1992 saw the release of Darkthrone’s “A Blaze in the Northern Sky”. Recorded in Kolbotn, it was their second full length effort, but their first within the genre of black metal. The album was extremely influential, and set the bar for a new wave of Norwegian bands that are idolized worldwide to this day. What were the origins of the black metal wave of the 1990’s come from, and why is the music still so popular?

A first edition print of “A Blaze in the Northern Sky" features in Enlightened, the National Library of Norway’s new permanent exhibition of highlights from Norwegian cultural history. In this event Ted Skjellum, also known as Nocturno Culto, is interviewed by journalist and writer Harald Fossberg.