Frostland Tapes
Encyclopedia
Frostland Tapes is a compilation album by the Norwegian
black metal
band, Darkthrone
. It was released through Peaceville Records
on June 23, 2008.
The compilation contains Darkthrone's first four demos (Land of Frost, A New Dimension, Thulcandra, Cromlech), the original instrumental version of the Goatlord
demo, and a recording of a concert in Denmark.
A New Dimension (1988)
Thulcandra (1989)
Live in Denmark (1990)
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band, Darkthrone
Darkthrone
Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band. They formed in 1987 as a death metal band, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Norwegian black metal scene. For most of this period Darkthrone has consisted of just two musicians, Nocturno Culto and...
. It was released through Peaceville Records
Peaceville Records
Peaceville Records is a British independent metal-oriented record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw in 1987, in Dewsbury, England...
on June 23, 2008.
The compilation contains Darkthrone's first four demos (Land of Frost, A New Dimension, Thulcandra, Cromlech), the original instrumental version of the Goatlord
Goatlord (album)
Goatlord is a demo album by Norwegian band Darkthrone.The songs on Goatlord are from an instrumental demo tape recorded in 1990–1991, between the band's first and second albums . These songs were scrapped when the band changed style from death metal to black metal...
demo, and a recording of a concert in Denmark.
Disc 1
Land of Frost (1988)- "Land of Frost"
- "Winds of Triton"
- "Forest of Darkness"
- "Odyssey of Freedom"
- "Day of the Dead"
A New Dimension (1988)
- "Twilight Dimension"
- "Snowfall"
Thulcandra (1989)
- "Eon"
- "Thulcandra"
- "Archipelago"
- "Soria Moria"
Disc 2
Cromlech (1989)- "The Watchtower"
- "Accumulation of Generalization"
- "Sempiternal Past/Presence View Sepulchrality"
- "Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia"
Live in Denmark (1990)
- "Cromlech"
- "Sunrise over Locus Mortis"
- "Soulside Journey"
- "Accumulation of Generalization"
- "Sempiternal Past/Presence View Sepulchrality"
- "Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia"
- "Neptune Towers"
Disc 3
Goatlord instrumental (1991)- "Rex"
- "Pure Demoniac Blessing"
- "The Grimness of which Shepherds Mourn"
- "Sadomasochistic Rites"
- "As Desertshadows"
- "In His Lovely Kingdom"
- "Black Daimon"
- "Towards the Thornfields"
- "(Birth of Evil) Virgin Sin"
- "Green Cave Float"
- "A Blaze in the Northern Sky"
- "Fenriz Drum Solo"
Credits
- FenrizFenrizLeif Gylve Nagell , better known as Fenriz, is the drummer and lyricist of the Norwegian black metal duo Darkthrone...
(Gylve Nagell) – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Nocturno CultoNocturno CultoNocturno Culto is a Norwegian musician, best known as the vocalist, lead guitarist and partial bassist of the influential black metal band Darkthrone. He has been with the band since 1988. He currently works in Norway as a school teacher, and has a son and a daughter...
(Ted Skjellum) – electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Zephyrous (Ivar Enger) – electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Anders Risberget – electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(on Land of Frost only) - Dag Nilsen – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....