wow, story of the day, as far as im concerned.


Not a huge fan of Burzun (or Mayhem), but Count Grishnackh's story is fascinating. I applaud Norway for having a whole new generation of metal fans who take metal very seriously. (ok, maybe TOO seriously) but at least , they sound genuine and they make all American metal bands look like pussies

I tried listening to this guy once. As with all black metal, I do not get the appeal. Poorly written, poorly produced, with non-existent musicianship, not to mention the guy's an adolescent twat with abhorrent views on well, everything. Seriously, somebody help me understand what is at all interesting or appealing about this asshole.

El Freak: somebody help me understand what is at all interesting or appealing about this asshole.

He's like, foreign and stuff.

H31N0US: El Freak: somebody help me understand what is at all interesting or appealing about this asshole.

He's like, foreign and stuff.

And it's heavy man... Like real heavy.

Interesting. I am not a metal listener, but heard of this guy surfing around the net after reading a FARK article about the "most graphic album covers" or some sorta thing.

One of "Mayhem"'s notorious album covers shows another member (nicknamed "Dead," appropriately enough) that had committed suicide by gunshot. That was interesting enough, but then articles discussing that mentioned there was a murder among the band TOO - this guy.

Anyway, just a "wait... haven't I heard of this guy somewhere...? oh yeah" moment.

El Freak: Seriously, somebody help me understand what is at all interesting or appealing about this asshole.

He was a musician putting on the whole satanic spooky metal effect but then he actually killed a guy. A few other Scandinavian metal musicians/fans have burned churches and possibly eaten each other, if I recall, effectively "keeping it real". But I haven't heard anything in the last ten years that blew an American band away- in fact I'd probably rather go to metalfest here. Also, though intriguing, their antics were isolated incidents and it really isn't that courageous or rebellious to be hardcore in the richest country on Earth where theism isn't all that popular anyway.

El Freak: Seriously, somebody help me understand what is at all interesting or appealing about this asshole.

It's not about the music. He burned down three churches, so he often was the poster child for those annoying people equating metal with satanism. That's his mark. Nobody apart from a few people in corpse paint care for the music all that much, his criminal acts are what matters in the history of rock/metal/music.

Just like nobody really cares about Chantilly Lace. But the Big Bopper died in a plane crash and that's why someone will actually remember.

I've never been a fan of Black Metal itself. There are some bands that actually manage to make some interesting tunes and are somewhat competent with guitars and keyboards, I even like some of the more Viking themes now and then (It's either fun fantasy stuff or a good opportunity to laught about yet another silly religious group). But I just can't get behind the vocal style(s).

There's a lot of Norwegian death metal bands that seem to have problems with the law. Wasn't it Gorogoth that had the one band member kill another member for wearing a white sweater?
/Norway is pretty
//Norway's music scene is pretty wierd
///Sweden's metal scene is gaining in popularity with less manslaughter

Sweet, let's hope this means a new Burzum record that isn't done with synths.

/ducks

El Freak: Seriously, somebody help me understand what is at all interesting or appealing about this asshole.

He practiced what he preached.

I agree for the most part on your points about Black Metal but there ARE good Black Metal bands out there, they're just few and far between. I don't care for Mayhem, Marduk, or the 'true' BM bands though.

The ultimate. They're like the AC/DC of black metal: every song sounds the same, but it'll knock you on your ass.

Came here for Dethklok references, I am leaving disappointed

Kliffoth: El Freak: Seriously, somebody help me understand what is at all interesting or appealing about this asshole.

He practiced what he preached.



LOL... that would not be an understatement. He wasn't going to put a silly mask and join Slipknot anytime soon

MooseyDoom: Came here for Dethklok references, I am leaving disappointed




Most brutal album ever.

Whoa, complete farking mindstack - I've been reading the Burzum site and listening to the discs again for no apparent reason, and now he's going to be seeing the outside world again.

This should be interesting.

jerkobson: Sweet, let's hope this means a new Burzum record that isn't done with synths.

/ducks

Hah, Varg was saying that he only recorded them that way because that's all he had access to (being in prison and all). He said that once he got out, he wanted to do metal versions of some of the songs from Daudi Baldrs and Hlidskjalf. He's had an acoustic guitar in his cell for a few years now, so I'd imagine he's been writing new songs as well.

I must say, as a former massive Burzum fanboy, I can't wait to see what happens.

Great news, but why stop the church burning?

WOW! Varg is out!?!?! Insane. Most metal fans know of Mayhem just through the ridiculous story with Varg killing Euronymous. Funny that it was only 16 years...considering he escaped once.

That being said, he should throw himself off a bridge, or burn his own house down...with him inside.

/De Mysteriis is overrated as hell, but a pretty good album

(crosses fingers) Please be Nin Huegen of Nin Huegen and the Huegenotes - Please be Nin Huegen of Nin Huegen and the Huegenotes - Please be Nin Huegen of Nin Huegen and the Huegenotes (clicks)...(pouts)

H_is_for_Heretic: A few other Scandinavian metal musicians/fans have burned churches and possibly eaten each other, if I recall, effectively "keeping it real".

Whatever happened to spinning records and smoking joints?

varg is racist scum. that's what the article means by "far right activist." burzum = late skrewdriver, pretty much. evil shiat.
that having been said, black metal is boring.
/hi Kliffoth!

"I have learned from my mistakes and become older. Now I just want to be together with my family ..."

He'll probably do it, too. Unlike in America, where he'd probably do good for about 3 hours, get caught piling up dry wood in the back of a church, and be sent back to prison for another 16 years.

Meh, he's a pretty decent guy these days. I guess it's rather hard to keep packing a satanist attitude when in jail.

satanicsantoku: varg is racist scum. that's what the article means by "far right activist." burzum = late skrewdriver, pretty much. evil shiat.
that having been said, black metal is boring.
/hi Kliffoth!

Lots of black metal IS boring. But i would venture a few acts out there have a bit of a thing going on that makes exceptions to the cliche to make it a bit more intriguing. Mostly French bands, and maybe an American band or two. I have I think most of Burzum's discog, and I still find myself turning it off after one or two songs. His synthesizer stuff was terribly mediocre, boring and predictable, not to mention monotonous and repetitious in a ice-cream truck want to stab yourself in the ears kind of way. Cobalt, Krallice, Deathspell Omega, Glorior Belli, and maybe Antaeus, perhaps with a few Eastern European bands like Drudkh and Astrofaes are worth looking into for their take on it though. And don't forget Weakling. Varg still has the ability to write good music, so i won't completely write him off. Can't say I agree with his narrow-minded world view though.

Not that it's relevant, but when I read this thread, for some reason I had playing in my head an imaginary verson of "The Final Countdown" as performed by Cradle of Filth.

/ducks

Bet he has trouble finding a guitar player who'll work with him.

Thelyphthoric: Not that it's relevant, but when I read this thread, for some reason I had playing in my head an imaginary verson of "The Final Countdown" as performed by Cradle of Filth.

/ducks

Given their "Hallowed Be Thy Name" cover, that doesn't sound like such a bad idea.

Don't mind me. I'll jut sit over here with this:

Lumber Jack Off

Full of WIN!

H_is_for_Heretic: A few other Scandinavian metal musicians/fans have burned churches and possibly eaten each other, if I recall, effectively "keeping it real".

In the galaxy of "real", I'd say the above acts would qualify as being furthest from any such notion.

momentous: Lots of black metal IS boring. But i would venture a few acts out there have a bit of a thing going on that makes exceptions to the cliche to make it a bit more intriguing. Mostly French bands, and maybe an American band or two. I have I think most of Burzum's discog, and I still find myself turning it off after one or two songs. His synthesizer stuff was terribly mediocre, boring and predictable, not to mention monotonous and repetitious in a ice-cream truck want to stab yourself in the ears kind of way. Cobalt, Krallice, Deathspell Omega, Glorior Belli, and maybe Antaeus, perhaps with a few Eastern European bands like Drudkh and Astrofaes are worth looking into for their take on it though. And don't forget Weakling. Varg still has the ability to write good music, so i won't completely write him off. Can't say I agree with his narrow-minded world view though.

Now this is a post I can get behind. I really don't find much appealing in the Swedish and Norwegian scenes, and I avoided even checking out anything with its primary tag "black metal" for a long time because of these gimmicky face-paint acts.

Now, though, I love the Black Legions type stuff, or Black Legions wannabe stuff, or whatever it is that's out there on the Internet.

El Freak: I tried listening to this guy once. As with all black metal, I do not get the appeal. Poorly written, poorly produced, with non-existent musicianship, not to mention the guy's an adolescent twat with abhorrent views on well, everything. Seriously, somebody help me understand what is at all interesting or appealing about this asshole.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

il Dottore: Bet he has trouble finding a guitar player who'll work with him.

Solo artist. He does everything else.

/Likes Filosofem, as well as Hliðskjálf.
//I like so called "true" black metal. I find it hypnotic and relaxing. Most of the bands are also trying to create an atmosphere instead of trying impress people with their skill at music.

SPna15: I like so called "true" black metal. I find it hypnotic and relaxing. Most of the bands are also trying to create an atmosphere instead of trying impress people with their skill at music.

And you've pretty much hit why I like Burzum so much - that wall of noise atmosphere that he's able to create, especially on "Filosofem" (and "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss" to some extent).

/like all the other albums too
//big into atmospheric styles - drone, shoegaze, etc.

BravoEcho: Wasn't it Gorogoth that had the one band member kill another member for wearing a white sweater?


Nope, you're thinking of Mayhem, and it was actually Varg that committed the murder. One of the various rumors surrounding the murder of Øystein Aarseth is that Varg killed him because he was seen in public wearing a White Sweater.

My hat's off to Varg. Only in Norway can you kill someone in cold blood and get out of jail before you're 40. Filosofem was the record that convinced me that not all black metal was shiat.
His dedication to the destruction of Christianity is what inspired the name of my metal band.

jvcturntable: BravoEcho: Wasn't it Gorogoth that had the one band member kill another member for wearing a white sweater?


Nope, you're thinking of Mayhem, and it was actually Varg that committed the murder. One of the various rumors surrounding the murder of Øystein Aarseth is that Varg killed him because he was seen in public wearing a White Sweater.

My hat's off to Varg. Only in Norway can you kill someone in cold blood and get out of jail before you're 40. Filosofem was the record that convinced me that not all black metal was shiat.
His dedication to the destruction of Christianity is what inspired the name of my metal band.

Varg swears up and down that oystein was trying to kill him first. Who knows though. In other news,
you have an amazing band. Consider yourself favorited on myspazz. I will be referring you to the knucklebums over at the Decibel forum. Lots of EHG fans there that will dig on your particular nastiness. Great moniker by the by. keep it kvlt.

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Burzum's records are pretty goddamn great, but Christian (ironically his given name) is the least impressive person ever. Never mind Soulja Boy or Wentz, this guy's the original toolbag.