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Thorns is a Norwegian black metal band. They made two highly influential demos in the early 1990s, Grymyrk and Trøndertun, but has only officially released one recording since it was founded in 1989. Thorns mastermind Blackthorn (Snorre W. Ruch) was convicted, along with Varg Vikernes of Burzum, as accomplice to the infamous murder of Euronymous in 1993.
Biography
Formed by Blackthorn (Snorre W. Ruch), Marius Vold and Faust (Bård G. Eithun) in 1989 under the moniker "Stigma Diabolicum". After the first demo was done, Stigma Diabolicum began dissolving, and after "Trøndertun" Snorre W. Ruch continued Thorns as a solo project, with help from several prominent personas in the black metal scene. The "release" of the now legendary demos/rehearsal tapes "Grymyrk" and "Trøndertun" in the early 1990s, had a great impact on the black metal scene, and Thorns is, by many, considered as one of the forefathers of modern black metal. Ruch's guitar work in particular was innovative. Taking thrash metal's tremolo picking style and using it on minor, classical style chords, Ruch practically originated the modern black metal riff, according to some of his peers. Such influence is obvious on bands such as Darkthrone, Immortal, Satyricon, and Emperor.
When Ruch was sentenced to eight years in jail in 1994 as an accomplice to the 1993 murder of Øystein Aarseth (Mayhem), committed by Varg Vikernes (Burzum), the band was put on ice. After a long period of silence, Thorns reappeared in 1999 with the split album Thorns Vs Emperor, consisting mainly of old Thorns songs performed by Emperor and vice versa. Thorns Vs Emperor was meant to introduce Thorns to the scene and to a newer audience, unaware of Thorns earlier efforts. Then, in 2001, the long awaited debut album Thorns was released.
Members
- Blackthorn (Snorre W. Ruch) - Guitars, Keyboards, Programming
Former members
- Bård Faust - Drums
- Marius Vold - Vocals, Bass
Additional musicians
- Terje Kråbøl - Drums on Trøndertun
- Harald Eilertsen - Bass on Grymyrk
- Ronny Prize - Bass on Trøndertun
- Satyr - Vocals on Thorns
- Aldrahn - Vocals on Thorns
- Hellhammer - Drums on Thorns
Discography
- Luna Des Nocturnus (demo), 1989
- Grymyrk (demo), 1991
- Trøndertun (demo), 1992
- Nordic Metal - A Tribute To Euronymous (compilation), Necropolis Records 1994
- Thorns vs Emperor (split with Emperor), Moonfog Productions 1998
- Moonfog 2000 - A Different Perspective (compilation), Moonfog Productions 2000
- Thorns, Moonfog Productions 2001
Related bands
- Mayhem - Where Snorre played guitars for a short while. He also made some of the riffs on De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
External links
- Thorns Official Website
- Thorns on Moonfog Productions website
Norwegian heavy metal musical groups | Black metal musical groups
"Thorns (band)"