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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
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Rich Hobson

"Since black metal, what’s the next dangerous thing?": Ihsahn reflects on black metal's place in rock'n'roll history

Ihsahn.

Although black metal finds its roots in the 80s, it was the 90s that turned it into one of metal's most notorious subgenres when a spate of church burnings and murders centred around the Norwegian black metal scene - and the band Mayhem in particular - made international headlines.

In a new interview in the latest issue of Metal Hammer, Emperor frontman Ihsahn reflects on black metal's place in rock'n'roll history - and if there's anything that the next generation could do that would shock those in the 90s black metal scene. 

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