Interview: Darkthrone’s Fenriz on ‘The Underground Resistance’

March 8, 2013

Few bands are as a polarizing as Darkthrone. For some, the two man black metal project abandoned their metal roots after Sardonic Wrath (2004). Other believe Darkthrone’s addition of crust and noise punk, starting with The Cult Is alive (2006), was genius. As record collectors and Black Metal purists wage their constant war of words, Darkthrone members Fenriz and Nocturno Culto continue to release…

Iann Robinson started his career early writing for Sound Views magazine and spreading all the way to Japan Warp. In 1996 he created the wildly popular cable access show Monkey Butt Sex. In the four years it was on Robinson interviewed dozens of bands ranging from Sick Of It All to The Melvins as well as cementing his name in the underground music world. From Monkey Butt Sex, Robinson began MBS Productions, directing small budget videos for Hedpe, H20, Napalm Death, Sick Of It All, Warzone, and others. This led to the next big phase of Robinson’s career, MTV. In 2000 Iann Robinson became an on air news reporter and quickly attracted both bands and fans with his honest and often brutal opinions. After MTV Robinson began writing for Crave Online as well as starting his own small press comic shop Isolation Disorder Comics. Robinson also produced and starred in the on-line pop culture show Dude, That’s Awesome.