Darkthrone celebrates 40-year anniversary with early years box set »The Fist In The Face Of God«; out March 6th via Peaceville Records!
Darkthrone celebrates their 40th grim winter this year!
To begin this unholy ritual Peaceville Records are unleashing an epic early years box set, focusing on the purer black metal period – »The Fist In The Face Of God« – on March 6th, 2026.
“This box celebrates 40 years through forests and over heath and includes a filmed interview with us – as rare as chicken teeth.” — Fenriz
Focusing on the black metal period of the band’s music, »The Fist In The Face Of God« is a 9-LP deluxe boxset marking 40 years of Darkthrone.
Includes new audio masters, a 48-page book and a DVD with an exclusive interview about the band’s legendary career.
The set also includes a selection of posters and art prints containing artwork and classic band photography.
LP1. A Blaze In The Northern Sky
LP2. Under A Funeral Moon
LP3. Transilvanian Hunger
LP4. Panzerfaust
LP5. Total Death
LP6. Ravishing Grimness
LP7. Plaguewielder
LP8. Hate Them
LP9. Sardonic Wrath
DVD
Band interview with Fenriz and Nocturno Culto
Bonus material: 2003 interviews + Live in Oslo 1996
Pre-order your copy HERE.
Photo by Peer Olav Kittilsen
Initially forming under the moniker of black death back in 1986, the star of Darkthrone has ascended with reverence and a degree of infamy over the course of four decades, to become one of the most notable metal bands to have emerged from Norway. Highly inspirational to a whole generation of bands, and also uncompromisingly steadfast throughout their now extensive catalogue, the long-standing duo of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto have remained dedicated to the art of the riff and forging their own path, relentlessly steering the band against the tide of trend. From the death/doom technicality of 1991’s debut masterpiece »Soulside Journey«, through the spearheading of the notorious “second wave of black metal” period of the earlier 1990s, & the integration of punk and heavy doom elements along with way, the Nordic titans have undoubtedly carved an exquisite and eclectic legacy.
To mark these four decades of existence, »The Fist In The Face Of God« focuses on the purer black metal period of the band in this limited deluxe set. Featuring nine classic albums in this collection, from the “unholy trinity” of Peaceville albums spanning 1992’s genre-defining »A Blaze In The Northern Sky« up until 1994’s »Transilvanian Hunger« opus, the set concludes with Darkthrone’s 2004 swansong for then label, Moonfog Productions, in the form of »Sardonic Wrath«.
With each album having received a freshly updated master courtesy of Patrick Engel at Temple of Disharmony to ensure they remain in line with the originals, each title is also supplied with their original covers and sleeve designs, and presented on heavyweight vinyl.
Furthermore, included in the set is a 48-page book written by longtime friend of the band, Harald Fossberg, detailing the career of Darkthrone through this essential period for the band’s development and output, and contains rare images from the period. Accompanying this is a DVD with an exclusive interview with both Fenriz and Nocturno Culto also conducted by Harald Fossberg, covering the full history of the band, plus bonus features in the form of a trilogy of interviews from 2003, plus the band’s rare 1996 live show in Oslo.
Courtesy of Peaceville Records
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well