Thorns – Thorns (2001)

March 11, 2021

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – when it comes to industrial black metal, it is really hard to beat Thorns. It seems when Snorre is not assisting in murders he is fully capable of producing some of the best, cold metal around. “Shifting Channels” is an absolute beaut of a track. I’m pretty sure it samples the door sounds from the OG Doom game, but I could be mistaken.

What I was pleasantly surprised to find out however, after many listens, is that Hellhammer provided drums for this release (I always thought it was a drum machine) and Satyr (from Satyricon lol) provided vocals on a good few of the songs. The album was also released on his label, Moonfog. The more you know, eh?