NOCTURNO CULTO (Darkthrone) Riffs Without Rules | Nate Garrett's Big Riff Energy Ep. 60

Talking BIG RIFFS with the man himself, Ted Skjellum/ Nocturno Culto from Darkthrone. We discuss the new album "It Beckons Us All," (out now on Peaceville Records), the steady evolution and thrillingly diverse eras of Darkthrone, how to conjure riffs from the depths of our souls with no regard for rules or expectations, the key to writing music that lasts for decades, breaking the chains of genre constraints and studio rental rates, developing an evolved black metal vocal style in order to withstand the cruel force of physical aging, hiking as a fuel source for riffs, the first-ever FOUR-PART Darkthrone guitar harmony, the subliminal power and mysticism of Fenriz lyrics, and MORE...
Album(s) of discussion:
A Blaze In The Northern Sky (1992)
Transilvanian Hunger (1994)
Sardonic Wrath (2004)
The Cult Is Alive (2006)
The Underground Resistance (2013)
Old Star (2019)
Eternal Hails (2021)
It Beckons Us All (2024)
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[@Jgrav]

This is awesome. I love his introduction "Just a dude trying to wake up". Gotta love Nocturno.

[@BornTooNate]

I officially identify as “just a dude waking up in the morning trying to think about some riffs”

[@ComputerUser9277]

...chugging down an Aass Lite (norwegian low calorie beer)

[@andrealowe1083]

I always feel so old when he talks about how long the band has been together. My youngest daughter was born inn 88. Her father and I are creaking around the house, the kids come to visit , where is Mom? She’s in the other room listening to Darkthrone.

[@jamesgwarrior1981]

Wow….congratulations. Knew you said you would get a Darkthrone interview and voilà. To me they are the greatest black metal band ever. Even if they’re not playing “black metal” these days.

[@BornTooNate]

I agree!

[@PaulYpres]

This is BIG! So stoked to see this pop up on my feed

[@gia_d26]

NOCTURNO CULTOOOOO

[@BornTooNate]

🗣🗣🗣

[@droidlittle582]

Damn! You got Ted on!!! That's awesome man! Darkthrone is one of my all time favorites. Unfortunately I have to wait til after work to finish this. Cheers!

[@GAFFA-BASSER]

Love the relaxed chat atmosphere!

[@SpookyApparition]

Great interview, I hope you do more. It's a big asset when an interviewer is an actual musician and can get into songwriting discussions rather than the typical boring questions.... I feel like there aren't many of those.

[@BornTooNate]

Thank you. I know what it’s like to be on the other side, answering the same nonsense questions over and over. I try to avoid that at all cost.

[@mikaelpalm943]

This was awesome. Thanks a bunch for this. Made my day ❤

[@Temairband]

Love the new album ...so many good parts to it. Amazing interview..well done ...great questions too..congrats on getting to chat with Ted 🔥🔥🔥👌

[@isolateddemon9438]

GREAT UPLOAD.TED IS A LIVING LEGEND.👹

[@DevGohil]

Great video! Ted is the MAN, thanks for checking out our chat

[@BornTooNate]

Thanks Dev, good to see you here. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@ShaneMacConUladh]

Loved this interview...well done. New sub!🔥🔥👌

[@StefaniaAngius]

Awesome interview. Technical, but personal. Thank you both.

[@kevinkeith3530]

Atta go Nate ! Nobody mentions how great a speaker you are. Keep up the great work Gonna put the headphones on and cut the grass!!

[@2000serpentor]

Great interview, this stuff is needed . Respect

[@YouTubeisadystopianlandfill]

Thanks for this man!!!

[@andymudhoney]

Great interview. Thanks to both of you. Been enjoying darkthrone since soulside era. The later album are great and usually need a ton off playtime before they actually open. That’s typical a sign of a good album.

[@747jono]

What a fantastic guest Nate 🤘💯💯💯

[@Cookie_DDD]

Great interview!

[@_____oo1159]

Very nicely done !

[@dusiolek6]

Amazing interview.

[@DiffidentAgressor]

You touched on something important that highlights one of Ted's strengths in riff crafting and that's the little flourishes and details he weaves into riffs e.g. as you stated the little chugs in Bird People. An all-time fav Ted track for me is Eyes Burst At Dawn. Nice SA shirt, by the way (or as I call them "Sad Helstar").

[@lucamontosi9415]

Wow , this one was just something else ! For those ,as I’m , who deeply love darkhtrone and whose idol are Ted and Gylve , is pure gold to have such a detailed interview about the production of this masterpiece. The more I listen the more I hear something new ! All hail Ted , All hail Darkthrone , All hail IT BECKONS US ALL 🤘🤘 Deeply thanks for this interview

[@BornTooNate]

Thanks for the comment… this is exactly why I do this channel/podcast.

[@DaimonosUlv]

Great interview 👌

[@Federico.el.Noruego]

Nocturno Rules Cheers from Norway🤘🏼🔥

[@2slgbtqia]

Glad to see you got a show Nate. Ill never forget seeing you perform and meeting you in Detroit, MI.

[@letumvultur]

Nice interview Nate 🤘

[@coldacre]

Ted is................ ............... steady.

[@BornTooNate]

🗿

[@dickwhiskey8041]

Always...steady.

[@MorkyyiMorke]

Great Interview!! I love Nocturno Culto and Darkthrone!! Cheers!!! 👊🏻❤️

[@BornTooNate]

Thanks. Me too 🫡

[@vincevandergraff1508]

Probably the best interview I've heard in years. Salutes from Texas

[@BornTooNate]

Thank you. Salutes right back at you, also from TX 🫡

[@elf.2702]

great interview

[@petras8385]

good interview!

[@CoreyCashRiff]

Killer interview 🎤🎤

[@HailTheRiff126]

Very cool!

[@SunflowerButte]

Watching right now, bravo, keep them coming! #OnlyBigRiffEnergyIsReal

[@Timbolives1]

Bravo buddy!

[@aronjanssonnordberg307]

Great interview and great album. The Heavy Hand son gave me some old school vibes, sounded a bit like the doom riffs on Panzerfaust.

[@christopherwilliams1059]

awesome

[@magnusmaul5447]

To you and to Ted, that last bit where you mentioned being from Oklahoma was REALLY emotional for me because I'm from Tulsa, Oklahoma (still live there) and everything you said about how you perceive Darkthrone as an individual and the specific reasons you love them made it sound like I was getting to talk to him myself. Thank you both so much for this interview. To hear that in an interview with one half of my favorite band was truly something special. To both Ted and Fenriz, Coffin Storm was spectacular, 'It Beckons Us All' is awesome as well, and I can't wait for 'Endo Feight' with Sarke. 💀🤘😈

[@BornTooNate]

This rules. I bought transilvanian hunger from starship records probably 2002 or 2003. Thanks for the comment 🗿🤝🗿

[@magnusmaul5447]

@BornTooNate Agreed. So very cool. You looking forward to Ted's new work with Sarke as much as I am? Coffin Storm, new Darkthrone, and now new Sarke in just like 2 and a half months!

[@BornTooNate]

Yea the single is really good. BIG riffs

[@Majin-DooD]

This is FUCKING AWESOME!!!

[@XCenturionX]

Legend

[@Tremuoso]

It Beckons Us All is just incredible.

[@bes5164]

It beckons us all is really a very good album!

[@2nd_wave_of_NO_blackmetal]

Plaguewielder cool interview with Ted!

[@Jonathan_Brose]

Puta merda, isso é histórico!🤘🤘🤘

[@voronOsphere]

New album!!!!!

[@andrealowe1083]

Yay! Just Yay!

[@maximedekergwirionez4090]

Absolutly true yana

[@reelredroom]

Ted is the man.

[@caulshivers9435]

the coffin storm riffs are tuff

[@Jonathan_Brose]

Estou escrevendo em português porque sou do Brasil e o KZbin traduz. Darkthrone é uma grande influência para quem ainda acredita que criar riffs memoráveis é mais importante do que um solo de 4089 notas por segundo. O bom gosto de um bom riff nunca sucumbirá à masturbação instrumental. Darkthrone é foda pra caralho, é o que falei antes e um dos motivos.🤘🤘🤘

[@BornTooNate]

💯

[@Catonius]

Ted sailing her steady, let's go.

[@BornTooNate]

⛵️

[@BlackMagickHooligan]

🙌🔥🙌 Fuck Yeah!!!!

[@michaelkarlsson5966]

Thank you for a great interview with the riff master Nocturno! I really love Nocturno and Darkthrone and I've been on their journey since 1992 but claiming that theoretical knowledge and so on is a limitation is pure bullshit. Music theory and technical knowledge on your instrument(s) doesn't limit you; is what you use from that wealth of knowledge that hinders you or sets you free.

[@Chef_Deth]

One of my favorite riff lords and this interview lays out exactly why.

[@andrealowe1083]

Universal

[@andrewpequita6569]

Solitude A shirt. Fuck yes.

[@Maioralf1]

GOAT 🐂

[@chuckganz8840]

Darkthrone is a big influence

[@Vincent-The-Attorney]

Nate (or anyone) would you please list the songs of the riffs you played here? I'm kinda new to Darkthrone and will be checking them out.

[@BornTooNate]

5:22 - Lone Pines of the Lost Planet (It Beckons Us All) 18:32 - Alle Gegen Alle (Sardonic Wrath) 30:02 - The Bird People Of Nordland (It Beckons Us All) 55:44 - The Heavy Hand (It Beckons Us All)

[@Vincent-The-Attorney]

@@BornTooNate Damn man, you got back to me in record time! I love Spirit Adrift too. Good to know you're not above being in the comments with the rest of us, makes me love the band even more.

[@BornTooNate]

@@Vincent-The-Attorney 🗿🤝🗿

[@ShiningTrapezoid]

Better talk about the fight riff in Leave No Cross Unturned

[@DiffidentAgressor]

The Agent Steel style one? That was Fenriz.

[@BornTooNate]

The Alle Gegen Alle riff is actually Fenriz as well but I HAD to ask about that one…

[@benoittremblay4052]

Holy fuck!!!

[@BornTooNate]

Next episode is your question…

[@laibach3508]

S T E A D Y

[@grimmrobe_76]

(Un)holy fuck!!!🤩

[@isolateddemon9438]

MR IOMMI THRONE.

[@petras8385]

release the under a funeral moon 2 album already grrr

[@BornTooNate]

Just listen to Mork

[@petras8385]

@@BornTooNate what album?

[@argokuusk]

These troll introverts... :)

[@Llllltryytcc]

it's interesting that fenriz and Ted clock in at the school house and the post office every morning. Couple of productive citizens of Norway

[@SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG]

Legend