Ravishing Grimness

Ravishing Grimness
Studio album by Darkthrone
Released	29 September 1999
Recorded	Norway, December 1998–April 1999
Genre	Black metal
Length	37:40
Label	Moonfog Productions Peaceville Records (re-release)
Producer	Darkthrone
Darkthrone chronology
Total Death (1996) Ravishing Grimness (1999) Plaguewielder (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Ravishing Grimness is the seventh studio album by Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone. It was released by Moonfog Productions in 1999.^[2]

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 was more slow-to-mid-paced with less blast beats than on previous albums, and the album's production was cleaner and clearer; this led to some fan criticism of the band. 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 ideas, taking on more mysterious and avant-garde topics versus the Satanic/anti-religious themes of old albums.

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

Ravishing Grimness was re-released with new artwork in 2011 by Peaceville Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Lifeless"	Fenriz	Nocturno Culto	5:42
2.	"The Beast"	Aldrahn, Fog	Fenriz	5:30
3.	"The Claws of Time"	Fenriz	Nocturno Culto	7:03
4.	"Across the Vacuum"	Fenriz	Nocturno Culto	7:14
5.	"Ravishing Grimness"	Fenriz	Nocturno Culto	7:26
6.	"To the Death (Under the King)"	Fenriz	Nocturno Culto	4:45
Total length:				37:40

Personnel

Darkthrone

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

Production

• Nocturno Culto – cover design
• Bernt B. Ottem – cover design

References

1. Raggett, Ned. "Review: Ravishing Grimness". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
2. "Ravishing Grimness entry". Moonfog. Retrieved 2010-01-14.