Darkthrone is a Norwegian metal band from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986… Read Full Bio ↴Darkthrone is a Norwegian metal band from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, in 1991 Darkthrone embraced a black metal style influenced by Bathory and Celtic Frost and became one of the leading bands in the Norwegian black metal scene. Their first three black metal albums A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992), Under a Funeral Moon (1993) and Transilvanian Hunger (1994) are sometimes dubbed the "Unholy Trinity". They are considered the peak of the band's career and to be among the most influential albums in black metal.

Darkthrone has been a duo of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto since guitarist Zephyrous left the band in 1993. They have sought to remain outside the music mainstream. From 2006, their music strayed from the traditional black metal style and incorporated more elements of traditional heavy metal, punk, and speed metal, while more recent albums have also included doom metal.

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Studio albums
Soulside Journey (1990)
A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1991)
Under a Funeral Moon (1993)
Transilvanian Hunger (1994)
Panzerfaust (1995)
Goatlord (1996)
Total Death (1996)
Ravishing Grimness (1999)
Plaguewielder (2001)
Hate Them (2003)
Sardonic Wrath (2004)
The Cult Is Alive (2006)
F.O.A.D. (2007)
Dark Thrones and Black Flags (2008)
Circle the Wagons (2010)
The Underground Resistance (2013)
Arctic Thunder (2016)
Old Star (2019)
Eternal Hails...... (2021)
Astral Fortress (2022)

Inn i de dype skogers favn
Darkthrone Lyrics

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Det går en vei over fjellet
Inn i de dype skogers favn
Garder her led grusom skjebne
Ved likbål sørget mang en ravn

Pesten trod den Norske mark
Fra havn over land til annen havn
Med tunge subbende skritt den seg

Inn i de dype skogers favn
Dauden i sort gjorde sjelen frossen
Gjorde huden veik under en norrøn himmel

Det går en vei over fjellet
Inn i de dype skogers favn
Langsom vandring fører meg
Inn i det dunkle skogsriket

For å finde en gard eldet og forlatt
Fra en ensom sort og endeløs natt

Overall Meaning

Darkthrone's "Inn i de dype skogers favn" speaks of a desolate journey through dark forests and abandoned farms. The song paints a vivid picture of the desolation left behind by the Black Death as it ravaged through Norway in the 14th century. The opening lines talk about a path across mountains before the singer enters the deep forest. The abandoned farms in the forest suffer from a gruesome fate, with ravens mourning their losses as they circle over the dead bodies.

The hauntingly beautiful lyrics go on to speak about how the plague walked heavy through Norwegian lands, from one harbor to another, with slow, dragging feet, until it finds its way into the deep forest. The singer describes how the black death made his soul powerless and weakened his skin underneath a murky sky.

The song symbolizes the death and decay of life. The black death wiped out millions of lives in Europe, leaving behind only emptiness and loneliness. The deep forest represents the hidden mystery, the dark secrets of life's twisted journey. The overall tone of the song is dark and melancholic, portraying death's inevitability and its corruption.

Line by Line Meaning

Det garr en vei over fjellar
There is a path over the mountains

Inn I de dype skogers favn
Into the embrace of the deep forests

Garder her led grusom skjebne
Farms here have suffered cruel fate

Ved likbaal sorget mang ca ravn
Many ravens mourn near the funeral pyres

Pesten trod den Norske mark
The plague walked the Norwegian land

Fra havn over land til annen havn
From port to port, over land

Med tunge subbende skritt den seg
With heavy dragging steps, it crept

Inn I de dype skogers favn
Into the embrace of the deep forests

Dauden I sort gjorde sjelen fromsen
Death made the soul frozen in darkness

Gjorde huden veik under en morren himmel
Made the skin weak under a morning sky

Det gaar en vei over fjellat
There is a path over the mountains