The most pulverizing black metal continues to come out of wintry and desolate Norway, a sound marked by gothic synths, blast beats, classical pretensions and screeching vocals, challenging Christian world tyranny and of course giving the obligatory index-and-pinky salute to the horned one.
“I don’t know if I would classify myself as a Satanist,” says Dimmu Borgir guitarist Silenoz over the phone from Norway. “I wouldn’t really label myself with any of those ‘-ist’ words, because I am my own person. I do believe in personal responsibility and, in my opinion, Islam and Christianity don’t teach that because they have this reference book that says you can do anything you want, because then all you have to do is go and get forgiven. Just look at all of the wars going on in the world. People think it’s politically motivated, but it always comes back to religion causing all of the conflict in the world. I suppose if I were anything, you could call me an atheist.”
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