Engangsgrill

Since half of Dark Throne is currently engaged in a SARKE, you'd wonder what the other half is up to... The pic above is evident of this engagement. Fenriz has teamed up with Nattefrost (Carpathian Forest) to issue a split recording: Red Planet/ Engangsgrill.

...& perhaps you are expecting some distinctive black metal from these luminaries? You won't get any from Fenriz because it's all doom here. You get 3 tracks of bohemian, head spins which are done tastefully, rest assured. Nattefrost, on the other hand, stuck to his BM guns, with that signature gallop rhythm on tow; some of us refer to this as 'black-n-roll', yes? Not for folks looking for fresh inspiration but absolutely great aural pleasure for extreme music fans.

Darkthrone: Fenriz

I'm currently hooked on Darkthrone's Frostland Tapes not because of the music's majesty (it's a set of unproduced materials, how stellar can these be?) but Fenriz's drumming is admirable in terms of intricacy & dynamics. While majority of the black metal drummers choose to live by blast beats, Fenriz here takes time to make his drumming interesting, if a non-drummer like me would pay attention then the implication is clear; a good musician, regardless of his instrument of choice, would intrigue the common understanding.