Black Quote by Varg Vikernes

I don't have much contact at all with other black metal bands.

— Mick Barr

I was listening to a lot of Norwegian black metal and death metal. There's a great history to Norwegian black metal. That music is…

— Brie Larson

I am no friend of the modern so-called 'black metal' culture. It is a tasteless, lowbrow parody of Norwegian black metal circa 1991-92, and…

— Varg Vikernes

For years I wouldn't listen to black metal from anywhere but Norway.

— Mick Barr

I hardly follow the Finnish metal scene at all at the moment. I'm more interested in traditional '80s heavy metal, and I'm still a…

— Jussi Lehtisalo

I think there was a brief period where Norwegian bands were evolving and that was an interesting time where it seemed like a band…

— Mat McNerney

I still listen to black metal all the time - that's obviously one of my favorite kinds of music - but I steer from…

— George Clarke

I'd always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things about being of Saga age is that I can…

— Bob Geldof

I really don't want to be associated with the low-brow Black Metal genre. If you want to know what I mean when I say…

— Varg Vikernes

We've played with Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, The Ramones. You name any punk band and we've probably played or toured with them…

— Reed Mullin

Black metal - especially from the '90s - contains a certain production aesthetic that keys you into the emotive content. You feel it more…

— Jorge Elbrecht

Hate walks hand in hand with hate, and black metal especially is a genre that is full of white power bands.

— Blake Judd