Tha-Norr were a German black metal band from Lower Saxony.
Tha-Norr recorded the Assault on Aerie demo cassette at Dark Knight Studio and released it in 1994. The song Tyrant of a New Aeon was recorded on the sixth and seventh of June 1994 at the same studio, mixed at Confusion Studios and released on the Infinite Visions of Hell compilation album via Ground Zero Entertainment in 1994. Hendrik Poppe played drums on this track.
From November 1994 to February 1995, they recorded nine songs for their only studio album Wolfenzeitalter, on which Tyrant of a New Aeon was re-released, at Confusion Studios. The lyrics for the song Tears for All Those Who Died were written by Absurd drummer Hendrik âÂÂJarl Flagg Nidhoeggâ Möbus. The album mentions Hendrik Poppe and Marko Sklenarz but does not specify who played which instrument, so it is likely that the two members shared vocals and Marko Sklenarz played guitar as on all former recordings while Hendrik Poppe played all other instruments. It is only specified that the 12-string guitar and solo on The Fortress Will Fall were played by producer and mixer Kai Schwerdtfeger and âÂÂ[a]ll keyboards and âÂÂFegefeuerâ by Nachtsprung (Norbert Weber)âÂÂ. The band greeted Florian Müller and Sebastian Theby as âÂÂfuture members of Tha-Norrâ in the booklet.
It is unknown then Tha-Norr disbanded, but Opyros, the leader of NazgulâÂÂs Eyrie Productions, mentioned that their last concert was held in May 1997 in Bramsche together with Sabbat, Countess and Barathrum.
On the Barbarian Wrath homepage, Opyros, the former leader of NazgulâÂÂs Eyrie Productions, described the bandâÂÂs style as âÂÂâÂÂHELLHAMMER on Speedâ Black Metal being inspiration to many who followed. Listen to âÂÂTears For All Those Who Diedâ or âÂÂTyrant Of A New Aeonâ and compare it to later recorded albums like MOONBLOODs âÂÂBlut Und Kriegâ [â¦].â Alexander von Meilenwald (ex-Nagelfar, The Ruins of Beverast) called Tha-Norr one of the most underrated German bands and their album âÂÂa fantastic, extremely atmospheric underground jewelâ and one of the five most important German black metal releases. German Rock Hard magazine featured the album on the list 250 Black-Metal-Alben, die man kennen sollte (âÂÂ250 black metal albums you should knowâÂÂ).
Although Tha-Norr had no NS lyrics, they are sometimes listed as an NSBM band, possibly because the lyrics to Tears for All Those Who Died were written by German neo-Nazi Hendrik Möbus. Their demo recording Assault on Aerie features the statement "we only believe in ourselves and our music". They thanked âÂÂAleister Crowley and Gregor A. Gregorius for inspirationâ on their album.