On the subject of black metal...I just scanned over some pages of Lords of Chaos...
That is some SCARY stuff--even worse than I imagined it to be.
I seriously think it's an embarrassment to the entire genre that such psychopaths exist. I must've seen some of this on the news, because I kinda got an idea when I was younger that all metal was like that. VERY unfortunate, that these kinds of morons cause all of metal to get painted with their same disgusting brush.
But you know what? I'm sorry if there are any Norwegians reading who might be offended, but I've got to get this out...I think in some ways Norway is responsible for its own mess. What else do you expect when you have a society with NO laws (that really mean anything) and NO standards of right and wrong, and you raise all your kids with this hyperliberal anything-goes stuff? I bet you little Kristian Vikernes (yeah that WAS his real name, so glad he changed it because I don't want that little jerk even accidentally associated with my faith, thank you!) none of these people ever got NO for an answer when they were kids, because the parents were afraid of "traumatizing" them. So then when the little punk psychopaths start running wild, well WHAT did you expect in the first place?!
Methinks you Norwegians need to rethink your social policies in a big way. Hold people accountable for what they do, for God's sakes. It's not inhumane, unenlightened or whatever. If you think it's cruel and unusual to punish people for acts of violence--think about this: is it not cruel and unusual to the rest of society, most especially the victims of such sick individuals, to basically twiddle your thumbs while people give them nothing but a slap on the wrist? You don't rehabilitate such people. You keep them the HELL away from innocents who could be hurt by them! So you don't want to execute them? FINE. Then keep them locked up for life! And if you don't do that responsible thing...what does that make you?
Complicit!
OK, rant over.