Claudio Diprima (drums)
THY PRIMORDIAL (Black metal) (Mjolby, Sweden) (Formed in 1994) When we formed the band in 1994 we named the band Primordial. The reason was that the music we performed was basic black metal with a bit of harmonic and melodic inputs. Primordial can mean ancient, primitive, which was kind of perfect for the band at that point. The named was changed though because of the simple reason that it already existed another band from Ireland with the same name. This we found out through our first record company, they demanded a change, they suggested Primordial Sweden, we didn't agree on that, at that point we started to look around for a complete name change but we didn't find anything suited. Back then our first demo tape was fairly know in the scene of black metal, so a complete change of name would bring us back to square one promotion wise. Our bass player suddenly came up with the idea of adding Thy, that we all agreed on, it was like a first aid solution but that’s it, and the rest is history. Micke Andersson (guitar)
THYRFING (Viking/Black) metal) (Stockholm, Sweden) (Formed in 1995) The band name is taken from the sword “Tyrfing” in Scandinavian mythology; a cursed blade that appears in several tales and myths. In the early days of the band, we had few other names that we eventually found out was used by other bands. We also decided to add an "H" to the original spelling. I don't really remember if there was a deeper thought behind that, but we thought it looked good and it also makes the name our own in a way. Patrik Lindgren (guitar)