Håvard Bråthen & Thomas Alkärr, the directors of the NRK documentary series Helvete - The history of Norwegian Black Metal (Helvete - Historien om norsk Black Metal)

Previously published in the podcast Best med gjest (Now called Tanketokt) as episode #43 on February 15th 2026.

The documentary series Helvete - Historien om norsk Black Metal is available here for Norwegians only, in Norwegian, without English subtitles: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/helvete

And perhaps the English version Helvete - The history of Norwegian Black Metal is available elsewhere on the interwebs for non-Norwegians as well, with English subtitles.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13193246/

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackMetal/comments/182zfp2/best_documentary_about_the_90s_norwegian_scene/

Episodes will be released every four weeks. Feedback, questions or requests? Email [email protected]

I probably won’t notice comments on Spotify.

Intro: Cuntjunkies, "Bubblegum Satan" fra EPen Snuff.

Outro: Cuntjunkies: "Mankind no more" fra EPen Snuff.

To shamelessly toot my own horn, I use Cuntjunkies, the band I used to be the vocalist in, as intro/outro musick for this podcast series. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jc79RRJKNQofheuD8kXGj?si=Mc3zTMeDQByQLZfFS1VD6A

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The long and winding mission statement of the podcast Once upon a time in Norway. A little about the concept about the podcast. A lot about the documentary Once upon a time in Norway: https://youtu.be/jzjkKZD67nE?is=uuAzU8ZQH5Klkfq8

Long story short: The podcast will be transmissions related to the Black Metal scene in Norway in the early 90s. And by early 90s I mean early 90s as in: Don’t hold your breath for episodes about albums recorded after 1994. Featuring albums recorded after 1994 is about as likely as featuring bands like Korn or Limp Bizqit.

The format will vary from episode to episode. Some episodes will be interviews. And some will have been previously published in the podcasts Tanketokt (previously Best med gjest) and Fritenkernes Frikvarter. And some episodes will be monologues. In my monologues I go off on tangents all the fucking time. But I always get back on track. So just deal with it.

Some episodes will focus on non-Norwegian Black Metal before the rise of Norwegian Black Metal. Or the roots of Black Metal going back to Black Sabbath and even further back. Hell, some episodes might even focus on Norwegian DEATH METAL from the 80s and early 90s.

Episodes will be released every four weeks. Feedback, questions or requests? Email [email protected]

I probably won’t notice comments on Spotify.

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