Content Warning This is a heavy one, friends. It contains a discussion of self-harm, mental illness, suicide, homophobia, and violence against members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Please take care of yourself, and use the resources listed below if you need support.
This week Andrew + Kirsten explore the dark and disturbing world of Norwegian Black Metal and the violent scene it spawned.
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Episode Sources
- A Look Back at How a Metal Scene in Norway Led to the Arson of Over 50 Churches
- Fantoft Stave Church – Bergen, Norway
- Fantoft Stave Church – Wikipedia
- Early Norwegian Black Metal Scene – Wikipedia
- Swedish Death Metal – Wikipedia
- Bathory (band) – Wikipedia
- A Blaze in the North American Sky
- Mayhem’s Long, Dark Road to Reviving a Black-Metal Classic
- Man Linked to Norwegian Mass Killer Breivik Arrested in France
- Forvo: The Pronunciation Dictionary
- 5 thoughts on “The Story of Norwegian Black Metal”
- Early Norwegian black metal scene
- Lords of Chaos (book)
- Next The myth of Norwegian black metal
- Lords of Chaos (film)
- IMDB Trivia Lords of Chaos
- Norwegian Black Metal As A Conceptual Lens In Contemporary Art
- ‘Before you know it, it’s not a big deal to kill a man’: Norwegian black metal’s murderous past
- Louisiana man sentenced to 25 years for burning Black churcheswww.nbcnews.com
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