Black Metal terror, Has heavy metal really gone too far?

What am about to write is probably the most controversial topic within the sub-genre of heavy metal music known as Black Metal. This is a sub-genre perfected in a country known as Norway. The most controversial band in the middle of all this is the band Mayhem. A band who took the black metal music genre to extremes with violent and satanic imagery along with violent stage shows where band members use to toss dead pig heads into a crowd along with spraying sheep's blood and even cutting themselves on stage. This band has made a name for themselves through extremities. Vocalist Dead had committed suicide back in 1991. His reasons were the fact he felt that metal music was becoming a trend and a fake one at that at one time was fed up along with many other reasons which I cannot get into at the moment. He left a note from his suicide scene that wrote "Sorry for the Blood". A note that was left to his bandmate known as Euronymous (Guitarist) who didn't even seem to mind the mess at all. In fact Euronymous ran to the nearest store to buy a camera and take pictures. One of these pictures appears on a Mayhem album cover known as "Dawn of Black hearts", But wait there is more! Euronymous in addition took parts of Dead's brain and made brainstew out it. Meanwhile Hellhammer (drummer) made a necklace out of fragments of Dead's skull. Euronymous was a leader of a black metal underground gang in Norway at the same time along with members of band's such as Satyricon, Thorns, Emperor, Burzum, and others. Fuast (drummer of Emperor) was charged for murder of a homosexual who claimed was stalking him. He served a 9 year imprisonment due to this. Samoth (guitarist for Emperor) was charged for a church arson (one of many to come). Now for the most controversial man of all this known as Varg Vikernes. A mainman for the band Burzum. A man who is responsible for up to 10 church arsons in Norway with the help of stolen explosives. At one time a good friend of Euronymous. However this all changed throughout time. Varg was getting overly jelous of Euronymous recogntion within the black metal underground along with fustration of lending Euronymous money to help fund his record label known as Deathlike Silence productions and not paying Varg royalties for Burzum albums sold under Deathlike Silence productions. One day Varg had enough and payed Euronymous a visit. Upon visiting the 2 had a instense altercation which led to a fight. In the end Varg killed Euronymous after 26 stabwounds. Varg was sentenced to 26 years in prison on charges of murder along with previous church arsons. After these actions more black metal music fans around the world also commited violent crimes to come including but not limited to murder, church arson, grave desecration, kidnapping and torturing christian victims, ect. What do I think of all this ? Well I definetly will say I am indeed a black metal fan and I enjoy the music of the bands mentioned in this interview very much but I do not support their actions. For me how can a band go on tour as a band when your members are in jail? Luckily the scene has now changed very much over the years. Now such extreme actions as very rare and bands now realize they should concentrate more on their music rather then comitting crimes to make a name for themselves. There is alot more details to this but this is just small sample. I recommend reading "Lords of chaos" for more information on the Rise of the black metal scene.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_metal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Norwegian_black_metal_scene