Darkthrone - Total Death (30th Anniversary Edition)

_Total Death_ was the sixth album from Norwegian black metal legends, & was originally released in 1996. After recording the previous 2 albums at Fenriz's Necrohell portable home studio, the band reverted back to a traditional studio set- up for recording; this time it was Ancient Spectre Ruins, with the songs recorded in 2 sessions there in August & October 1995. The song-writing on ' _Total Death_' was split equally between the 2 members, Fenriz & Nocturno Culto, with Nocturno supplying lyrics to his own songs, whilst Fenriz gave the honour to notable members of the Norwegian metal scene: Garm from Ulver, Ihsahn from Emperor, Carl-Michael Eide from Aura Noir/Ved Buens Ende & Satyr from Satyricon. The album delivers a classic dose of mid & up-tempo black metal, along with thrash, such as on the track Blasphemer.