Darkthrone "Under A Funeral Moon" LP

Under a Funeral Moon is the third studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone. It was recorded in June 1992 and released on 15 February 1993 by Peaceville Records. Written and recorded to create a "pure black metal album", it is the second of what is dubbed the band's "Unholy Trinity", along with A Blaze in the Northern Sky and Transilvanian Hunger. Under a Funeral Moon was the last album on which guitarist Zephyrous (Ivar Enger) performed; he left the band shortly after its release. Darkthrone's previous album, A Blaze in the Northern Sky, is regarded as their first black metal release, although it kept some of the band's earlier death metal sound. Drummer and songwriter Fenriz said that Darkthrone began writing Under a Funeral Moon in late 1991 to create a "pure black metal album". The album was recorded at Creative Studios in Kolbotn in June 1992. The band used the studio production to create a sound that was more "cold" and "grim". AllMusic journalist Eduardo Rivadavia wrote: "The record's songs—already shorter and more focused than those of its epic-filled predecessor—were buried under disfiguring cobwebs of fuzzy amp distortion". Death Metal Underground notes that the album represented an "aesthetic shift" in the genre, making Darkthrone the first black metal band to have distortion define the whole of the studio production rather than just that of guitars.

Released by Peaceville Records.