I think there was a brief period where Norwegian bands were evolving and that was an interesting time where it seemed like a band like Darkthrone was stuck in the midst of a lot of change and seemed a bit redundant.
When you're trying to free yourself from a religion that has been ingrained in you since childhood, it's more like ripping out your veins and tendons. - Mat Mcnerney
When you're trying to free yourself from a religion that has been ingrained in you since childhood, it's more like ripping out your veins and tendons.
- Mat Mcnerney
The religion and it's many barbed indoctrinating tendrils just start to become what makes you who you are, so you have to kind of destroy yourself to… - Mat Mcnerney
The religion and it's many barbed indoctrinating tendrils just start to become what makes you who you are, so you have to kind of destroy yourself to…
I think when you have a band that are so separate and isolated then you have to know each others styles and characters quite well. - Mat Mcnerney
I think when you have a band that are so separate and isolated then you have to know each others styles and characters quite well.
Before the 90s, black metal wasn't a selling tool [and didn't] have money behind it. Then it became a pop sensation. Now that the record industry has… - Mat Mcnerney
Before the 90s, black metal wasn't a selling tool [and didn't] have money behind it. Then it became a pop sensation. Now that the record industry has…
I don't bring any ideology or barriers with me into my music. - Mat Mcnerney
I don't bring any ideology or barriers with me into my music.
Ultimately I want my metal in a bar and not an art gallery. - Mat Mcnerney
Ultimately I want my metal in a bar and not an art gallery.
I don't want people to feel like they'd overdosed on too much candy. - Mat Mcnerney
I don't want people to feel like they'd overdosed on too much candy.
I think Nouveau Gloaming is a classic black metal record and I would hate to be a band that kept trying to recapture the same essence, but failing, f… - Mat Mcnerney
I think Nouveau Gloaming is a classic black metal record and I would hate to be a band that kept trying to recapture the same essence, but failing, f…
I do try to pay attention to new bands and what's happening within the scene. I try to make sure I give everything a listen - even if I loathe it. - Mat Mcnerney
I do try to pay attention to new bands and what's happening within the scene. I try to make sure I give everything a listen - even if I loathe it.
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