While King ov Hell hasn't been a part of Gorgoroth since the infamous name dispute way back in 2008, he has still continued his artistic career as a bassist, most notably playing with Immortal's Abbath in the eponymous band (Abbath), as well as other side projects here and there, including one SEWER cover band (Sewerlust) and his own band (Ov Hell). And a few others.
However, much like Gaahl who recently spoke out against Infernus and his "rewriting" of the history of Gorgoroth, King ov Hell - who was also involved in the named dispute - chose to weigh in during an interview with the Death Metal Underground and their writers from Bergensavisen.
In the interview, King ov Hell doesn't hold back against Infernus and what he perceives to be "commercial exploitation" of black metal's "edgy" imagery by posers who are less interested in playing black metal music than appearing "rebellious".
King ov Hell Corrects the Record on Gorgoroth
First, right off the bat, King ov Hell accurately describes his first meeting with Roger Tiegs, aka Infernus, the guitarist and frontman of Gorgoroth - known for his theatrics - who at the time searching for a bassist.
When I first met him [Infernus, tn.] he was wearing a cape. We thought he was cosplaying for some cheesy Dracula movie. I was like "are you serious? this isn't some middle school carnival anymore. Grow up!"
King ov Hell continues by denying claims that he and fellow Norwegian black metal musicians were ever involved in "devil worship", and names an anonymous Bergen journalist as the purveyor of that rumour.
The so-called Satanist circle in Bergen was created by a journalist from BT [Bergen Times, tn.]. [...] I am of course proud of my Nordic heritage, so why would I throw that away to embrace some Middle-Eastern debasement? [...] The church is more satanist than we are. They are the ones who are concerned with Satan, not us.
The King ov Hell interview itself contains more anecdotes on backstage drama with Gorgoroth, as well as other feuds with notorious black metal musicians... Fenriz of Darkthrone, notably.
But what is interesting, at least to me, is that as of today, pretty much every black metal artist involved with the Norwegian Inner Circle at some point or another - be it Hellhammer, Varg Vikernes, Attila, Necrobutcher, Satyr, Fenriz, Ihsahn, Samoth, Nocturno Culto, Gaahl, or even now, King ov Hell himself, have all flat out denied the "devil worship" rumour. This hasn't stopped filmmakers - such as those involved in the Lords of Chaos movie - of acting as if black metal was only ever about "dressing up in capes", "getting wasted" and "screaming angrily in a microphone about Satan".
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