jueves, 25 de abril de 2019

Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon (1993) Reissue [2002]

 

Darkthrone started as a death metal band, but by the end of 1990 and the beginning of 1991, when they were rehearsing the material that would eventually become Goatlord, Nocturno Culto, Zephyrous, and Fenriz developed interest to black metal. Soon they decided to abort the Goatlord sessions because the material didn't reflect what they felt, and started to compose the songs that were to be found on A Blaze in the Northern Sky. Dag Nilsen was the only member who still wanted to play technical death metal, so he recorded the bass lines for A Blaze in the Northern Sky and then left the band.

The band's name was inspired by a Danish zine from around 1985/86 called Blackthorn, written by the guys from the Danish band DesExult, as well as by the lyrics of the Celtic Frost song "Jewel Throne" (I'm the king, sitting in the dark hiding from the shadows of the wind/.../ As I gaze from the Jewel Throne to the portal of infinity).

Darkthrone are known for the fact that there have only been very few live appearances for various reasons. The very last concert to date took place in 1996, being a one-off event as well.

 



-Tracklist:

Side A:
1.     Natassja in Eternal Sleep     03:33    
2.     Summer of the Diabolical Holocaust     05:18    
3.     The Dance of Eternal Shadows     03:44    
4.     Unholy Black Metal     03:31

Side B:
5.     To Walk the Infernal Fields     07:50    
6.     Under a Funeral Moon     05:07    
7.     Inn i de dype skogers favn     05:25    
8.     Crossing the Triangle of Flames     06:13
 


-Line up:

Nocturno Culto: Vocals, Bass, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3)
Fenriz: Drums, Percussion, Songwriting (tracks 2, 5-6, 8), Lyrics
Zephyrous: Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 4, 7) 
 
 
 


 
 Label: Peaceville Records.
 
Special collectors limited edition 500 copies. Comes in inner sleeve printed with lyrics.
 Recorded in Creative Studios, June 1992 (Year XXVII AS).
Produced by Darkthrone. Engineered by Vidar.

 All lyrics by Fenriz.
Tracks 1, 3: music by Nocturno Culto.
Tracks 2, 5, 6, 8: music by Fenriz.
Tracks 4, 7: music by Zephyrous.

This is the last album to feature guitarist Zephyrous.

The person who appears on the front cover is vocalist Nocturno Culto.

English translations:
7. Into the Deep Woods' Embrace.
 
 
 




 
  
 

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