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Interviews and news footage explore the rise of black metal music in Norway in the 1990s, including artists who were involved in suicide, murder and arson.Interviews and news footage explore the rise of black metal music in Norway in the 1990s, including artists who were involved in suicide, murder and arson.Interviews and news footage explore the rise of black metal music in Norway in the 1990s, including artists who were involved in suicide, murder and arson.
Fenriz
- Self - Darkthrone
- (as Gylve 'Fenris' Nagell)
Varg Vikernes
- Self - Burzum
- (as Varg 'Count Grishnackh' Vikernes)
Euronymous
- Self - Mayhem
- (archive footage)
- (as Øystein 'Euronymous' Aarseth)
Hellhammer
- Self - Mayhem
- (as Jan Axel 'Hellhammer' Blomberg)
Per Ohlin
- Self - Mayhem
- (archive footage)
- (as Per 'Dead' Ohlin)
Abbath
- Self - Immortal
- (as Olve 'Abbath' Eikemo)
Demonaz
- Self - Immortal
- (as Harald 'Demonaz' Nævdal)
Bård Eithun
- Self - Emperor
- (as Bård 'Faust' Eithun)
Kristoffer Rygg
- Self - Ulver
- (as Kristoffer 'Garm' Rygg)
Frost
- Self - Satyricon
- (as Kjetil 'Frost' Haraldstad)
Storyline
Did you know
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits roll, there is a clip of Fenriz mockingly saying "Satan!"
- SoundtracksBallad of the Broken Birdie Records
Performed by Múm
Written by Gunnar Tynes, Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, Gyda Valtysdóttir, Oevrar Smarason
Composed by Gunnar Tynes, Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, Gyda Valtysdóttir, Oevrar Smarason
Courtesy of Morr Music
Published by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd.
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Excellent documentary.
Very well done. I've read just about anything I could get my hands on regarding the subject of Norwegian black metal and its media-enhanced notoriety. Until the Light Takes Us covers just that. The film focuses on 1) sensationalism (Varg being labeled a Satanist by both Norwegian and American media), 2) cultural dissonance (particularly Christianity versus traditional Norwegian culture), 3) the frustrations of artists like Fenriz and the trends stemming from their body of work (regardless of whether or not the new generations of artists even understand what it is they're doing and where these ideas came from), and 4) the extreme nature of certain black metal ethics (Dead's suicide being documented on the cover of "Dawn of the Black Hearts") and the feud between Varg & Euronymous (or even Frost's openly masochistic behavior, for that matter). These are all very central and relevant themes in black metal. I don't see how this documentary could fail in bringing up these issues when each one was so plainly articulated. Furthermore, the soundtrack was quite focused on black metal. To my knowledge, the very dense and lengthy soundtrack contains only 4 non-black metal acts (mum, Black Dice, Boards of Canada and SUNN O))), who composed "Black One" as a tribute, more or less, to the black metal genre as it influenced them). The rest is all Mayhem, Burzum, Gorgoroth, Enslaved, Thorns, Darkthrone and so on. Don't see what's not black metal about that. Until The Light Takes Us, like American Hardcore, is primarily for people not only interested in the genre and its related stories but also anyone who doesn't know a whole lot about these subjects. No harm in that. If anything, I'd rather newcomers hear about black metal through this documentary than picking up a recent Dimmu Borgir album.
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- whenbeautydies
- Nov 2, 2010
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- Language
- Also known as
- Поки світло не забере нас
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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- Gross US & Canada
- $130,441
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,246
- Dec 6, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $130,441
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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