--- title: "Darkthrone" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/darkthrone" genre: "Black Metal" country: "Norway" formed: 1986 --- # Darkthrone **Darkthrone** is a black metal band, from Norway, active 1986 to present. Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, in the early 1990s, Darkthrone switched to a black metal style influenced by Bathory and Celtic Frost, and were one of the leading bands in the Norwegian black metal scene. Darkthrone has been a duo consisting of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto since guitarist Zephyrous left the group in 1993. The band has released 22 studio albums, but do not perform live and have sought to remain outside the mainstream. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkthrone ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Darkthrone | | Genre | Black Metal | | Parent genre | Black Metal | | Origin | Kolbotn, Norway | | Formed | 1986 | | Releases in catalog | 26 | ## Genres [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Fenriz](https://themetalnet.com/musician/fenriz) | Drums (drum set) | 1986 to present | Current | | [Nocturno Culto](https://themetalnet.com/musician/nocturno-culto) | Lead vocals, Bass, Guitar | 1988 to present | Current | | [Anders Risberget](https://themetalnet.com/musician/anders-risberget) | Guitar | 1987 to 1988 | Former | | [Dag Nilsen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dag-nilsen) | Bass guitar | 1987 to 1991 | Former | | [Zephyrous](https://themetalnet.com/musician/zephyrous) | Guitar | 1988 to 1993 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1991 | [Soulside Journey](https://themetalnet.com/album/7d4f11c8-0409-325e-a584-94c0812118c5) | Album | | 1992 | [A Blaze in the Northern Sky](https://themetalnet.com/album/3ab57384-506c-33ff-9ecc-e5a6134e17bd) | Album | | 1993 | [Under a Funeral Moon](https://themetalnet.com/album/f388f4e5-e63d-3659-897e-55165eed4df5) | Album | | 1994 | [Transilvanian Hunger](https://themetalnet.com/album/bc9a4ab3-2ce0-3a49-b48f-3742169d0636) | Album | | 1995 | [Panzerfaust](https://themetalnet.com/album/4df5fc7d-52fd-3a03-ac15-6cf7693c7ff8) | Album | | 1996 | [Goatlord](https://themetalnet.com/album/b4a20f34-a3dc-3343-b0b1-7de0543d78ed) | Album | | 1996 | [Total Death](https://themetalnet.com/album/021f995a-36ae-3a3e-9381-3c16328842d9) | Album | | 1999 | [Ravishing Grimness](https://themetalnet.com/album/3f210f1f-e460-3c43-9c98-69ab569e5e5a) | Album | | 2001 | [Plaguewielder](https://themetalnet.com/album/29ebc7c8-f20a-3ab5-a912-06135dd3edc2) | Album | | 2003 | [Crossing the Triangle of Flames](https://themetalnet.com/album/8a64f937-8000-30a1-8056-2c50b12de1aa) | EP | | 2003 | [Hate Them](https://themetalnet.com/album/ef2f78b9-5925-3b0a-8a78-3060c476a15b) | Album | | 2004 | [Sardonic Wrath](https://themetalnet.com/album/1c4c8693-f604-3d8a-9d9b-1efd3e2f74c6) | Album | | 2005 | [Under beskyttelse av mørke](https://themetalnet.com/album/b0ee8e0b-6d42-3dba-900b-c3da3b3f0296) | EP | | 2006 | [The Cult Is Alive](https://themetalnet.com/album/223bb067-927c-364b-9c61-32d52854a83c) | Album | | 2007 | [F.O.A.D.](https://themetalnet.com/album/a25080f5-366f-36af-9e94-2c34e4457516) | Album | | 2007 | [NWOBHM: New Wave of Black Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/album/5130c365-9fd1-3146-893c-5680b55dab56) | EP | | 2008 | [Dark Thrones and Black Flags](https://themetalnet.com/album/f0a13972-15c7-3109-b833-119d0927224e) | Album | | 2010 | [Circle the Wagons](https://themetalnet.com/album/92202c68-3c25-4cb4-bbb0-9fb0de0148f5) | Album | | 2013 | [The Underground Resistance](https://themetalnet.com/album/b119ab25-29ae-4a29-81ea-52596ca6cd1b) | Album | | 2016 | [Arctic Thunder](https://themetalnet.com/album/508d34cd-4b92-45d8-bfbf-eec9bc41c90c) | Album | | 2019 | [Old Star](https://themetalnet.com/album/72372bea-19a3-41a4-bca6-eee55b44a52d) | Album | | 2021 | [Eternal Hails......](https://themetalnet.com/album/43fd1f55-35a0-413d-856f-2939b7ecae46) | Album | | 2022 | [Astral Fortress](https://themetalnet.com/album/cd62895e-6f2b-435a-bf2d-97bb6521c70b) | Album | | 2023 | [Goatlord: Original](https://themetalnet.com/album/6644850c-c120-4d38-b0bb-44f9c8d09897) | Album | | 2024 | [It Beckons Us All](https://themetalnet.com/album/fe629a38-a88e-4e15-b426-ef858419a0b4) | Album | | 2026 | [Pre‐Historic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/album/597bcce2-5e06-4753-9f8b-822d058a174c) | Album | ## Related bands - 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youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH5nfSr3NLCpBAHwsLfMO0g - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/7641 - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kWnE981vITXDnAD2cZmCV - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkthroneofficial/ - apple music: https://music.apple.com/no/artist/112417640 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/darkthrone](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkthrone). 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