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Originally posted by Grojlach:
Emperor and Mayhem... Read an article about their "lifestyle" recently, quite disturbing. But I take it that the music is more important than the look, or at least, I hope that's the case. 
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Don't believe everything you read in the papers Groj [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I met members from both Emperor (briefly) and Mayhem, so I know that it's 70% gimmick, 25% lies, and 5% well.......
Anyway, you are right that there's a number of disturbing sick freaks in that scene, blathering on about how they're being repressed and indoctrinated and proceeding to follow even more indoctrinating BS than the ones they were so offended by in the first place.
There have been some unfortunate accidents in past years which involved ex-members of both bands (I assume the article was about Bård "Faust" from Emperor who is serving jail time and Euronymous from Mayhem who was murdered by Varg Vikernes following a fight about a girl.) and they did leave a bad taste in my mouth, but yes, I do believe that the music should be seen apart from it.