Norway Metal & Hard Rock Albums

XIII introduces TNT with new vocalist Baol Bardot Bulsara and shows the outline of a fresh lineup around Ronni Le Tekrø’s distinctive guitar.

The sixth solo album by Emperor's Ihsahn, from April 2016, built around the Arctic.

Kvelertak's second album, from March 2013: black metal and rock and roll played in the same place.

Borknagar's ninth album, out in March 2012 and the first with ICS Vortex and Vintersorg sharing the lead vocal.

A Farewell to Arms layers TNT’s beautiful vocal melodies, delicate yet bright guitar and clear keyboards.

Atlantis is built around Tony Harnell’s high-reaching vocal and Ronni Le Tekrø’s fluid guitar work.

The New Territory builds polished melodic hard rock around Ronni Le Tekrø’s fluid guitar and Tony Harnell’s high, clear voice.

All the Way to the Sun centers Tony Harnell’s soaring voice and Ronni Le Tekrø’s fluent guitar.

My Religion places TNT’s vivid guitar movement and soaring melody inside tightly built songs.

Arcturus's third album, from 2002. It turns towards a space-influenced sound, and it is the last record with Kristoffer Rygg singing.

Borknagar's fourth album, released in 2000. It was recorded at The Abyss Studios and mixed by Peter Tagtgren.

Immortal's sixth album, issued by Osmose Productions in 2000. It is the first record with Iscariah on bass.

Immortal's fifth album, issued by Osmose Productions in 1999. It fuses black metal with thrash, and it is the turn in their course.

Transistor places electronic texture and tight beats alongside TNT’s melodic hard-rock foundation.

Ulver's fourth album, issued by Jester Records in 1998. It is a double album setting William Blake's poem to music in full.

Dimmu Borgir's third album, issued by Nuclear Blast on 30 May 1997. It was made at Peter Tägtgren's Abyss Studio, and it is where the band broke through.

Firefly finds the reunited TNT tightening its glossy hard-rock image and moving toward heavier guitar and darker arrangement.

Burzum's fourth album, recorded in March 1993 and released in January 1996. It brings repetition and ambient technique into black metal.

Satyricon's third album, issued by Moonfog Productions on 22 April 1996. The title is Latin for divine nemesis.

Burzum's third album, taped at the Grieg Hall in Bergen in September 1992 and released in April 1994. It holds four pieces.

Darkthrone's fourth album, issued by Peaceville on 17 February 1994. It was made on a four-track recorder set up in Fenriz's bedroom.

Emperor's debut, issued by Candlelight in 1994. Its orchestral keyboards made it the template for symphonic black metal.

Mayhem's debut, released in 1994. The writing began in 1987, and the record reached the public seven years later, after the suicide of its singer and the murder of its guitarist.

Satyricon's debut, recorded in August and September 1993 and issued by Moonfog Productions. It brings medieval subject matter and folk instruments into black metal.

Darkthrone's third album, issued by Peaceville on 15 February 1993. It was written with the stated intent of making a pure black metal record.

Realized Fantasies combines vivid guitar phrases, clear keyboard color and Tony Harnell’s high vocal range.

Intuition presents TNT’s high-register vocal, technical guitar work, and pop-minded choruses in a more refined form.

Mayhem's first commercial release, recorded at Creative Studios in Kolbotn, Norway in February and March 1987 and issued by their own Posercorpse Music in an edition of 1,000 hand-numbered copies.

Tell No Tales refines TNT’s hard-rock force through bright, soaring vocals and distinctive guitar phrasing.

Knights of the New Thunder adds Tony Harnell’s soaring high voice and Ronni Le Tekrø’s vivid guitar to the hard frame of traditional metal.

TNT is a debut that differs from the group’s later polished melodic-metal image, favoring a raw and direct approach.