Darkthrone are one of black metal's most defining yet atypical acts. They don't wear corpse paint... well, aside from a couple highly influential early '90s album covers. They never got involved in ...

You would think a local government would want to have little if anything to do with a legendary black metal musician. Scandinavian black metal bands are more associated with burning down churches than ...

Fenriz (né Gylve Fenris Nagell) continues to be one of the most interesting characters in extreme music. Not only is he one-half of the revered Darkthrone, and not only is he a postal worker, but now ...

When one thinks of black metal OGs Darkthrone, most likely, the image of a gangly guy with a candelabra comes to mind, and with it, black metal’s trappings and faults. But, like true originators, the ...

As far as black-metal musicians-turned politicians go, you could do worse than Darkthrone drummer/singer/guitarist/mastermind Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell. Unlike some ...

You wouldn’t normally associate rock stars with a job as straightforward as working for the council. But that’s exactly what’s happened in the case of Norwegian rock legend Fenriz, from the black ...

A 25-second, pre-Darkthrone track called “Chainsaw Attack”? Must be “brootal” right?! Perhaps if you are a toddler. Brutality would simply be too much, considering that the 4-second “Nazgül Riders,” ...

“Who cares? We have plenty of albums out, and I don't understand that people want more,” Darkthrone drummer Fenriz said to underground zine Mindview in 1999. “It's like eating pancakes: six or seven, ...

Gylve Nagell, AKA Hank Amarillo, also and most enduringly known as Fenriz, is a titan of modern heavy metal. As the drummer in second wave black metal icons Darkthrone he has contributed to some of ...

The worst interview you’ll ever do is with Lou Reed, so they say; hearing experienced, respected journalists swap tales about ‘the time they interviewed Lou Reed’ and got verbally shat on is almost ...