Yes, yes, yes, I do know
that I slagged off the latest album of DARKTHRONE in the first issue of my
zine, so some of you might wonder why there is now an interview with them
here... the reason for this is that this interview has been offered to me by a
guy called Leif Jensen, and as DARKTHRONE are a black metal band I thought it
would be good to have them in this little rag. And I must admit, after I read
some interviews with the band I started to like the album more than before. I
couldn't say that I am totally into this band, but on the other hand I do not
hate them and I like their attitude - which, at times, may seem a bit
exaggerated, but what the bloody fuck.... Let us begin with the interview that
Leif conducted with Fenriz (percussion, satanic poetry and hunting chants) on
18/08/XXVI.........
COULD YOU
SPEAK ABOUT DARKTHRONE'S FORMATION?
DARKTHRONE formed in December 87. But the NEW DARKTHRONE formed in spring 91
AND HOW GOES THE SOULSIDE
JOURNEY LP? ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT? DO YOU WANT EXPLAIN OR TRY TO
EXPLAIN THE COVER'S MEANING?
We hate that LP. It's a silly trendy death metal record, unfortunately we
didn't discover this before it was released. The cover - well, think for
yourselves.
WHICH ARE THE THREE BEST
STILL UNSIGNED BANDS, FOR YOU?
Unsigned? THORNS (Norway), TERMINATOR (Poland). I can't think of any other
BLACK METAL bands.
THE DUTCH BAND MALIGNANT
HAS GOT A VERY DARKTHRONISH LOGO, ARE THEY PERHAPS BOTH MADE BY THE SAME
PERSON? OR...
No, our logo is from years back and it's made by me and Tompe(GROTESQUE/AT THE
GATES). MALIGNANT probably ripped off our logo.
CROMLECH IS A MASTERPIECE
FOR A DEMO, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO SELL NOW THEIR OWN COPIES FOR
FRIGHTENING HIGH PRICES?
Do they? I guess it was an ok death metal demo. But you see, we hate everything
concerning deathmetal now! The people, bands and zines. I shouldn't have
answered this interview at all because it is a death metal mag (ha, you are
wrong, COTIM is black metal, this is not Hereticrot in hell, pissmag! - Nyar)!
The new DARTHRONE is unholy BLACK METAL. LEAVE US ALONE OR BE CURSED!
WHY DID YOU TAKE THE
SUNLIGHT STUDIO FOR THE RECORDINGS OF YOUR DEBUT LP? THE SOUND IS MOSTLY GREAT
(I DISAGREE, I THINK THE TYPICAL SUNLIGHT SOUND SUCKS DICK, EVEN IF YOU DON'T
CONSIDER THE UNORIGINALITY OF IT - NYAR) BUT NOT THAT ORIGINAL AND SURPRISING
AS IT PERHAPS SHOULD BE. WHAT STUDIO ARE YOU GOING TO NEXT TIME?
We didn't know what to do! We walked right into a trend! (dread, disgust).
Anyway, that was the old DARKTHRONE, we just finished out new BLACK METAL
album. For us, our second album is the first. It's recorded in CREATIVE
studios, it's the same studio MAYHEM (godz - Leif) (god of gods - Nyar) used
for their cult Deathcrush album. Our first album is called A Blaze in the
Northern Sky and it's out before 92. It's gonna be one of the most evil and
darkened album ever! You're all gonna hate it! If you like MAYHEM and BATHORY
you should like it though!
ARE YOU INTO GORY HORROR
FILMS? THEY SEEM TO BE A PART OF YOUR LYRIC INFLUENCE.....
Do you say that my lyrics are gore! (Nope! I don't, cause I know they aren't,
boy! - Leif). Splatter? Fucken idiot, you must have got the CARCASS album
instead. MY LYRICS ARE SATANIC POETRY! I only watch occasional films. I like
deep movies...I actually like all kind of films!
I HEARD THAT YOU WON'T PLAY LIVE ANYMORE, WHY?
We don't play live anymore because of sound problems, silly trend audience,
stagedivers (shoot em) and other financial and equipmental problems. In Finland
we had to kick people off the stage down to the audience because they were just
standing there or they were about to stagedive. They think they own the stage. WE
are the artists, THEY are the (trendy) audience. A DARKTHRONE show is grim. But
we don't wanna play live anymore. We've played 20 gigs and all sucked!!! We can
play our songs live we don't fuck up, but it's everything else concerning the
gig. And afterwards there are always wimps that hang around for an autograph! (Really??
Haha - Leif)
YOUR PREFERRED ZINE (S) AND LPS AND DEMOS EVER?
All zines are full of trendy death metal stuff. Only good mag is BLASPHEMER zine from Greece! Best
lp's? To Mega Therion, Blood Fire Death and Eternal Devestation. Good
blackmetal demos are GOATLORD demo 87, NECROMATIA promo demo and Necrolust, the
first VADER demo.
DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU
SOUND LIKE DEATH? YOU'VE OFTEN BEEN COMPARED TO THEM.....
This question is irrelevant because we are the NEW DARKTHRONE now.
YOU WANT TO STAY IN THE
UNDERGROUND, GREAT, SO WHY DO YOU RELEASE AN LP? (EVEN PEACEVILLE ARE LABELLED
AS A COMMERCIAL LABEL BY SOME BANDS.)
We just wanna be left alone by the entire death metal scene. FROM NOW ON WE
WILL ONLY ANSWER LETTERS FROM BLACK METAL INTERESTED!
AFTER HOW MUCH ALCOHOL DO
YOU USE TO BE DRUNK?
I almost don't eat, I weight 50 kilo. I am then drunk after 12 beers still I am
(actually) an alcoholic. I drank so much that my kidney collapsed, so in the
future I can only drink 3-4 days a week (that is unless I don't start eating
much more!)
YOUR OPINION ABOUT THIS
INTERVIEW? BYE...
It's a deathmetal interview - I HATE DEATHMETAL - IT'S BORING AND VERY TRENDY.
NECROMANTIA rules.
Do you know what a
"deathmetal - interview" is? Hm, strange! I forgot to say that this
interview was done by me without knowing of their drastical change, so this
interview became a little bit of a "misunderstand". Well, Fenriz
added the following words: "please tell everyone how much you hate our new
stuff! If you do not hate this, then your not a true deathmetaller!" Hey,
why should I hate this when I love it? (can't say that I think of myself as a
"death metaller", so I see no reason for me to hate this band - N.)
And I've never been a TRUE death metaller at all, so... and at least THIS is
not a death metal mag so hopefully everyone is happy now. Don't try to get into
their new stuff, either you are you or you are not! I am! The new DARTHRONE
mean darkest brutality and unholiest melodies... hail DARKTHRONE!
Leif Jensen