By Annie Riordan (HelveteKrieg2.0)
How do you like the transformation?
Its a question asked by Gylve Nagell, aka Fenriz, in the alternate ending of the 2009 documentary Until The Light Takes Us. Standing in the cold darkness outside of 56 Schweigaards Gate in Oslo, Norway an address made notorious by the black metal movement of the early 1990s he gestures to a shop window. Beyond the glass is a sterile sight: clean floors, bright fluorescent lighting, a potted plant in a neat container. Hardly the sort of place you would expect to see a black circle of allegedly Satanic arsonists congregating.
This used to be Helvete, he says, with a smile that seems both genuinely, ironically amused and only slightly sad. The former record shop/gathering place/metal mecca had been transformed into a tidy coffee and bread shop.
Well, not anymore.
Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, owned and operated Helvete for just two years before hurriedly shutting it down in 1993 amid the rumors of devil worship and violence that followed in the wake of mass church burnings committed by Aarseth, Varg Vikernes and Bard Eithun. Aarseth himself was murdered by Vikernes in August of 1993, and the circle itself imploded. The music, however, remained. Black metal music is now the main and most important export of Norway, and legions of diehard metal fans (dubbed blackpackers) make the pilgrimage to 56 Schweigaards Gate in greater numbers with each passing year.
Ten years after Helvete shut its doors, Neseblod Records opened in Oslo and picked up where Euronymous had left off, offering the latest in metal music as well as the hardcore original KVLT shit that started the cultural phenomena to begin with. Stocked to the rafters with rare vinyl, VHS concert footage, photographs and T-shirts, Neseblod along with Elm Street Rock Cafe became the new metal sanctuary in Oslo. Realizing the immense historical significance of their stash, Neseblod owners and operators tasked themselves with creating a black metal museum, a place where musicians and fans alike could immerse themselves in the grim and frozen darkness of true Norwegian black metal.
In July of 2013, Neseblod Records closed up shop at Rathkes Gate 7 and with the help of Gylve Nagell himself relocated to 56 Schweigaards Gate. With the Grand Reopening just days away, it seems that the black metal museum and preservation effort is destined to become a reality. But such efforts do not come cheaply these guys could use the support of the worldwide metal fanbase.
Now accepting donations (how metal) at the following shitsites.
http://www.neseblodrecords.com/
https://www.facebook.com/NeseblodHelvete
https://www.facebook.com/blackmetalmuseum
GTFOoRC!
*HelveteKrieg Not Affiliated With 2.0*
How do you like the transformation?
Its a question asked by Gylve Nagell, aka Fenriz, in the alternate ending of the 2009 documentary Until The Light Takes Us. Standing in the cold darkness outside of 56 Schweigaards Gate in Oslo, Norway an address made notorious by the black metal movement of the early 1990s he gestures to a shop window. Beyond the glass is a sterile sight: clean floors, bright fluorescent lighting, a potted plant in a neat container. Hardly the sort of place you would expect to see a black circle of allegedly Satanic arsonists congregating.
This used to be Helvete, he says, with a smile that seems both genuinely, ironically amused and only slightly sad. The former record shop/gathering place/metal mecca had been transformed into a tidy coffee and bread shop.
Well, not anymore.
Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, owned and operated Helvete for just two years before hurriedly shutting it down in 1993 amid the rumors of devil worship and violence that followed in the wake of mass church burnings committed by Aarseth, Varg Vikernes and Bard Eithun. Aarseth himself was murdered by Vikernes in August of 1993, and the circle itself imploded. The music, however, remained. Black metal music is now the main and most important export of Norway, and legions of diehard metal fans (dubbed blackpackers) make the pilgrimage to 56 Schweigaards Gate in greater numbers with each passing year.
Ten years after Helvete shut its doors, Neseblod Records opened in Oslo and picked up where Euronymous had left off, offering the latest in metal music as well as the hardcore original KVLT shit that started the cultural phenomena to begin with. Stocked to the rafters with rare vinyl, VHS concert footage, photographs and T-shirts, Neseblod along with Elm Street Rock Cafe became the new metal sanctuary in Oslo. Realizing the immense historical significance of their stash, Neseblod owners and operators tasked themselves with creating a black metal museum, a place where musicians and fans alike could immerse themselves in the grim and frozen darkness of true Norwegian black metal.
In July of 2013, Neseblod Records closed up shop at Rathkes Gate 7 and with the help of Gylve Nagell himself relocated to 56 Schweigaards Gate. With the Grand Reopening just days away, it seems that the black metal museum and preservation effort is destined to become a reality. But such efforts do not come cheaply these guys could use the support of the worldwide metal fanbase.
Now accepting donations (how metal) at the following shitsites.
http://www.neseblodrecords.com/
https://www.facebook.com/NeseblodHelvete
https://www.facebook.com/blackmetalmuseum
GTFOoRC!
*HelveteKrieg Not Affiliated With 2.0*
