Darkthrone riff overflow project Isengard, which released two albums back in the day, announced that its third compilation of material, Vårjevndøgn, will be released in October on longtime label Peaceville Records, giving us more of the Celtic Frost and Bathory fusion inspired black metal for which Darkthrone is known.

The label released the following statement:

ISENGARD – ‘Vårjevndøgn’

NEW THIRD ALBUM OF UNRELEASED VINTAGE CULT METAL FROM THE CLASSIC SOLO PROJECT CREATED BY DARKTHRONE’S FENRIZ

Isengard was the solo-project initially started in 1989 by Fenriz – one the key driving forces behind Norwegian legends Darkthrone – because he had many musical ideas to explore that didn’t strictly fit in with the style and music of his main band. Under the Isengard moniker, Fenriz released 2 albums encapsulating doom, death, black & Folk/Viking metal in the shape of ‘Vinterskugge’ & ‘Høstmørke’, & finally we welcome the third addition to this cult project.

After a period of 25 long years since Isengard’s last studio output, and having recently unearthed a set of tracks from his own archive of material recorded back in those early glory days, this new series of tracks – which were thought to be lost – follow on from some of the metal last heard on 1994’s ‘Vinterskugge’.

‘Vårjevndøgn’ is a monumental journey of epic heavy metal mixed with an often more sombre doomy rock/metal atmosphere bringing to mind bands like US heavy metal veterans Pentagram, & also includes 2 tracks previously only heard on the limited ‘Traditional Doom Cult’ 7” Peaceville release from 2017.

Everything on ‘Vårjevndøgn’ was performed and engineered by Fenriz himself. The tracks were all recorded between 1989 & 1993 using the infamous Necrohell Studios, notable for recording Darkthrone’s classic ‘Transilvanian Hunger’ & ‘Panzerfaust’ albums.

‘Vårjevndøgn’ was mastered by Jack control at Enormous Door.
The booklet includes liner notes from Fenriz explaining the origins of the release, the recording process, & some background into his influences at the time.

Tracklisting:
1. Cult Metal [00:32]
2. Dragon Fly (Proceed Upon The Journey) [04:00]
3. Floating With The Ancient Tide [03:05]
4. The Fright [05:14]
5. A Shape In The Dark [03:48]
6. Slash At The Sun [06:22]
7. Rockemillion [02:08]
8. The Light [05:35]
9. The Solar Winds Mantra [03:59]

As announced by Fenriz on behalf of Darkthrone, pre-orders are available:

Isengard ‘Vårjevndøgn’ The third album of unreleased vintage cult metal from the classic solo project created by Darkthrone’s Fenriz.
Order VINYL (Clear Peaceville ONLY), CD, T-SHIRT and Digital NOW:
https://isengard.lnk.to/Varjevndogn

A few words from Fenriz
“Ladies and Gentlemen metal maniacs, it’s Fenriz here. It has been 25 years since the last one but finally my 3rd solo album has materialized on this earth. All tracks in the old trusty Necrohell studio soundscape as well.

ISENGARD as usual has a soundscape that needs cooperation from the listener to work with, it is not already chewed up and swallowed, here we all have to chip in and hack away to unearth our personal treasures. And this is one of the traits we call CULT METAL, the realm for those of us that enjoy lots of personality and authenticity.”

I WANT TO THANK YOU (ZZ Top)
FENRIZ July 2020

The CD & LP includes liner notes from Fenriz explaining the origins of the release, the recording process, & some background into his influences at the time.
Order VINYL (Clear Peaceville ONLY), CD, T-SHIRT and Digital NOW:

Tags: Black Metal, darkthrone, fenriz, isengard