Artist: Thorns
Genre(s):
Metal: Death,Black
Discography:
Existence
Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Thorns
Year: 2000
Tracks: 8
Thorns Vs. Emperor (Split With Emperor)
Year: 1998
Tracks: 8
The Trondertun Tape and Grymyrk CD2
Year: 1989
Tracks: 8
Although they only released their commencement official product in the late '90s, the band known as Thorns was a crucial player in the early development of the Norwegian black-market metal scene a decennium sooner -- as considerably as the notorious crimes that unluckily brought oecumenical attention. Thorns was in the beginning called Stigma Diabolicum by its founders, Snorre W. Ruch (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Marius Vold (basso, vocals), and Bård "Faustus" Eithun (drums), just recorded just i demonstration, 1989's "Luna diethylstilboestrol Nocturnus," before sledding their break slipway. Snorre, like his likewise multi-talented friend Varg Vikernes of Burzum, then decided he could go it solitary and, having settled upon the Thorns sobriquet, simply called upon guest musicians as required for the recording of 1991's massively influential "Grymyrk" demo. This process was recurrent for 1992's review "Trøndertun" demonstration tape, which along with its predecessor was believably traded as very much as whatsoever early tape by better-known "interior round" members Mayhem, Darkthrone, and Emperor.
However, what should have served as launch tablet for a sinister alloy vocation of be height was or else derailed when Snorre was convicted to serve eight years in prison for his interest in Vikernes' brute slay of rival Euronymous. Snorre was at once re-embraced by his peers upon release, however, and presently a resurrected Thorns had a split mini-album with Emperor. Then, trio years later, a proper Thorns record album was recorded with the aid of vocalists Satyr Wongraven of Satyricon and Aldrahn of enigmatic Dødheimsgard, along with black metal's ultimate drummer for rent, Hellhammer.
Kevin Drumm and Lasse Marhaug
