I have waited for a while to watch this one, because it had no English subtitles, I don´t speak Norwegian, so these four episode documentary series had to wait until someone uploaded subtitles.

Well, this finally happened, so I enjoyed history of Norwegian black metal, one of the culturally highest exports of Norway with Darkthrone LP being exposed in National Norge Museum as part of the cultural heritage. Who would have thought huh? Things I love about this series is that it gathers in one place all important members of the scene, with interviews with Necrobutcher and Atilla, also Hellhammer from Mayhem, Snorre Ruch(Thorns), Garm(Ulver), Satyr(Satyricon), Marius(Mortem), Hoest(Taake/Gorgoroth), Shagrath and Silenoz(Dimmu Borgir) …. all in one place. There is one touching episode about late legendary vocalist of Mayhem, Dead and how they turned him into black metal myth and icon. What I don´t like about this series, is that although I love Mayhem, there is just too much Mayhem in this series, some Darkthrone, Emperor, Thorns and Dimmu, but there are much more and better newer bands in the Norge scene. Okay, this series deals with nineties scene and all the murder, church burnings, great music and darkness in the scene, but Norse bm scene is alive and well and thriving with many great bands like 1349 for example who are not mentioned at all in this series. I also like the part about Euronymous, who willingly or unwillingly became a godfather to so called bm mafia which did not exist at all. In all, some new information, many old and already known facts, but a decent series.