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Nocturno Culto
Oppegård Municipality, Norway
Nocturno Culto is credited on 257 releases across 69 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1991–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

257
Pressings credited
69
Albums
4
Decades active
179
In collections
Biography
Ted Arvid Skjellum (born 4 March 1972), also known by the stage name Nocturno Culto, is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist, lead guitarist, and partial bassist (shared with Fenriz) of the influential black metal band Darkthrone. He has been with the band since 1988. He is also the vocalist of the band Sarke, and has a solo project called Gift of Gods. He currently works in Norway as a school teacher, and has a son and a daughter. He has also released a documentary film called The Misanthrope in which he deals with black metal music and life in Norway.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
257 releases · 69 albums · active 1991–2025
- Performance · 611
- Other credits · 402
- Engineering · 58
- Production · 35
- Mastering · 4
Studios: Creative Studios, Kolbotn · Necrohell II Studio · Studio Studio · Ancient Spectre Ruins
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

A Blaze In The Northern Sky
1992

Transilvanian Hunger
1994

Under A Funeral Moon
1993

Old Star
2019

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1994

Eternal Hails......
2021

Astral Fortress
2022

Nemesis Divina
1996

It Beckons Us All.......
2024

The Underground Resistance
2013

Soulside Journey
1991

Arctic Thunder
2016

F.O.A.D.
2007

Plaguewielder
2001

Pre-Historic Metal
2026

Melana Chasmata
2014

Circle The Wagons
2010

Dark Thrones And Black Flags
2008

The Cult Is Alive
2006

Sardonic Wrath
2004

Isa
2004

Ravishing Grimness
1999

Total Death
1996

Too Old Too Cold
2006
Frequent collaborators
- Darkthrone
- Sarke (2)
- Satyricon
- Gallhammer
- Dark Throne
- Carpathian Forest
- Secht
- Scum (7)
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