Darkthrone - Total Death

MID-PRICE CD EDITION OF THE CLASSIC 1996 DARKTHRONE ALBUM

Darkthrone began in the late 80's as a thrash/death metal act & progressed through technical death/doom metal experimentation to become legends of the black metal world & one of the original leading bands of the Norwegian scene, as well as inspiring a whole generation of metal bands.

�Total Death� was the sixth album from the black metal legends and was originally released in 1996. After recording the previous two albums at Fenriz�s Necrohell portable home studio, the band reverted to a traditional studio set-up for recording; this time it was Ancient Spectre Ruins, with the songs recorded in two sessions there in August and October 1995. The song-writing on �Total Death� was split equally between the 2 members, Fenriz and Nocturno Culto, with Nocturno supplying lyrics to his own songs, whilst Fenriz gave the honour to notable members of the Norwegian metal scene: Garm from Ulver, Ihsahn from Emperor, Carl-Michael Eide from Aura Noir/Ved Buens Ende and Satyr from Satyricon. The album delivers a classic dose of mid and up-tempo black metal, along with thrash, such as on the track �Blasphemer�.

Also included on this edition of �Total Death� is the bonus track God of Disturbance and Friction, which itself was recorded around the same period and subsequently included on a low-key compilation for the band�s label at the time, Moonfog Productions. This mid-price edition is presented in jewel case packaging complete with an 8-page booklet and OBI card.