Black Metal drummer pens book

Erlend Erichsen of Bergen was the founder of Black Metal band Molested and spent six years as drummer for the still-popular Gorgoroth. Now he's moved on to writing, and wants to elevate the shadowy world of Black Metal from the tabloids to the ranks of literature.
Erichsen is perhaps uniquely qualified to do so, and his new novel offers rare insight into the extreme and often incomprehensible world of Black Metal.
Called "National Satanist" (Nasjonalsatanisten), Erichsen's debut book already is being translated into French. Publishing house Damm is in talks with German and other foreign publishers as well.
The early Black Metal bands that sprang up in Bergen "cultivated Norway's position as a dark and repressed country full of high mountains and cold forests. Even though there can be scary and criminal elements in the music, many Europeans see Black Metal as something that's genuine Norwegian."
His book is a novel, set in the 1990s when the Black Metal scene was born in Bergen. Some satanists were burning down churches at the time, and Varg Vikernes was convicted of murdering a former band member. The book opens with a quotation from the murdered Øystein Aarseth, alias "Euronymous:" "We are inspired by our hatred towards humanity, life, goodness and happiness."
Erichsen said he can laugh now at such relative absurdity but says the quote sums up attitudes in Black Metal circles and in his book. He says he and most of his fellow musicians hated their audiences, and viewed them as flocks of sheep, which explains why they threw sheep heads into the audience.
He said he still has respect for the spiritual aspects and intensity within the Black Metal circles that he thinks are genuine. "I walked with flaming torches through the woods, and took it all very seriously," he said, but notes that his book is sarcastic. "The entire Black Metal culture is deranged, but incredibly fascinating at the same time."
As to why he wears his hair cut in a style reminiscent of the Norwegian traitor Vidkun Quisling: "You can say I'm not completely finished with my teenage years, and like to stick out. But it's an estethic choice, and has nothing to do with politics."