did anyone watch the 5-part series on black metal on vbs.tv? it mostly focused on Gaahl and how he's "the most evil man in the world," which is quite laughable when you consider the multiple genocides playing out daily in various corners of the globe. the entire piece was quite shrill, really - especially the Blair Witch ending, as the crew follows Gaahl up a snowy mountain to what may be the loneliest cabin in all of existence (his grandparents built it, and it seems they had a pretty hard life.)
he didn't seem scary at all; actually, I felt kinda bad for him. his paintings were rather sad and touching, and after hearing how he grew up with only one friend in his town for 18 years - who then committed suicide - it's no wonder he's so inward and self-protective.
based on his comments re: religion and religious freedom, it sounds like he's more a secular humanist than anything. I suspect the Satanist propaganda is just a shtick to sell albums, although it seems that he does take the "do what thou wilt is the whole of the law" to heart. witness the assault case, where he supposedly beat up some guy and then drank his blood (or caught it in a cup to spare his carpet, depending on the story). he says he only retaliated against the guy 'cause he was threatening him, which makes Gaahl more a vigilante than anything else.
I know that in light of the VaTech killings, we shouldn't be glorifying outcasts for fighting back, but I wondered what the real story is from someone who either a) lives in Norway or b) follows Gorgoroth more than I do.
he didn't seem scary at all; actually, I felt kinda bad for him. his paintings were rather sad and touching, and after hearing how he grew up with only one friend in his town for 18 years - who then committed suicide - it's no wonder he's so inward and self-protective.
based on his comments re: religion and religious freedom, it sounds like he's more a secular humanist than anything. I suspect the Satanist propaganda is just a shtick to sell albums, although it seems that he does take the "do what thou wilt is the whole of the law" to heart. witness the assault case, where he supposedly beat up some guy and then drank his blood (or caught it in a cup to spare his carpet, depending on the story). he says he only retaliated against the guy 'cause he was threatening him, which makes Gaahl more a vigilante than anything else.
I know that in light of the VaTech killings, we shouldn't be glorifying outcasts for fighting back, but I wondered what the real story is from someone who either a) lives in Norway or b) follows Gorgoroth more than I do.
