Transmissions related to the Norwegian Black Metal scene in the early 90s.
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You can find the documentary Once upon a time in Norway here:
https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-Norway/dp/B001GLHS6G (https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-Norway/dp/B001GLHS6G)
https://www.platekompaniet.no/musikk/musikkfilm/once-upon-a-time-in-norway-the-history-of-mayhem-and-the-rise-of-norwegian-black-metal-dvd (https://www.platekompaniet.no/musikk/musikkfilm/once-upon-a-time-in-norway-the-history-of-mayhem-and-the-rise-of-norwegian-black-metal-dvd)
https://youtu.be/jzjkKZD67nE?is=uuAzU8ZQH5Klkfq8 (https://youtu.be/jzjkKZD67nE?is=uuAzU8ZQH5Klkfq8)
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# 5 Johanne Ostad and Erin Kristine Pevan from the National Library of Norway, about the inclusion of the Darkthrone album A Blaze in the Northern Sky in the permanent exhibition of the National Library of Norway
# 5 Johanne Ostad and Erin Kristine Pevan from the National Library of Norway, about the inclusion of the Darkthrone album A Blaze in the Northern Sky in the permanent exhibition of the National Library of Norway.
The permanent exhibition of the National Library of Norway contains what is considered the 30 most important artifacts of Norwegian cultural history. The first press vinyl version of the Darkthrone album A blaze in the northern sky is placed next to Edvard Grieg´s handwritten score for his concerto in A minor. The concept behind the permanent exhibition is that the exhibited artifacts will be important in a thousand year perspective. I choose to believe that Darkthrone prophesied the inclusion of the album in the permanent exhibition with the closing lines of the title track of the album: "We are a blaze in the northern sky/The next thousand years are OURS"
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13 Sept 2026
# 4 Me, myself and Varg Part 2: An attempt at a review of "To Hell and back again: My Survival Story" by Varg Vikernes.
#4 Me, myself and Varg Part 2: An attempt at a review of "To Hell and back again: My Survival Story" by Varg Vikernes.
My solo "difficult second episode". I'm still "walking around the porridge" in my own idiosyncratic way, but did I actually manage to do a review of the final chapter/book of Varg Vikernes' autobiography this time around? I guess there is only one way to find out.
My podcast method is improv and sloppy research. If there are any factual errors in this episode, let me know, and I'll include them in the show notes and credit you there if you want. Caveat: Only if the corrections are written in a contructive and non-douchy way. Comments and feedback via Messenger to Once upon a time in Norway podcast or onceuponatimeinnorwaypodcast@gmail.com
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16 Aug 2026
# 3 Tore Bratseth, from the band Old Funeral. About Old Funeral, the Norwegian Black Metal and Death Metal scene in the early 90s and Varg Vikernes
# 3 Tore Bratseth, from the band Old Funeral. About Old Funeral, the Norwegian Black Metal and Death Metal scene in the early 90s and Varg Vikernes.
Tore will be playing five Old Funeral songs with The Battalion, one of his current bands, at Norsk Død 40 år, the one-off festival with old Norwegian Death Metal in Oslo, Norway. The festival will be celebrating 40 years of Norwegian Death Metal on Saturday 26th of September 2026.
https://facebook.com/events/s/norsk-d%C3%B8d-40-ar-darkness-desce/1037287072077987/ (https://facebook.com/events/s/norsk-d%C3%B8d-40-ar-darkness-desce/1037287072077987/)
Tickets available here: https://oslokonserthus.no/program/norsk-d%C3%B8d-40-%C3%A5r (https://oslokonserthus.no/program/norsk-d%C3%B8d-40-%C3%A5r)
Old Funeral is featured in THE book about Norwegian Death Metal, Født dødt - Norsk Death Metal 1986-1989:
https://katakomben.no/products/fodt-dodt-norsk-death-metal-1986-1999-bok-preorder (https://katakomben.no/products/fodt-dodt-norsk-death-metal-1986-1999-bok-preorder)
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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 (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jc79RRJKNQofheuD8kXGj?si=Mc3zTMeDQByQLZfFS1VD6A)
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19 Jul 2026
# 2 Me, myself and Varg Part 1. An attempt at a review of "To Hell and back again: The complete Autobiography of Varg Vikernes". Previously published as episode 42 of one of my other podcasts, Fritenkernes Frikvarter.
# 2 Me, myself and Varg Part 1. An attempt at a review of "To Hell and back again: The complete Autobiography of Varg Vikernes". Previously published as episode 42 of one of my other podcasts, Fritenkernes Frikvarter.
I had the ambition of reviewing the complete autobiography of Varg Vikernes in this episode, but instead I "walked around the porridge" in my own idiosyncratic way. Apparently the complete review of this autobiography is a new hobby of mine. Maybe the complete review of this autobiography will be a five-parter, like the autobiography itself. Or a seven-parter, complete with intro and outro, in true extreme metal style. Only time will tell. Look to your orb for the warning.
My podcast method is improv and sloppy research. If there are any factual errors in this episode, let me know, and I'll include them in the show notes and credit you there if you want. Caveat: Only if the corrections are written in a contructive and non-douchy way. Comments and feedback via Messenger to Once upon a time in Norway podcast or onceuponatimeinnorwaypodcast@gmail.com
Episodes will be released every four weeks. Feedback, questions or requests? Email onceuponatimeinnorwaypodcast@gmail.com
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 (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jc79RRJKNQofheuD8kXGj?si=Mc3zTMeDQByQLZfFS1VD6A)
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21 Jun 2026
# 1 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 as Best med gjest/Tanketokt #43)
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 onceuponatimeinnorwaypodcast@gmail.com
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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 (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jc79RRJKNQofheuD8kXGj?si=Mc3zTMeDQByQLZfFS1VD6A)
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23 May 2026
The long and winding mission statement
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 (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 onceuponatimeinnorwaypodcast@gmail.com
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