Darkthrone - Thulcandra (Demo) (192)

Line-up:

Ivar - Guitar
Ted - Guitar
Dag - Bass
Gylve (Fenriz) - Battery

This demo also apears on the Mayhem/Darkthrone split bootleg cd.

Review :

Evil, Dark, Grim. Thoes are the 3 essential words for describing this demo. Very nice and raw guitar riffs, the drum beats are coordinating with the music, the instruments are really spreading an evil and raw attitude, very good blast beats, althought the vocals are very black-ish, they turn to be more like death vocals in this demo.You really enjoy the music, the sound is not that good but the quality of the songs are good and interesting to hear...

1.	Eon	03:45
2.	Thulcandra	05:48	[view lyrics]
3.	Archipelago	04:53	[view lyrics]
Total playing time		14:26

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Darkthrone - A New Dimension (Demo) (192)

Line-up:

Ivar - Guitar
Ted - Guitar
Dag - Bass
Gylve (Fenriz) - Battery

"A New Dimension" was a promotape.

Review :

The demo/promo consists of two instrumental tracks. The sound is grim and raw, but there is also, at the same time possible to hear what they play without any problem. In other words: Perfect!

The first track is some thunder and synthsounds, not very interesting, but it is a nice enough intro.

The second track, Snowfall, is great though! It’s actually my favourite Darkthrone song. The two opening riffs sounds a lot like the two first riffs on the first song on Death’s debut alum Scream Bloody Gore called Infernal Death. Being inspired by this album is not something Darkthrone has tried to hide…
The band lays riff, up on riff, up on riff going mid tempo with few repetitions for 9 minutes, and it never get boring to listen to.

I believe this promo is hard to get, so I recommend getting Preparing For War, who has Snowfall on it.

1.	Twilight Dimension	00:43	[view lyrics]
2.	Snowfall	09:04
Total playing time		09:47

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Darkthrone - Land of Frost (Demo) (128)

Line Up :

Gylve (aka Fenriz) - Drums and Vocals
Ivar (aka Zephyrous) - Guitar
Dag - Bass
Anders - Guitar (tracks 2,3,5)

Review :

While the songs are obviously Death Metal (or mainly DM influenced), the song titles and their image was far more Black. Some of the tracks on this demo sound more like black, others more like death.

Probably the best thing about this demo is that the sound quality, while not great by any means, is still miles ahead of Mayhem's "Pure Fucking Armageddon" demo or Burzum's demos. Songs are not extremly complex, but are well written and shows a very young Darkthrone (Fenriz and Nocturno were 17!!!). The actual music itself doesn't compare in quality to later works like "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" or "Under a Funeral Moon", but then again, matching those albums is no easy task.

This is probably one of those "tr00" metal albums to own, since it is a demo. Creative songwriting, and good old thrashy death metal grace the songs of this demo. If you ever manage to get your hands on a copy (good luck), keep it because they aren't easy to come by.

1.	Land Of Frost	03:57
2.	Winds Of Triton	01:53
3.	Forest Of Darkness	04:32
4.	Odyssey Of Freedom	03:26
5.	Day Of The Dead	05:23
Total playing time		19:15

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Darkthrone - Clamor (Demo) (192)

Line Up :

Ted Skjellum (Nocturno Culto) - Vocals, Lead Guitar
Ivar Enger (Zephyrous) - Rhythm Guitar
Dag Nilsen - Bass
Hank Amarillo (Fenriz) - Drums

Tracklist:

01-Unknown Title In 1991
02-Unknown Title In 1991
03-A Blaze In The Northern Sky
04-Unknown Title In 1991
05-Kathaarian Life Code
06-The Pagan Winter

Total playing time: 26:46

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