When Nerds Attack - KVLT: The Crimes of the Norwegian Black Metal Scene, Pt 2

On the song “Freezing Moon,” lead singer of Mayhem howls,“Diabolic
shapes float by/Out from the dark/I remember it was here I died”.
It’s an oddly prophetic line, considering two members of the band
would be dead by 1994, the year the album was finally released.
Mayhem was central to the Norwegian black metal scene and most of
the members were a part of the Black Circle. The Black Circle was a
loosely organized group of black metal musicians who set about
burning down churches and committing petty crimes across Norway.
Stoked by two demagogues, the group told the public that their
motive was to antagonize the Christian church and to do as much
evil as possible. Last week, we set the stage. Join us now for its
bloody end.

Sources:
Lords of Chaos by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind
Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult by Dayal Patterson
https://www.musicgenreslist.com/metal-music-genre/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mayhem-mn0000335302/biography
https://metalinjection.net/black-metal-chronicles/black-metal-history-month/an-illustrated-history-of-corpse-paint

https://www.last.fm/music/Mayhem/+wiki
https://www.villagevoice.com/until-the-light-takes-us-a-norwegian-black-metal-documentary/

https://www.macrotrends.net/states/minnesota/murder-homicide-rate-statistics

https://knoema.com/atlas/Norway/Homicide-rate#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20homicide%20rate%20for,per%20100%2C000%20population%20in%202021.


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