Ravishing Grimness

Ravishing Grimness
Studio album by Darkthrone
Released	1999
Recorded	Norway, Dec, 1998-Apr, 1999
Genre	Black metal
Length	37:40
Label	Moonfog Productions
Producer	Darkthrone
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Darkthrone chronology
Total Death (1996) Ravishing Grimness (1999) Plaguewielder (2001)

Ravishing Grimness is the seventh studio album by Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone. It was released through Moonfog Productions in 1999.

This album marked a noticeable shift in the band's musical and lyrical scope. While still retaining much of the band's older black metal roots, the music itself is more slow-to-mid-paced with lesser blast beating drums than on previous albums, and the album's production is cleaner and clearer than previous albums; this has led to some criticism against the band by long-time fans. Nocturno Culto wrote the music for all the songs, except "The Beast", which was the sole musical contribution by Fenriz, who contributed lyrics instead. The album's lyrics also started to move away from the group's original topics, taking on more mysterious and avant-garde topics versus the Satanic/anti-religious themes of old.

In the album's booklet, Nocturno Culto is credited as "Nocturnal Cult". Also, all the Ts in the liner notes and lyrics are replaced with inverted crosses.

Track listing

1. "Lifeless" – 5:42
2. "The Beast" – 5:30 (Fenriz, Aldrahn, Fog)
3. "The Claws of Time" – 7:03
4. "Across the Vacuum" – 7:14
5. "Ravishing Grimness" – 7:26
6. "To the Death (Under the King)" – 4:45

Personnel

• Nocturno Culto – electric guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Fenriz – drums