Burzum

So it was with great anticipation that I popped in the screener of UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US , a documentary about Norwegian black metal. Read More

That lack of brotherhood is nowhere more evident during the scene in which Varg Vikernes, founder of the band Burzum and leader of the arson squad that burned several Norwegian churches to the ground between 1992 and 1993, enthusiastically describes how he stabbed his one-time mentor and employer Euronymous (nee Oystein Aarseth) to death in the summer of 1993. Read More

To those of you that haven't been paying attention (which I imagine is only, like, five or six of you), this is only my second year-end list for Metal Sucks. Read More

With the possible exception of Forever21-styled country music a la Taylor Swift, no other music genre is as stigmatized and sensationalized by acts of church burning and murda as Norwegian black metal. Read More

Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell are the directors of Until The Light Takes Us , a new documentary about the scandalous, sensational story surrounding the musical movement known as Norwegian black metal. Read More

Until the Light Takes Us , a new documentary chronicling black metal-related crimes in Norway in the early '90s, tells a fascinating story. Read More