Svarttjern was formed by HansFyrste and HaaN as a two man project in 2003.
Later that same year Skabb, Grimdun and Fjellnord were taken in to the band, and Svarttjern started to work towards their first demo recordings.
The debut album was released on the 13 of february 2009.
Later in 2011 Svarttjern released their secon album "Towards the Ultimate" on Agonia Reacords.
In late 2013, Svarttjern started working on their 3 full-lengt album and signed up with NoiseArt Records.
In 2014 they released their third full-lengeth album, "Ultimatum Necrophilia" which made svartjjern's tracklist even more brutal.
2015 sent alot of happenings towards Svarttjern, including a change in record label from Noise Art Record to Soulseller Records, the making of the new record and the recruitment of a new bassplayer, Malphas.
In 2016 Svarttjern proudly presents their new fourth full-length album, "Dødsskrik", and is prepared to wreck havoc yet again
In the year they coming back with the new full lenght album "Shame Is Just A Word".