Society & Culture
Lords of Chaos is a film directed by Jonas Åkerlund based on the 1998 book entitled Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind. The film and book chronicle the beginnings of the Norwegian black metal scene, its rise, and eventually, when it all started to go a bit too far. In the film, it is told from the perspective of Euronymous (Rory Culkin), a founding member of the band Mayhem. Is Lords of Chaos required reading and watching for those seeking to discover the true roots of black metal or is it more fiction than fact? Kill the lights and let's talk.