Death metal, Thrash metal & Black metal
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| Description | #blackmetal #deathmetal #thrashmetal #burzum #oldfuneral |
| Collections | Burzum |
| Uploaded | 2025-11-23 |
So what was the relationship in 1989 between death metal and thrash metal and what we today call black metal? Let's find out.
When I joined Old Funeral in 1989, they were already playing death metal, and they had played what was basically called thrash metal. And I joined them because of a thrash metal demo they had, "Abduction of limbs". And I was a little bit disappointed when they only wanted to play death metal. When I joined Old Funeral, I listened to Kreator like "Pleasure to kill" and "Infernal overkill" by Destruction. And I still made music that was basically thrash metal. When I offered thrash metal riffs to Old Funeral, they didn't want anything to do with it, because they wanted to play death metal. And the idea at the time was sort of like a total rejection of thrash metal. They didn't want anything to do with it, they wanted death metal.
And this was kind of a trend in the death metal scene. They really, really didn't want to play thrash metal. However, we did actually play some of the riffs that I made, the thrash metal riffs I made. And we had sort of fun playing what we saw as thrash metal. So some of the tracks that you find on Burzum albums was played with Old Funeral, although in a rejective kind of way. And when I released my first few Burzum albums, Tore Bratseth, the guitarist of Old Funeral, reacted like "what did you use those riffs?". Because to him, it was thrash metal and something you couldn't use at the time. Padden on the other hand, liked it just like me, of course.
But as you can tell here, black metal wasn't thought of as a music style. It was just a rejection of death metal in the same way, kind of like death metal had been a rejection of thrash metal. Don't know why they really didn't want to play thrash metal, but that was the case. And in my case, I really didn't want to play death metal because it had become a trend and because everyone tried to sound the same. I've talked about this in other videos. In any case, as you can tell from this, Musically, we identified Burzum in 1991, largely musically speaking, as thrash metal.
When I joined Old Funeral in 1989, they were already playing death metal, and they had played what was basically called thrash metal. And I joined them because of a thrash metal demo they had, "Abduction of limbs". And I was a little bit disappointed when they only wanted to play death metal. When I joined Old Funeral, I listened to Kreator like "Pleasure to kill" and "Infernal overkill" by Destruction. And I still made music that was basically thrash metal. When I offered thrash metal riffs to Old Funeral, they didn't want anything to do with it, because they wanted to play death metal. And the idea at the time was sort of like a total rejection of thrash metal. They didn't want anything to do with it, they wanted death metal.
And this was kind of a trend in the death metal scene. They really, really didn't want to play thrash metal. However, we did actually play some of the riffs that I made, the thrash metal riffs I made. And we had sort of fun playing what we saw as thrash metal. So some of the tracks that you find on Burzum albums was played with Old Funeral, although in a rejective kind of way. And when I released my first few Burzum albums, Tore Bratseth, the guitarist of Old Funeral, reacted like "what did you use those riffs?". Because to him, it was thrash metal and something you couldn't use at the time. Padden on the other hand, liked it just like me, of course.
But as you can tell here, black metal wasn't thought of as a music style. It was just a rejection of death metal in the same way, kind of like death metal had been a rejection of thrash metal. Don't know why they really didn't want to play thrash metal, but that was the case. And in my case, I really didn't want to play death metal because it had become a trend and because everyone tried to sound the same. I've talked about this in other videos. In any case, as you can tell from this, Musically, we identified Burzum in 1991, largely musically speaking, as thrash metal.