Originally formed in 1989 by mastermind Snorre Ruch, Marius Vold, & Bård Faust (Emperor), Norwegian band Thorns has inspired a great number of acts such as Satyricon, Mayhem, Dissection, & Emperor, mainly due to Snorre’s highly influential style of playing & creating riffs on the early Thorns demo tapes. So impressed was Euronymous of Mayhem, that Snorre became second guitarist in the band for a while & his riffs were used in classic Mayhem tracks. 

‘Thorns’ was the band’s debut (& only, thus far) full-length studio album. It was released in 2001 & is a cult slice of highly-individual Norwegian black metal, including experimental & sometimes industrial influences along with synth passages to create a chilling yet clinical slice of extremity. The album was notable for featuring Satyr of Satyricon on vocals, a duty shared between songs with the vocal talent of Aldrahn (ex-Dødheimsgard) & the recording line-up also featured Hellhammer of Mayhem on drums. The outcome was a unique & original album which is today considered a cult classic release by critics. 

This edition of ‘Thorns’ contains 2 bonus tracks from the band’s 2000 demo; namely the album track ‘Existence’ but also a previously unreleased song called ‘TSoS’. This edition of ‘Thorns’ is completed by the inclusion of the rare video clip for the track ‘Vortex’, made by Halvor Bodin. 

Preorder now for 18th July 2011 release

TRACKS
1. Existence 
2. World Playground Deceit 
3. Shifting Channels 
4. Stellar Master Elite 
5. Underneath The Universe 1 
6. Underneath The Universe 2 
7. Interface To God 
8. Vortex 

Bonus tracks (from Demo 2000) 
9. TSoS 
10. Existence 

‘Vortex’ video 

Thorns - Existence (taken from the Thorns reissue)

The creators of humanity returning to earth to judge the creation they left 1000's of years ago.

Lyrics

Shadows fall from the burning sky
Colossal forms pierce the veil on high
Machines of gods, awakened eyes
We tremble beneath their silent cry

Forged in light, they now descend
Not with grace, but wrath to send
No words, no mercy — cold decree
They come to judge humanity
We failed their grand design!

They came from the stars above
To end what we’ve become
Through circuits, flame, and fractured stone
They’ll reap the seeds we’ve sown

Cities crumble, oceans boil
Earth becomes their testing soil
A reckoning carved in perfect form
The architects of every storm

Did we forget the voice of stars?
Was this all we were ever meant to be?
A species lost in endless war
Fueled by rage and false destiny

They came from the stars above
To end what we’ve become
But in the shadows, embers glow—
Could this be our final show?

This is not the end… but the beginning of the purge

Awakening Of The Architects

everything heard here is done by myself, im self taught on all instruments and im also mixing and mastering the songs as well. mixing and mastering poorly but im getting there. If someone with knowledge listens to these songs and has any advice please feel free to let me know. i want to learn

Awakening Of The Architects

Birkenhead

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