Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger (1994)

Darkthrone albums are uncompromisingly primitive, raw and evil works. Most fans would agree that Transilvanian Hunger is one of Darkthrone's best albums if not their best. It's low in production quality (I'd say purposefully so), minimalistic and crude, but strangely hypnotic. One reviewer even called it "one of the most relaxing black metal albums ever."

The intensity of this album is caused by several factors. Firstly, it is rumoured that the guys recorded the whole album on a 4-track and did little or no cleaning up. Then there's Darkthrone notorious minimalism: riffs and drum snares are repeated endlessly with the only variation being small tonal changes on the guitars and bits and pieces on the drums. But that's exactly what makes this such a 'nice' album. And again I must concur with the abovementioned reviewer: "All black metal fans will like this cd. If you like raw black metal that is. This is not the synthetic type of band like Cradle Of Filth (I really hate CoF, they are so pretentious and stupid)."

A small note: I've just found out that this pressing still has the phrase "Norsk Arisk Black Metal" (Norwegian Aryan Black Metal) printed on the back of the cd case, which due to the negative response of many distributors around the world, was erased in later pressings. Mind you, I do NOT share these people's ideological or philosophical convictions!!

Musicians
• Fenriz: Drums
• Nocturno Culto: Vocals, bass
• Zephyrous: Guitars

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posted by Paxjorge @ Friday, March 10, 2006