compilation featuring songs from 1988 to 1994. In 2002, the intro of…
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