Darkthrone is an influential Norwegian black metal band. They formed in 1987 as a death metal band, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Norwegian black metal scene. For most of this time Darkthrone has consisted of just two musicians, Nocturno Culto and Fenriz, who have sought to remain outside the music mainstream. Their first three black metal albums A Blaze in the Northern Sky, Under a Funeral Moon and Transilvanian Hunger, often dubbed the "Unholy Trinity", are among the most influential albums in the genre. Since 2006, their work has ...