Speaking of Black Metal

This is a strange little non-metal intro to one of the best albums form the original church-burning heyday of norwegian black metal. I found out that the late Euronymous, who seems to have been the driving force of the original scene in Oslo was not only a communist, which is unusual for the apolitical or far right leaning subculture, but also a huge electronic fan long before bands like Burzum were incorporating that kind of thing into their music. anyway, this particular piece was composed by Conrad Schnitzler, an electronic musician who had been recording music since the 60's and was crucial in the early krautrock scene. and, who also wore a kind makeup that almost resembles some more futuristic version of black metal "corpsepaint" at least as early as 1980 (which just barely predates Leigh Bowery beginning to wear his costumes in London.) Apparently Euronymous camped on his doorstep for an entire day until Schnitzler (who was in his early 60's by then) opened the door to tell him to get lost thinking he was a junky or some other type of vagrant who frequently slept on his doorstep. He was taken aback by the satanic church-burning cannibal's pleasant and polite demeanor and appreciation of his music, and so he consented to send him a composition to open Mayhem's album. Having never heard the band, he remarked later that he'd wished he'd made a heavier piece for the occasion, but i don't know, i think it lends 'deathcrush' a nice serious and sort of military calm-before-the-storm mood to set the tone for the rest of what's to come with songs like "chainsaw gutsfuck." you be the judge.