I'm sorry for your loss my friend.

I'd also say Darkthrone. If I was going for a different pick it would have to be Urgehal or Ragnarok.

Somebody I know went to the discord to ask about the stolen art and the dude is now throwing out some pretty vile slurs.

When I pressed dude on Instagram, he acted like it wasn't his project, even tho in his bio it said it is. He then deleted my comments and looks like now he's got me blocked haha.

Yeah, a lot of the times folks think of DS it's more of the modern fantasy heavy stuff or Mortiis. Peak DS is these weird little 90s demos made by black metal musicians.

A few recommendations from me if you did ever wanna try it again.

Arthame - Fiendish Symphonies
Erevos - My Black Desires
Gothmog - Medieval Journeys
Black Wailing - Darklands
The Mystickal East - Herbz Niszra Nisa Inranna II