Under a Funeral Moon (Dig) [Enhanced]

Darkthrone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Peaceville UK
• ASIN: B00008ZZ40
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,065 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #80 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > Norway

Track Listings

1. Natassia In Eternal Sleep

2. Summer Of The Diabolical Holocaust

3. The Dance Of Eternal Shadows

4. Unholy Black Metal

5. To Walk The Infernal Fields

6. Under A Funeral Moon

7. Inn I De Dypr Dkagers Faun

8. Crossing The Triangle Of Flames

9. Darkthrone (Interview)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Evil in your face, March 13, 2006

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Kevin M. Ortega "Darkthroneminded" (San Diego, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Under a Funeral Moon (Dig) (Audio CD)

When I saw this cd at the record store, I thought I would try this out. That was about 4 years ago. Hell what a catch this one was. I was literally blown away. This band was my first intro to the evil and raw black metal. I've heard Marduk, and Dark Funeral and some other bands, but this band was really awesome and I couldn't get enough. I at least heard this cd 5 times the first day I bought it. My faves are Natassja In Eternal Sleep, Unholy Black Metal, and the title track. To me this is one of thier best but they do have others. Hail Darkthrone!!!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unholy Black Metal., March 22, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Under a Funeral Moon (Dig) (Audio CD)

This album was made during Darkthrone's most productive-era (1992-1996). It's quite an experience, the typical raw garage sound is present here as with all their works. There's an organic sound in the background and some songs seem cut-off as if the tape ran out while they were still playing. Under A Funeral Moon gives the listener a dark, nihilistic atmosphere in which there is absence of all life or anything remotely positive. The shredding of the guitars along with the repetitive, simplistic, yet effective drumming of lyricist Fenriz make up the Darkthrone sound here.

They project an image of demons who can't play their instruments. Darkthrone added a granularity of organic noise to the music as well the room sound of the production and the cutting of tracks in random lightspeed fades, an aesthetic shift that now has been adopted by even the worst of the imitators. The style of music here would be best compared to Bathory around (1984-1987) and Mayhem (1988-1991). Under A Funeral Moon is one of the four essential Darkthrone albums, A Blaze In The Northern Sky, Transylvanian Hunger and Panzerfaust being the other three.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest black metal albums ever, December 28, 2005

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The Painless (Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Under a Funeral Moon (Dig) (Audio CD)

Inferior only to Transilvanian Hunger, this is the masters' second best album and one of the greatest black metal albums ever. Under A Funeral Moon is particularly harsh and cold, even compared to other Darkthrone albums. The progress they made since A Blaze In The Northern Sky is really impressive; although they had still to produce their masterpiece, they had already left all competition behind them. The guitars are buzzsaw, fuzzy and ultra-raw; mixing brutal, cold and innovative fast riffs with truly delicious oldschool riffs. The vocals are great; the deep echo gives them a ghostly feel. The drums are awesome. Some highlights: Natassja In Eternal Sleep, Summer Of The Diabolical Holocaust and the awesome title track. TH will always be the nr 1 BM album, but Under A Funeral Moon is certainly in the top 10, as are A Blaze and Panzerfaust. This is essential black metal.