Darkthrone

Norway

Formed: 1987

Years Active: 90, 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock

Styles: Hard Rock, Scandinavian Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal

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Of all the major second wave black metal bands to emerge from Norway's fertile breeding grounds during the early 1990s, only a handful -- Mayhem, Emperor, Enslaved, Ulver -- have achieved the same exalted status and world-wide recognition as the legendary Darkthrone; and arguably none has been as consistent or prolific in the decades that followed. Unlike the majority of their peers, Darkthrone largely refused to tinker with their refreshingly straightforward and savage black metal formula once it was established, leaving it to others to evolve...

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