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Black metal book to become film

By | Published on Wednesday 27 May 2009

Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind’s exhaustive history of the 90s black metal scene in Norway, and the church burning and violence that went with it, ‘Lords Of Chaos’, is to be turned into a film by Japanese director Sion Sono, it has been announced. One of the story’s key characters – Varg Vikernes, best known for murdering the frontman of rival band Mayhem, Oystein ‘Euronymous’ Aarseth – is to be played by Jackson Rathbone, who recently starred in teen vampire movie ‘Twilight’.

Producer Stuart Pollok told Dagbladet:”[Black metal] is a fascinating topic, a great visual world to depict, and a fun portrayal of Norway”.

Some black metal fans will be none too pleased to hear that ‘Lords Of Chaos’ is to hit the big screen, because it’s seen by many as a sensationalist account of that particular period of Norwegian musical history.

Vikernes himself, who was recently released on parole after serving 15 years in prison for the murder of Euronymous, said in 2004: “The vast majority of all the statements made in this book are either misinterpretations; taken out of context; misunderstandings; malicious lies made by enemies; a result of ignorance; extreme exaggerations; and/or third-hand information at best. The authors have managed to fill the heads of a generation of metal fans with lies. What could have been a righteous revolt has been made into some pathetic, embarrassing, brain-dead, impotent and traditional poser-culture”.



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