1. Fenriz is famed for his encyclopedic knowledge of metal music, his eager promotion of underground bands and the DIY ethic, and his rejection of the "showbiz side of the music industry".
17 Facts About Fenriz
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Fenriz was the studio drummer for doom metal band Valhall, and has had several solo projects, including the folk black metal project Isengard and the dark ambient project Neptune Towers.
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Fenriz's first exposure to heavy metal music came when he was a child and received Uriah Heep's album Sweet Freedom from his uncle for his birthday.
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At age 16, Fenriz dropped out of school and began working full time to support his music.
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Fenriz said he had a passive interest in Bathory and Celtic Frost, but claims that he did not understand the "darkness" of black metal until hearing a song by the Hungarian band Tormentor.
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Darkthrone were not involved in the church burnings and murders carried out by some other members of the scene, and Fenriz has denounced the "hype" surrounding it.
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Fenriz recorded all instruments on their albums Transilvanian Hunger and Panzerfaust.
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Fenriz was the drummer for the band Valhall on their three studio albums.
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Fenriz said, "we have no interest in being part of the glitter and showbiz side of the music industry".
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Fenriz is the principal focus of the 2008 black metal documentary film Until The Light Takes Us.
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In 2016, it was widely reported that Fenriz had been elected to his local municipal council, Oppegard.
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Fenriz was elected for a four-year term as a substitute councillor for the Liberal Party, explaining that he would "have to step in when the usual people who go to the big meetings are sick or something".
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Fenriz's "campaign" was a photo of him holding his cat with the caption "Please Don't Vote For Me".
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Fenriz is a part-time music journalist and hosts a monthly online radio show on NTS called "Radio Fenriz".
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Fenriz created the "Band of the Week" blog from which the acts for the underground metal festival Live Evil are sourced.
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Fenriz has famously been working part-time in the postal service since the late 1980s, which he says allows him to spend many hours each week listening to new music.
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Fenriz has appeared on a Norwegian television show about hiking in forests.