This is a classic documentary on the Norwegian BM scene centered on Varg Vikerness. Many other documentaries followed. Lords of Chaos book appeared a year before this documentary. Now we know that many of the things which appeared here and in the book and other documentaries were exaggerated and false, many people in the BM community coming out and telling the true story or their part of the story. But, truth be told, no matter how you put it, it was an intense period and no other music genre was so committed to expressing itself outside the lyrics and the music like BM has. A dark music with a dark history.
This documentary is one of the earliest that tried to cover what happened back then, and I think it did a decent job, considering it came out in 1999. They could've interviewed more musicians and people in the underground scene, yet they wanted to bring this documentary as a crime documentary more than a music documentary, thus they brought all the police and journalists at the time to speak about how they seen the events.
Unfortunately, Varg was depicted as a satanist, which he was not, but I guess it's better for the media picture.
All in all, this remains a cult documentary.
This documentary is one of the earliest that tried to cover what happened back then, and I think it did a decent job, considering it came out in 1999. They could've interviewed more musicians and people in the underground scene, yet they wanted to bring this documentary as a crime documentary more than a music documentary, thus they brought all the police and journalists at the time to speak about how they seen the events.
Unfortunately, Varg was depicted as a satanist, which he was not, but I guess it's better for the media picture.
All in all, this remains a cult documentary.