Satyricon-drummer met de billen bloot

Artist news 03-11-2004 16:33

Kjetil Haraldstad legt in het vraaggesprek uit waarom Satyricon in de VS op tour gaat met Joey Jordison van Slipknot als sessiedrummer:

"I have a criminal record and am therefore denied a work visa in the U.S. The case which it all stems from is ten years old, but you know how strict things are these days. We have tried hard to get me in, but we didn't succeed in the first round. Perhaps we'll make it later. Anyway, Joey [Jordison] is going to do a good job. His attitude is very good, and so are his skills. I'm really happy he can do the tour, and I guess he is too."

Over het ontstaan van Black Metal in Noorwegen begin jaren negentig vertelt de drummer:

"Black Metal as a whole, as a phenomenon, was something extreme and exciting in the early nineties. Every new (Norwegian) BM album was a milestone; I remember looking forward to the releases with a kind of excitement and enthusiasm I can hardly feel now. And the BM movement itself. It had such a dark and weird atmosphere. It is my opinion today that my understanding of what was going on was very shallow at the time, but I did nonetheless feel that special atmosphere and was marked by it, which I am glad that I had the opportunity to."

Forsts mening over de huidige black metalscene en alle andere onderwerpen van het interview zijn hier te lezen.