Since their formation in 1986 as Black Death in Kolboton, Norway, Darkthrone have been masters of their art. After ditching the death metal of 1991's debut Soulside Journey in favor of a more primitive black metal sound on the following year's A Blaze In The Northern Sky, they helped define black metal in the '90s with albums like 1993's Under A Funeral Moon and its follow-up Transilvanian Hunger. Truly, Darkthrone remain unique, even in their own canon.