The album that defined early Norwegian black metal - interview with Fenriz with English subtitles

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  • Опубліковано 15 лис 2020
  • - We wanted the organic sound of the 70’s, while at the same time keeping it cold, says Fenriz from Dakthrone when describing the time when the album “A Blaze in the Northern Sky” was made. The album, released in 1992, inspired a wave of Norwegian black metal groups, which is still celebrated around the world. “A Blaze in the Northern Sky” is part of the exhibition Enlightened. Glimpses of a Norwegian Cultural History at the National Library of Norway.
    Darthrone stopped playing concerts in the 1990’s, but is still regularly producing and releasing records.

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  • @toastyidk.1176
    @toastyidk.1176 2 роки тому +167

    This video feels like you just found Fenriz walking in the woods by coincidence and decided to interview him

  • @jonosmalls883
    @jonosmalls883 3 роки тому +450

    Can't wait to hear "Old-Growth Forest Preservation!" on the next Darkthrone album

    • @MrMatsumoto0
      @MrMatsumoto0 3 роки тому +13

      you never heard eco-black metal? look up wolves in the throne room

    • @Kuriousable
      @Kuriousable 3 роки тому

      @@MrMatsumoto0 well yeah, they went to school..in OLYMPIA ;D

    • @robins5798
      @robins5798 3 роки тому

      That album will be called "Bevaring av gammelskog".

  • @D-A-K
    @D-A-K 3 роки тому +33

    Fenriz is the cool metal older brother I never had

  • @anttam117
    @anttam117 3 роки тому +187

    Dude is almos 50 and he hasn’t aged one year. God, the metal life stile keep your youthful days intact.
    Anyway, I’m pretty sure Fenriz is the guy who rescues all the Norwegian kids that get lost while filming their amateur BM videos in the forest.

    • @kakolykia
      @kakolykia 3 роки тому +3

      coz he sold his soul to Satan

    • @crimsondeath7468
      @crimsondeath7468 2 роки тому +4

      @@kakolykia NO he sold his soul to Manilla Road :D

    • @raizarslaxterhaha
      @raizarslaxterhaha 2 роки тому +7

      Well, not touring at all definetly help him not to be tired all the time 😅

    • @heikkijhautanen4576
      @heikkijhautanen4576 2 роки тому +10

      @phantom yeah no drugs, groupies or American fast food!!!

    • @Talvekuningas
      @Talvekuningas 2 роки тому +3

      I really hope I have hair like that at 50. :3

  • @johngavin1175
    @johngavin1175 3 роки тому +113

    I still remember when I first hear Kaatharian Life Code, that last part made the hairs on my arm stick up,it was so badass. Blaze is a damn good album.

    • @christopheraran
      @christopheraran 3 роки тому +3

      AGREE!

    • @roisingtommy
      @roisingtommy 3 роки тому +2

      I remember being so confused when hearing the two different Darkthrones (one melodic death metal one black)

    • @Vegan_Vampire
      @Vegan_Vampire Рік тому +1

      I remember first time hearing the opening. Goosebumps.

  • @CrazyKoenie
    @CrazyKoenie 3 роки тому +23

    Even though I do not understand any Norwegian, I love to listen to their speech. Respect for his efforts to preserve the forests

  • @AleatoricSatan
    @AleatoricSatan 3 роки тому +196

    When man merges with machine, Fenriz is the only human consciousness worthy of being preserved and surviving for all eternity. Fenriz is humanity's treasure.

    • @connie_d
      @connie_d 3 роки тому +1

      Absolute chad

    • @Iriscience
      @Iriscience 3 роки тому +16

      not a coincidence that Fenriz is the only person from the OG black metal scene that Varg thinks is a good guy

    • @siuginsyn
      @siuginsyn 3 роки тому +21

      @@Iriscience Varg is idiot, this means nothing

    • @Difficultfuckhead
      @Difficultfuckhead 3 роки тому +1

      Bark at the moon all you like. At the end of the day, you're still under the boot of your lesbian overlords. Muh Vikings forests!

    • @connie_d
      @connie_d 3 роки тому +7

      @@Difficultfuckhead Peace be upon my lesbian overlords

  • @dawidklucz849
    @dawidklucz849 Рік тому +4

    One of most influential and most incredible personality in music ever!!!! Gylve called Fenriz,pure genius

  • @vannirovera491
    @vannirovera491 3 роки тому +16

    That sound... pure magic. If only modern music, even the most complex and proggy one, could sound this way... to me the sound of early Led Zep and King Crimson, as well as Darkthrone of course, is still unparalleled. I can barely imagine how amazing bands like Tool or Kayo Dot would sound today if only they would record their music this way.

  • @mattiascloverleaf2076
    @mattiascloverleaf2076 3 роки тому +8

    Can listen to Fenriz for hours

  • @TheEnderBand
    @TheEnderBand 3 роки тому +19

    I love his connection to distorted guitar being like most or snow spray, a synesthesia-like thing where the onomatopoeic timbre is like a natural element

  • @jeffreyvangorder7805
    @jeffreyvangorder7805 2 місяці тому +1

    These guys are great. Love all the music I've heard. So far circle the wagons and old star are my favorite albums

  • @NikoStr8
    @NikoStr8 3 роки тому +68

    Would be amazing to get a Fenriz interview as long as the one with Ted! love these guys.

    • @cometothesabbat
      @cometothesabbat 3 роки тому +7

      He has already done a track by track commentary on A Blaze In The Northern Sky. Should be on UA-cam. Don't know why he hates the album so much, to me it's a 10/10 album. One of my favourite records of all time.

  • @roquesaturni2856
    @roquesaturni2856 3 роки тому +43

    Fenriz looks like a really cool dude.

  • @jamalelhamdigarcia190
    @jamalelhamdigarcia190 3 роки тому +36

    Its always interesting to Hear mr nagell ,
    Preserve our forests,
    Greetings to norway!,

  • @U24B6
    @U24B6 Місяць тому +1

    I too loved when my Dad drove through puddles. The wave of water and the powerful rush of distorted white noise that came with it. That to me is Black Metal 🤘🏽

  • @lesommelierdevikernes
    @lesommelierdevikernes 3 роки тому +33

    This guy is simply amazing.
    And Darkthrone are the best Norway’s metal band since 30 years and more.

    • @davidblair3845
      @davidblair3845 Рік тому

      Why is he Amazing? Put aside owning the rights to kick ass band name

  • @joerygobbels
    @joerygobbels 3 роки тому +7

    it's always great to see Fenriz.
    thanks to him and DARKTHRONE I'm a big fan of Darkthrone & Black Metal bands.
    as a Dutch guy I always wanted to learn the Norwegian language it's fascinating.

  • @robertg305
    @robertg305 3 роки тому +8

    That background makes this interview just that much better

    • @V3ntilator
      @V3ntilator Рік тому

      That background covers 39% of Norway.

  • @guanjun1178
    @guanjun1178 3 роки тому +10

    Transylvanian Hunger was my first Darkthrone album. That is a masterpiece, IMO.

  • @BarbChiavelli
    @BarbChiavelli 3 роки тому +6

    I love him. He’s such a cool guy.

  • @Narza85
    @Narza85 Рік тому +1

    Old Growths Foresaw Perversion
    Nice song name Fen! Cant wait to hear it.🤘

  • @saraivatoledo1842
    @saraivatoledo1842 Місяць тому

    Being Fenriz´s age and into Metal for at least the same years he is I can safely say that when I 1st purchased this LP it was the equivalent of listening to Celtic Frost´s "Morbid Tales " or/and Bathory´s "The return ". A milestone indeed. Title says it all.

  • @abigaillkruss8823
    @abigaillkruss8823 3 роки тому +6

    JUST LOVE THIS MAN

  • @christiankleibrink1140
    @christiankleibrink1140 2 роки тому +4

    The Album Cover is timelessly awesome so is the music

  • @collt0916
    @collt0916 2 роки тому +3

    This man is incredibly chill

  • @hikingmetaller2303
    @hikingmetaller2303 3 роки тому +33

    That AMEBIX shirt. I knew he has a great music taste.

    • @olegdepapa
      @olegdepapa 3 роки тому +5

      Rock n roll gas staion!

    • @g-man4744
      @g-man4744 3 роки тому +8

      I created a couple of playlists of Fenriz's non metal albums/artists that he recommended or talked about in various interviews. Amebix is part of it, but there is so much more, the man is a music nerd, and way more open minded than your average metalhead!

    • @g-man4744
      @g-man4744 3 роки тому +7

      Here is the "punk" associated playlist; ua-cam.com/play/PLJr6Uuxf419Y4ww82H5tR5LM_UJpD2yxK.html

    • @why-why-whywhywhy
      @why-why-whywhywhy 3 роки тому +1

      Jan Pospíšil - My thoughts exactly. And hell, any other cat(s) who seemingly dig the music of *Death Side / Sacrilege / Puke / GBH & Asta Kask* as much as a old fucker like myself does, always warrants the utmost respect in my books, as well. And most definitely *Fenriz* is no exception to that rule in that regard either.

    • @larsohnly5198
      @larsohnly5198 3 роки тому

      @@why-why-whywhywhy asta kask sucks

  • @rainbowthrustars
    @rainbowthrustars 3 роки тому +50

    "Its just Radka Toneff, for now, who sets a smaller ecological footprint than DarkThrone. And that is of course because she is deceased"
    Hard to argue against that :D

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 3 роки тому +6

      Laughed before he came with the punchline, lol. Radka Toneff grew up in the same place that Darkthrone is from btw, Kolbotn.

    • @rainbowthrustars
      @rainbowthrustars 3 роки тому +2

      @@Vingul Ah I did not know that. That is some cool information. Thx for sharing.

    • @Besogon11
      @Besogon11 3 роки тому +3

      Haha, Im from Bulgaria and I have never heard of Radka Toneff before. Apparently her father is bulgarian

    • @gougoule1512
      @gougoule1512 3 роки тому +6

      Hehe, he probably made that joke so he could mention a singer he likes.
      Got it Fenriz ! Now let us all go and check the music she made ;)

    • @KnjazNazrath
      @KnjazNazrath 3 роки тому +5

      Varg is probably seething in his dry toilet hearing Gylve say that lol. "My kids give my family a larger ecological footprint than him! DAMN IT, GYLVE! YOU WIN AGAIN!" hahaha

  • @rotta5425
    @rotta5425 2 роки тому +3

    God damn i love fenriz. Even More now that i leaned that he likes amebix

  • @f15k06
    @f15k06 3 роки тому +4

    for someone learning beginner norwegian, its very fun to watch fenriz's interviews and see how much i can recognise from the subtitles...

    • @christianthomassen5201
      @christianthomassen5201 3 роки тому +1

      Get into radio Fenriz aswell, all in norwegian. shows.acast.com/radio-fenriz-pa-norsk

    • @am-shak
      @am-shak 2 роки тому

      Same! How's it going now?

  • @vanessac1965
    @vanessac1965 Рік тому +1

    Love him even more after this.

  • @jonasscheuer7639
    @jonasscheuer7639 Рік тому +2

    what a beautiful unbiased interview.

  • @pho3nix-
    @pho3nix- 3 роки тому +109

    4:45 big sunglasses not Emperor sunglasses

  • @eriktheranga2410
    @eriktheranga2410 3 роки тому +9

    The underground resistance is so epic! Im very glad I bought circle the wagons in 2010 and again in 2020 after I left the cd in my car when I sold it.

  • @mikerophone235
    @mikerophone235 Рік тому +1

    Fenriz is a Genius. Total respect

  • @Bravilor
    @Bravilor 3 роки тому +21

    Fenriz and Nocturno Culto seem like they are the same age always.

    • @LordSnoodles
      @LordSnoodles 3 роки тому

      maybe check photos from your old Darkthrone albums, or look at the covers of Isengard albums

    • @roisingtommy
      @roisingtommy 3 роки тому

      They probably are. Bands typically form with classmates from, your school in Norway

  • @voronOsphere
    @voronOsphere 2 роки тому

    Great interview! Thanks!

  • @Psychosofi
    @Psychosofi 3 роки тому +3

    Fenriz is Best-riz
    I haven't bought Darkthrone albums since Transylvanian Hunger, but I still love these guys - till the grave!

  • @dzaijn
    @dzaijn 3 роки тому +1

    What a fantastic human being.

  • @Indohispano
    @Indohispano 3 роки тому +4

    IN THE SHADOW OF THE HORNS

  • @danevilmalmort
    @danevilmalmort 3 роки тому +3

    Thanks for this! Hail Fenriz!

  • @SergiodeLeonis
    @SergiodeLeonis 3 роки тому +5

    Amebix t-shirt, Fenriz is awesome.

    • @betelspitter
      @betelspitter 3 роки тому

      HELLHAMMER + AMEBIX + BATHORY = PANZERFAUST 🖤🪓💯

  • @croweman6515
    @croweman6515 3 роки тому +6

    Wasn't a fan of Black Metal last year, but lately I've been getting into some of the first wave stuff, like Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer, and (early) Sodom, and I've been creeping ever closer to second wave like Darkthrone and Gorgoroth, so we'll see how it goes!

  • @cometothesabbat
    @cometothesabbat 3 роки тому +13

    Three of the best things Norway has to offer, in their respective categories: Fenriz, Darkthrone, A Blaze In The Northern Sky.

  • @LePopPathetique
    @LePopPathetique 3 роки тому +2

    he is such a great person!

  • @perebernardo3829
    @perebernardo3829 3 роки тому +3

    Legendary album.

  • @gb9884
    @gb9884 3 роки тому +8

    It would be pretty cool to walk through the forests with Fenriz

  • @kalleemay1058
    @kalleemay1058 3 роки тому +2

    Love it, Beautiful .

  • @ettnollbajen9945
    @ettnollbajen9945 3 роки тому +3

    Such a great album

  • @cupipuu
    @cupipuu 3 роки тому +2

    Glad to hear that forest preservation thing

  • @LadyRatt
    @LadyRatt 2 роки тому +1

    We are about to have a baby and are going to name him Fenris (with nods to this guy and also the wolf in norse mythology). The more i see and hear from Fenriz the more i like him, just seems like a really chilled dude.

    • @GeorgWilde
      @GeorgWilde 2 роки тому

      Oh no. You use black metal to celebrate life? That's travesty! Unless you use it to corrupt life.

  • @vladimircokorilo8105
    @vladimircokorilo8105 3 роки тому +25

    He has an Aria patch, that band is frickin awesome, it’s like Russian Iron Maiden, check them out if you haven’t

    • @weaintfriendsweaintfriends7346
      @weaintfriendsweaintfriends7346 3 роки тому +6

      it's actually the favorite band of any drunken wannabe "metalhead" from russian countryside, but I don't blame Fenriz on this one lol

    • @necrosadotor
      @necrosadotor 3 роки тому +1

      @@weaintfriendsweaintfriends7346 really? but aria does rule though

    • @vladimircokorilo8105
      @vladimircokorilo8105 3 роки тому

      @@weaintfriendsweaintfriends7346 like Mortal Kombat here in Serbia, a band for “wannabe metalheads who think Slipknot are heavy” type of people

    • @olegdepapa
      @olegdepapa 3 роки тому

      I know already

    • @amireal5458
      @amireal5458 3 роки тому

      @@vladimircokorilo8105 I think Slipknot is heavy, Im just aware that there are more extreme stuff

  • @Bjorgin
    @Bjorgin 2 роки тому +2

    remember, big sunglasses = cool band

  • @persevasara
    @persevasara 3 роки тому +2

    damn Fenriz looking well nowadays

  • @nihilosphere319
    @nihilosphere319 Рік тому +2

    Well God damn this is a great video

  • @zzzaaayyynnn
    @zzzaaayyynnn 3 роки тому +1

    I love this man.

  • @user-vr6wm1ef6c
    @user-vr6wm1ef6c 2 роки тому +1

    I like to listen to him speak Norwegian. It's kinda ASMR to me😀

  • @RedMilk7
    @RedMilk7 10 місяців тому

    Love the amebix shirt nice to see good bands supporting eachother

  • @jeffreyedwards767
    @jeffreyedwards767 Рік тому

    Keep it alive ,,,,dark great one

  • @gemol666
    @gemol666 3 роки тому +1

    Happy Birthday !!! \../

  • @Bambabah
    @Bambabah 3 роки тому +3

    Transylvanian hunger gives me the shivers!

  • @hesiolite
    @hesiolite 3 роки тому +17

    2:26 So the word to say "cold" in Norwegian sounds like "kvlt", now it makes more sense why we say "trve kvlt" :)

    • @skauert
      @skauert 3 роки тому +7

      Depends on which meaning of 'cold' you're after. Cold as a noun is 'kulde' and sounds nothing like it, but cold as an adjective is 'kaldt' (or 'kald' depending on the gender of the noun it describes) and definitely sounds a lot like 'cult' now that you mention it. :)

    • @hesiolite
      @hesiolite 3 роки тому +5

      @@skauert Damn i'm getting Norwegian lessons for free, thanks buddy :)

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 3 роки тому

      "cult" in Norwegian is "kult" as well btw.. though "kult" can also mean "cool", lol -- only pronounced with a longer "u"-sound. The more you know ;)

    • @amireal5458
      @amireal5458 3 роки тому

      yeah I don't think that is why lol

    • @joshuar3632
      @joshuar3632 3 роки тому +2

      "We" shouldn't be saying anything if its not understood as what it is. Makes you sound like a talking head poser.

  • @christhomasism
    @christhomasism 3 роки тому +2

    God damn that newest darkthrone record rips.

  • @Satanic_Warmaster_666
    @Satanic_Warmaster_666 2 роки тому +2

    Big sunglasses always big sunglasses cool band

  • @DaniFenriz
    @DaniFenriz 2 роки тому

    how i love him!!!

  • @christianmendoza8107
    @christianmendoza8107 3 роки тому

    Chillest guy of the 90s scene

  • @richardfrancisburton3867
    @richardfrancisburton3867 Рік тому

    This guy is the best

  • @beardlessodin945
    @beardlessodin945 2 роки тому

    I just realized this is the first time I’ve heard Gylve in his native tongue. What a cool language.

  • @ndesdsadfd
    @ndesdsadfd Рік тому

    Fenriz is the man

  • @aquilamxp6267
    @aquilamxp6267 Рік тому

    love that guy

  • @konghalvor
    @konghalvor 3 роки тому

    Kul video, digger Fenriz

  • @user-ho4xu9dw9l
    @user-ho4xu9dw9l 3 роки тому +18

    Нашивка Ария, это стремно товарищ Фэнриз...

  • @toreno1992
    @toreno1992 3 роки тому +2

    04:45 big sun glasses allways cool

  • @LatexCult
    @LatexCult 6 місяців тому

    Cool АРИЯ patch on the back!

  • @Guerrilla242
    @Guerrilla242 3 роки тому +3

    Nice, Amebix shirt!

  • @DaskaiserreichNet78
    @DaskaiserreichNet78 Рік тому

    Old growth forest preservation is very important.

  • @RTC1655
    @RTC1655 3 роки тому

    3:02 Turbonegro is from Kolbotn as well.

  • @Sockerfader
    @Sockerfader 3 роки тому +1

    THE dude.

  • @FrostBite3232
    @FrostBite3232 2 роки тому

    One thing I really respect about Fenriz is he simply loves music rather then being a elitest or kvlt about it. I feel the same way about Darkthrone in general... Though every album by them has that dirty bite to it, it still sounds like Darkthrone regardless and they didn't care about being 100% pure. As fundamental as everyone says Darkthrone can be, I feel they are the best black metal band.

  • @The6Eternal6Dark6Lord
    @The6Eternal6Dark6Lord 3 роки тому +2

    Its still my dream to play black metal in a forest, there's no Forest where I live

  • @killa-tf2bt
    @killa-tf2bt 3 роки тому +1

    nice one Aria patch :D

  • @mictlanpercusion192
    @mictlanpercusion192 3 роки тому +2

    FENRIZ OLD SCHOOL 🍺 DRUMS

  • @flamesfearfuture
    @flamesfearfuture 3 роки тому +2

    This man seems to be wise.

    • @betelspitter
      @betelspitter 3 роки тому

      Definitely wiser than the self proclaimed genius known as Varg the 🤡!!!!

  • @peterklimax7556
    @peterklimax7556 3 роки тому

    Does anyone know the red/white patch in his neck? (4:42)

  • @obscuringveil1301
    @obscuringveil1301 3 роки тому +3

    I love the sound of Norwegian, Norsk. . Is why I wanted to learn it. Progress is slow but I'm proud what I achieved, so far

    • @metalviking974
      @metalviking974 3 роки тому

      I tried to ignore the subtitles as much as possible in order to try and understand as much as I can on my own. But damn, he can mumble quite a bit at times

    • @thomasellingsen1755
      @thomasellingsen1755 3 роки тому

      Dont learn from these guys unless you want to scare people here shitless

    • @metalviking974
      @metalviking974 3 роки тому

      @@thomasellingsen1755 Is it that bad? I just thought "Hm, that's a funny pronounciation he's got", but nothing more than that. But in that case, I'll just stick to my teacher's clean Oslo Bokmål

    • @thomasellingsen1755
      @thomasellingsen1755 3 роки тому

      @@metalviking974 No I was half joking. When they speak they're average most of them. Just dont copy the growling 😄

  • @andrerichard628
    @andrerichard628 3 роки тому +2

    That kinda made my night and I'm not even into blank metal.

  • @LordSnoodles
    @LordSnoodles 3 роки тому

    I was promised English subtitles by the video's title

  • @jezuschrystus4837
    @jezuschrystus4837 3 роки тому +3

    My favorite Dark Throne album is Transilvanian Hunger. Pure Darkness.

  • @MrUnlord666
    @MrUnlord666 3 роки тому +5

    R.I.P Radka Toneff she commited suicide from sleeping pills ! she was a norwegian jazz player

  • @sharpen81
    @sharpen81 3 роки тому +103

    With that long beard, sunglasses and hair tucked under the baseball cap, Fenriz looks more like a lumberjack than black metal legend. That is why I like Darkthrone. They don't give a f... about opinions and do what they love.

    • @matthewvincent1534
      @matthewvincent1534 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah fenriz is amazing.

    • @MrVasyuki
      @MrVasyuki 3 роки тому +10

      Big sunglasses, not emperor sunglasses

    • @donaldcady3839
      @donaldcady3839 3 роки тому +3

      Lumberjacks love Black Metal. It sounds like a chainsaw.

    • @V3ntilator
      @V3ntilator Рік тому

      @@donaldcady3839 American Black Metal sounds like a chainsaw running at full speed with a drum machine. The best Norwegian Black Metal bands is more melodic. Black Metal were never about playing as fast as possible. Real black metal is dark melodic music.

  • @davidblair3845
    @davidblair3845 3 роки тому

    Anyone have any footage of this guy playing drums?

  • @davidbrothers3788
    @davidbrothers3788 2 роки тому

    I've seen interviews with this guy and he spoke english

  • @ZalesakVID
    @ZalesakVID 3 роки тому +1

    I would not have guessed any Black Metal album to be deemed culturally relevant by Norway.

  • @JSTNtheWZRD
    @JSTNtheWZRD 2 роки тому

    Check out the computer video that was on the reissue cd

  • @TinchoRinaldi2023mar
    @TinchoRinaldi2023mar 3 роки тому

    Best norwegian black metal band

  • @crazydolphin8880
    @crazydolphin8880 3 роки тому +8

    Забавно - у Фенриза на правом плече куртки сзади нашивка Ария )))

    • @mikhailv2336
      @mikhailv2336 3 роки тому +8

      Может у него ещё и Нива припаркована в гараже..

    • @crazydolphin8880
      @crazydolphin8880 3 роки тому +4

      @@mikhailv2336, let's find out !

    • @FroZt190261
      @FroZt190261 3 роки тому

      тоже заметил и удивился )))

  • @soniadealmeidalopes6515
    @soniadealmeidalopes6515 3 роки тому +1

    Godt intervju.

  • @jeffreyedwards1595
    @jeffreyedwards1595 3 роки тому

    The dark one is loose ,,greatest C.D. ever

  • @Nasjonalbiblioteket
    @Nasjonalbiblioteket  Рік тому

    Please check out the upcoming exhibition “Bad Vibes. Sonic emotions of Norwegian Black Metal” at the National Library of Norway, opening at March 29th this year. Ted Skjellum a.k.a. Nocturno Culto is participating with a brand new recording, where he reads extracts of Darkthrone´s lyrics.
    www.nb.no/en/blackmetal/
    ua-cam.com/video/mkVw8SfVz4c/v-deo.html

  • @sxuperion
    @sxuperion 3 роки тому +3

    Skiing and blackmetal and deathmetal go very well together. But not so much with clouds of dust from sweeping.