Darkthrone – Under A Funeral Moon (1993)

April 11, 2023

The wasps are coming, and they have brought with them their riffs. Under A Funeral Moon is peak Darkthrone and peak second wave black metal in general, to be honest. Still fairly robust in its construction despite the previously-mentioned wasp-like guitars; credit for this is entirely due to the prominent bass. Later records would be unforgiving in focussing on the guitar only and letter the mix suffer (whether that was a good thing or not is up for debate).