End of Year Recap - Fenriz of Darkthrone

With the year coming to a close, The Gauntlet has contacted some of our favorite bands to recap their year and let us know whats in store for 2011. Fenriz from Darkthrone has checked in with us.

<b>Did you have any ‘Spinal Tap’ moments this year?</b>
Cool sound guy went to the store and bought a six pack of eggs and threw them at main scene idiot "King ov Hell" at the "Garage" scene in Bergen. as a result he was banned from the place for one year. Everyone there should have done it, then they'd have to ban half of Bergen for a year. King ov Hell, apparently, IS Spinal Tap

<b>What were some of your favorite releases from 2010</b>
GHOST (Sweden) #astounding album but is it heavy metal occultism or death-rock? who cares
DEATHHAMMER (Norway) - phantom knights #it is not possible to make a more 1985 deathrash black album than this. simply not possible.
BURZUM (Norway) - belus #back almost exactly where he left off with filosofem
ENFORCER (Swe) - Diamonds #managed to create an album so old school it even has no trace of 1st metallica
CAUCHEMAR (Canada) - le verge noire #extremely old school sounding epic heavy metal/doom/nwobhm
KNUSTE RUTER (Norway) - gjennom veggene #very engaging album in the vein of the infamous norwegian "Blitz" style punk/hc style
GRAVE DESECRATOR (Brazil) - insult #south american death, meaning alot of black vibes and also sounding like it's 1986. + for great solos
MURDERESS (Usa) - the last thing you will see... #shockingly organic crust and vocals that sound involuntarily like burzum
KÖRGULL THE EXTERMINATOR (Spain) - war of the voivodes #they finally turned 80s on us and what a result, an onslaught of die hard metal
WHIP STRIKER (Brazil) - S/T #incredible old school and a vicious underdog from brazil, cool songwriting that takes from the 70s as well as 80s
ZÜÜL (Germany) - out of time #least sounding german band of all the german bands? it's heavy metal rock in a most glorious way
NEKROMANTHEON (Norway) - Divinity of death #norwegian thrashers does very little to dissappoint here
HELL DARKNESS (israel) - rockin' underground
METAL INQUISITOR (Germany) -unconditional absolution
CHRISTIAN MISTRESS (Usa) - agony and opium
CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY (Italy) - it's time to face the doomsday
AUTOPSY (usa) - the tomb within
ABSCESS (usa) - dawn of inhumanity
ENSLAVED (Norway) - axioma ethica HOUDINI hahaha
MASAKARI (usa) - the profit feeds
DISHAMMER (spain) under the sign of the d-beat mark
BOMBUS (Swe) - S/T
SMOKE MOHAWK (Norway) - the dogs are turning red
CATHEDRAL (england) - the guessing game
HOODED MENACE (finland) - never cross the dead
ATLANTEAN KODEX (Germany)
KVOTERINGEN (swe) - samhällets förrädare
DEMON'S GATE (Australia) - S/T
...and probably the new ELECTRIC WIZARD but i haven't heard it yet

<b>New Year’s resolution?</b>
Never had any. And I mean never. I don't make plans and Darkthrone never really make plans. That's how we last, our way is created as we plunge onwards.

<b>Most memorable metal news item of 2010?</b>
BEASTMILK, 2 song cassette demo from Finland

<b>What's on your iPod</b>
I have 5 ipods
1 with mixes from RESIDENT ADVISOR
1 with mixes from MNML SSGS
1 gym-ipod with only various NYHC and other hc and metal that is good for lifting shit
1 that are half classics raging from punk till metal till electronic, OTHER HALF FOR CONSTANT UPDATING for new stuff, in daily use at work like player 1 and 2
1 a mega ipod that has too much stuff from it and it can't take much weather so i rarely use it on tenting trips outdoors or even else. It typically has 2nd and 3rd FATES WARNING albums on it

<b>If you could bring back one musician from the grave for a day, who and why?</b>
Anyone who has knowledge on how to get the bass guitar/drums combo sound of typical early 1970-1972 YES or 1st CAPTAIN BEYOND