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Faust
Faust
Norwegian drummer
1
Mayhem
Mayhem
Norwegian black metal band
2
Euronymous
Euronymous
Norwegian black metal musician
3
Varg Vikernes
Varg Vikernes
Norwegian musician, writer and convicted murderer
4
Darkthrone
Darkthrone
Norwegian black metal band
5
Per "Dead" Ohlin
Per "Dead" Ohlin
Swedish black/death metal vocalist
6
Necrobutcher
Necrobutcher
Norwegian musician
7
Burzum
Burzum
Norwegian black metal / ambient band
8
Salem
Salem
Israeli extreme metal band
9
Fenriz
Fenriz
Norwegian musician
10
Abruptum
Abruptum
Swedish band
11
Old Funeral
Old Funeral
Norwegian metal band
12
Samoth
Samoth
Norwegian musician
13
Immortal
Immortal
Norwegian black metal band
14
Les Légions Noires
Les Légions Noires
collective of French avant-garde black metal artists
15
Den Saakaldte
Den Saakaldte
16
Sigh
Sigh
Japanese metal band
17
Emperor
Emperor
Norwegian black metal band
18
Galder
Galder
Norwegian musician
19
Code
Code
musical group
20
Hades Almighty
Hades Almighty
Norwegian band
21
Bathory
Bathory
Swedish metal band
22
Hellhammer
Hellhammer
Swiss band
23
Setherial
Setherial
24
The 3rd and the Mortal
The 3rd and the Mortal
Norwegian metal band
25
Von
Von
American band
26
Ihsahn
Ihsahn
Norwegian musician, singer, and composer
27
Frosthardr
Frosthardr
28
Sarcófago
Sarcófago
band
29
Mezzerschmitt
Mezzerschmitt
Norwegian band
30
Motorpsycho
Motorpsycho
Norwegian rock band from Trondheim
31
Aura Noir
Aura Noir
band
32
Scum
Scum
punk band
33
Ad Inferna
Ad Inferna
34
Zweizz
Zweizz
35
Horde
Horde
unblack metal project
36
Arcturus
Arcturus
Metal band from Norway
37
Aeternus
Aeternus
Norwegian band
38
Gehenna
Gehenna
Norwegian black metal band
39
Moonsorrow
Moonsorrow
Finnish band
40
Apostasy
Apostasy
swedish band
41
Drottnar
Drottnar
band
42
Profanatica
Profanatica
43
Dissection
Dissection
black/death metal and later melodic death metal band
44
Urgehal
Urgehal
Norwegian black metal band
45
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir
Norwegian symphonic black metal band

Thorns is a Norwegian black metal band that formed in 1989 and was part of the early Norwegian black metal scene. They made two highly influential demos in the early 1990s, Grymyrk and Trøndertun, but have only released one full-length album.