There are many ways to portray darkness and evil and it isn't all in being mean and tough.
Mat McNerneyI think there was a brief period where Norwegian bands were evolving and that was an interesting time where it seemed like a band like Darkthrone was stuck in the midst of a lot of change and seemed a bit redundant.
Mat McNerneyI think when you have a band that are so separate and isolated then you have to know each others styles and characters quite well.
Mat McNerneyBands are more willing to take risks and we don't need this big label over us anymore telling us what it means to sell records and get into magazines.
Mat McNerney