While many black metal fans know that the band/project Thorns has been around since the earliest days of the Norwegian scene, not many people know of the early demos(I didn't until very recently). In the later 80s, the band that would become Thorns was called Stigma Diabolicum, and right before they changed their name to Thorns, they put out this demo: Luna de Nocturnus. It is totally raw, and really primitive. It sounds like it was recorded using a tape deck. Anyway, on to the songs. There are three songs: "Mare Frigotis"; "Into the Promised Land"; and "Lacus de Luna." "Mare Frigotis" is an instrumental track done entirely on a synthesizer. It sounds almost like it might be straight out of Phantom of the Opera or something. It serves its purpose as an overture, a mood-setter. The second and third song are metal songs. Song 2, "Into the Promised Land," is the only song with vocals. I am not sure if it is supposed to be words or just screams and grunts, but someone is vocalizing something. And track three has no vocals at all--as far as my ears can tell--and it has a keyboard outro at the end. The guitars, throughout the whole thing, are raw and primitive, but still very black metal sounding. The production quality is the worst I have ever heard--but according to Snorre Ruch (the mastermind of Thorns), it was never meant to be heard by anyone outside of the band. So, you're wondering how I managed to get this? I downloaded the songs from a metal mp3 sharing site. Thank god for technology.