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 29 September 1999 by Moonfog Productions. ^[2]

Nocturno Culto wrote the music for all the songs except "The Beast", which was the sole musical contribution by Fenriz, who contributed lyrics instead.

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

All lyrics are written by Fenriz, except where noted; all music is composed by Nocturno Culto, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Lifeless"			5:42
2.	"The Beast"	Aldrahn, Fog	Fenriz	5:30
3.	"The Claws of Time"			7:03
4.	"Across the Vacuum"			7:14
5.	"Ravishing Grimness"			7:26
6.	"To the Death (Under the King)"			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 14 January 2010.
2. "Ravishing Grimness entry". Moonfog. Archived from the original on 13 November 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2010.