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The prison system in Norway is fairly civilized, by world standards, and so are the prisoners and the guards.
It is not possible to know how to behave in threatening situations before you even end up in such a situation.
I think the growing disregard for the environment, culture, and heritage is a natural consequence of capitalism.
Being a man with a conscience I simply felt that I had to do something - anything! - about the world we live in.
I grew up with classical music, and to a lesser extent electronic music, and that's where I belong, so to speak.
I don't think the important part of making music is the method used but rather the spirit put into it, so to speak.
Europe really needs to wake up, cast aside the lies and get rid of the Jewish yoke we live under - once and for all.
The metal press has a certain type of audience, and I think most of them support the magazines' negative focus on me.
Defiance in itself is a sign of strength, and strength is a light side of human nature - when at all present, that is.
Actually, I have never been a great fan of martial arts competitions. Not even when I was training martial arts myself.
I don't make music for any other reason than me enjoying music, and I am also glad that I am able to make a living of this.
That Hollywood 'LotR' movie really sucked, and was a true turn-off. That's what Hollywood always does, even to good stories.
I wore a 'Black Metal' Venom T-shirt once, in January 1993, to promote black metal, and I regret having done that ever since.
Music is an artform, and I always though art was beyond censorship. I thought this was a common view. Apparently, I was wrong.
If I can, I will make an album each year, but time shall tell if this works out. I have other things to do in my life as well.
Music, for me, was something I did because I was disillusioned after the Cold War's end and did not know what I wanted in life.
If I had something to say about my lyrics, I would say they were about different subjects concerning the darkness and the night.
Venom was a joke in the '80s, their heavy metal music sucked big time, and I really have no interest in them - not then, not now.
I think metal fans are more loyal than other fans, and they are often more inclined to collect the albums of their favorite bands.
To record an album is cathartic, or at least it was with 'Belus,' but to make music is more fulfilling than anything else, I think.
Only native male citizens with a wife and children, a property, and a military rank should be allowed to vote and be elected for office.
After twelve years in prison, I think I have listened to the radio maybe 30-40 times in all, and only when I have been without even a TV.
Everything is always about people trying to make profit: Profits to this, profits to that, the more the merrier, and there's no end to it.
Art should be perceived as subjectively as possible, and if anyone wants to see something in 'Belus' that I had not planned, that is fine.
What I think is more important than actually believing in reincarnation or thinking about a post-death existence is to live in the present.
The more I got to knew about Paganism the more Pagan I became, so to say, but I didn't really know enough until after the creation of Burzum.
I am not a philosopher, only frustrated by the development of the world we live in - and too stupid to keep my mouth shut when I see injustice.
My biggest inspiration was always early Iron Maiden, because it was the only band I knew for some time, and, as we all know, Iron Maiden is great.
Rock and roll promotes a primitive and destructive lifestyle. Metal can be seen as a subgenre of rock and roll, and thus, metal is not much better.
I am sorry, but recording an album is just hard work; tedious, repetitive, and not very fun at all. Mixing is a bit better, but still pretty boring.
I look forward the day that I could work on my farm, create music, write books, and be with the wife and kids around the clock - and live a normal life.
I do vote, and naturally, I vote for so-called extremist parties, the further to the right the better, but that's where my participation in politics ends.
We pick up the lost bits and pieces, from the grass where we left them, and bring them with us into a future that will be made up of so much more as well.
Unless you already have a name well known in at least one stratum of society, I don't think trying to do things yourself will be easy - if at all possible.
My musical roots and inspiration lie not in rock n' roll or metal music, but first and foremost in classical music, balalaika, and in underground house music.
Some musicians make and record music; other musicians play in a band... I just make and record music, and I don't feel a part of anything in any music business.
Climate changes are caused by solar radiation and other natural phenomena, so I don't worry one bit about that. Nothing we do can change anything in the climate.
With the risk of being accused of quoting the wrong person I can say that [Adolf] Hitler wrote that "the more the press attacks a person the closer he is to us".
A man can only grow to a certain point when alone; to grow further you need some "irrational shocks", like a wife and children; a dramatic change to your own life.
Musically, 'Fallen' is a cross between 'Belus' and something new, inspired more by the debut album and 'Det Som Engang Var' than by 'Hvis Lyset Tar Oss' or 'Filosofem.'
I don't think I have an image of being an underground musician. I have an image of being an uncompromising musician, and I am well known in Norway partly because of that.
I am not a vegetarian. For some time, I tried to be a semi-vegetarian, eating only fish, birds, and no red meat, but... I don't know if I have an opinion on vegetarianism.
My musical ambitions are not that great. I make music I like, and thankfully - for my ability to make an (fairly...) honest living - at least some others like the music too.
The romantic image of the ancient world is very inspiring, as is nature itself, but I think the dissatisfaction with our modern world is the strongest force keeping me going.
I have barely seen my son since he came into the world. Even though I hear his voice on the phone almost every day, it is very tough to not be present while he is growing up.
Burzum is not a political or religious band, or even an anti-religious band. Burzum is music - art if you like - and the interpretation of art lies in the eye of the beholder.
Joining a sub-culture, any sub-culture, for whatever reason, is as I see it never a legitimate self-expression. It is always a result of sheep mentality; a wish to belong somewhere.
It probably would be impossible for me to make music and not make it sound like Burzum. This is the music I make and the only music I am able to make, so I have no other options musically.
The problem is that mainly the metal press has an interest in Burzum, and the rest of the world... probably hardly even know Burzum exists, and those who do shy away due to my fairly (:-))
My record company certainly wants me to play live, badly, but I have no such plans. My only motivation to do such a thing would be money, and I don't think that's a good reason to play live.