Authenticity is the greatest cultural currency a musician can carry, and when combined with a powerful image, the result can be explosive. As Malcolm McLaren showed the world with the Sex Pistols, both authenticity and image can be carefully managed and manufactured. And as the Sex Pistols proved, they could take the ideas presented by McLaren, run with them into unexpected places, and develop an audience and following that take them further still.

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The story of the Norwegian Black Metal band Mayhem is a legend that anyone familiar with extreme music is probably familiar with. It’s a tale of suicide, murder, and church burnings, among other things. And that infamous story is brought to life in the new film “Lords of Chaos.”

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In the first trailer for the film, you get the bare basics.

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For many people, the story told in the upcoming film “Lords of Chaos” sounds too ridiculous to be true. But in fact, it is.

The film tells the story of the beginning of the Norwegian Black Metal music seen in the early ‘90s. Founded by a group of young men in various bands, Norway became the hub of this up and coming musical genre that embraced violence, Satanism, and whatever else would get a rise out of the general public.

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Perhaps like a counterpart to the hardcore gangsta rappers of the day, the Norwegian version of death metal was so hellbent on its severity and sincerity (like keepin’ it real), that it begat the new, more hardcore genre of known as doom or black metal (take your pick, there were many incarnations) that believed in practicing what they preached.

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