Some think our far northern friends in Norway behave a little peculiar at times due in part to the extreme weather conditions they live with. I don't know about all that weather mumbo jumbo but something helped spawn the carnage that is black metal in their otherwise mild-mannered culture. This doco looks a little into the music's background, the players involved in the early days and how things got seriously shit shaped. What is described as essentially an escape from mundanity does become something else when crimes are being committed such as church burning and murder. Interviews with some of the guys involved such as Varg Vikernes, who was in prison at the time of filming, and Fenriz shed an illuminating light on to what may have been swirling around in their heads at the time. There is no mention of any mind altering substances though which you have to wonder may have contributed to Vikernes' heinous murder of his bandmate. His description of the event sounds deluded despite his obvious intellectual tact. He's cold as hell about it too. As he mentions driving a knife into a skull his tone of voice resembles that which may be used to describe a wine bottle being opened.
Interesting stuff in all but it could have definitely benefitted with a shorter running time of 60 minutes. Fans of the genre may dig on all the inane details but for someone with only a casual interest it was too much.
Norway; I got to visit thee.
3/5
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