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of what l said in the newspaper.

l could not do anything about it.

l was in prison.

And of course all of the other

journalists interviewed him

while l was in prison and l couldn't

say anything about it.

So his version was like the truth.

Everybody copied it, you know?

The police claim that l made

others burn churches.

That is, l accompanied them and, like,

''Come on.''

You know, ''The church.''

Were you worried about your friends

getting into trouble?

No. We were zoning at the time.

l didn't worry

about anything basically.

l guess l wanted to set fire myself.

l never went that far, you know.

But, no.

l mean, the only thing that was

worrying is when

it was all over the news.

And then we had something to worry about.

lt didn't turn out the way l wanted it to be,

but it sure changed a lot.

They started to pretend that there was

some Satanic movement

and conspiracy in society,

that the people who were burning churches

were really Satanists

who planned to spread evil, all this crap.

And when l got out of prison,

there was nothing l could do about it.

l told them this is nothing

to do with Satanism.

And they never paid any attention

to what l said.

Even Aarseth was never a Satanist.

Nobody were Satanists,

but this was all about demonizing

a movement.

They wanted us to be Satanists.

You know, the moment the newspapers

started writing about it, it was imitated.

The problem was really that this

misinterpretation made up the foundation

of a completely different

movement of, you know,

15-year-old copycats burning churches,

and spraying these Satanic symbols

on the churches

because they thought that that's

what it was all about.

And, you know, that was the result.

And that was a result of the media coverage.

The movement, the small

but pinpointed things we had in mind,

got blown into this big trend,

big following thing.

l guess the sales of black lipstick

went through the roof.

l like this shot, eh?

This is also not bad when he stands like this

you see the nails.

This is also kind of good

when he goes in and out of the frame.

This is good.

This l want to use.

This is Gylve in the forest.

Can you slow it down?

l think visually the best one would be

Gylve from Darkthrone.

'Cause l think he has visually the best look.

But he would never do it, huh?

Legacy Magazine, Diana.

Hey, hey! It's Fenriz.

- Hi.

- Hi. What's up?

Are you having a great Friday?

Yes, a little crazy because it was

a long night yesterday.

Okay. Let's start off with the interview.

l heard that in your private life, what is truly

quite a shock for a lot of Darkthrone fans,

you're into house and techno music.

Is this true?

Oh sure. l was just listening to a mix CD

for Monika Kruse last night.

You should know Monika Kruse.

She's been in the German

techno scene for a long time.

We in Oslo, we are not secluding.

We usually know about a whole lot

of different sorts of styles of music.

We're not f***ing living in a trailer camp

just listening to Anthrax,

if you know what l'm saying.

We like a lot of different music

but l guess l'm the first one

who started to say that l like

a lot of different music.

But the first one who really went out

and said all that sh*t was Euronymous himself.

He was always into electronic music.

And he said it.

He even had Conrad Scnitzler

do the f***ing intro

for the Deathcrush album, you know?

Well, what l wanted to say is that l hope

that you do not have the intention

to bring out a house album.

No. That's the whole prob--

That's the whole thing, you know.

ln Darkthrone we are listening to

so many other styles of music

but we will not let that enter

into the Darkthrone concept.

lt is not Darkthrone.

Then, we shall not be influenced by it,

but we can listen to it.

Other people, they hear two electronic albums

they like, and they suddenly go like,

''Oooh! Maybe we can put this in the metal!

Maybe that will be cool!''

Hey, that's not Darkthrone.

But l know a whole lot of people

that have been doing that.

Wow! Wow! You think so?

That is so interesting

because l think, like, eight years ago

l didn't really do provoking sh*t

because Christian people were not going

to read my lyrics, right?

So they were not going to be provocative.

What l wrote then, l see now in hindsight,

l see that this is what people

that were into occult or obscure

and anti-Christian things,

that was the sort of lyrics they wanted to read.

lt maybe given them strength.

But it was also sort of fiction and maybe

a creative outlet for my f***ing head.

What l've been doing on the last two albums

is what should drive people to suicide.

And it's really taking out the strength, right?

Because you can't really get strength

from the lyrics on the last two albums,

while you probably could from an album

like ''A Blaze In The Northern Sky.''

So l'm thinking l'm really just pleasing

and, you know, l'm caressing

the dog with its hairs, you know,

as we speak,

the dogs being the fans or whatever,

everyone listening to the album.

l'm just-- It turns out l was writing

just what they wanted, okay?

And now l'm writing what no one wants

because that is to be really f***ing depressed,

if you really understand it, and then wanting

to take your f***ing life.

At least l do. Because l'm looking

at my lyrics for the last two albums

and l'm seeing my f***ing world in hell.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Thanks for taking the time.

Thanks for your time.

And l wish you a nice evening.

Oh, have a beautiful evening. All right.

See you later. Hey, hey.

Bye.

One down, one to go.

l chose the name Frost when l entered

Satyricon and became a member of the band.

l wanted a name that l could identify with

as a black metal artist.

And l wanted it to be like a purification

of that side of me

that was into the darkness and the grimness

and the coldness of black metal.

lt's an alter-ego, you know?

lt helps me getting more focused

and also it adds to the totality

of darkness and grimness

that we do create with our music.

The obscurity in black metal is part

of the darkness that we are trying to create.

lt goes very much hand in hand

with that darkness.

And then l'm talking about darkness

with a capital ''D'' then.

lf you understand what l mean.

Well, if someone running...

a big art magazine

and wanted to use my picture,

that is kind of flattering,

so l wouldn't feel it should be necessary

for them to ask me first

if they are allowed to do it

because it's somehow

presented in a neutral way.

lt couldn't be connected to something

that l do not like

or do not want to be connected to.

l've been obsessed with, like

these Norwegian black metal bands.

So my new show is, like, just dedicated

to black metal.

lt's just, like, pure, like,

the most uncommercial music.

lt's like pure death. It's, like, pure, like--

lt's like-- It's like the pits of death.

lt's the most uncommercial music.

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