Directed by Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sundance)
Leisurely paced documentary on the Norwegian black metal scene circa 1990. Most of the time is spent with a guy called "Fenriz", founding member of Darkthrone, who walks around Oslo, visits an art gallery in Stockholm and talks about the early days of the scene. The other main focus is Varg Vikernes who is interviewed while serving a 21 year sentence for murder. He's an intelligent guy and has some interesting viewpoints on Christianity. He gives some first hand accounts of the black metal "scene", particularly as a statement against popular music of the time, and has some harsh words for death metal. Varg tends to ramble and you get the feeling he is not telling the whole truth, then what is the truth in the "sea of lies" (to quote Varg). Anyway, it could have used a little more actual performances of the music being talked about, but I did learn a few things.
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