Ravishing Grimness

Ravishing Grimness is the seventh studio album by Darkthrone. It was released by Moonfog Productions in 1999.

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.

Personnel

 * Darkthrone
 * Nocturno Culto - Vocals, Guitars, Bass
 * Fenriz - Drums


 * Production
 * Bernt B. Ottem - Design
 * Nocturno Culto - Design
 * Tomas Lindberg - Logo