We figured all of Bergen would be abuzz with last week’s news that Gaahl’s fashion and former other-kind-of-business partner dragged him out of the closet in the Norwegian press, but everybody is keeping surprisingly mum. Instead of splitting into rival factions and going at each other with gas bombs and motorcycle chains as in the Birmingham Halford riots of ‘98, all the metal fans and band members we talked to not only didn’t want to say anything about Gaahl being gay, they didn’t even want to say anything about people saying things about Gaahl being gay. We’re not sure if that’s a matter of scene solidarity or the added threat this revelation adds to his arsenal for revenge, but what we do know is we think Gaahl being gay is awesome for Black Metal, if only to make the Nazi fucking pricks in Graveland a little uncomfortable.
Reader Comments
July 31st, 2008
8:54 pm
Gaygoroth.
July 31st, 2008
8:54 pm
This story has absolutely no relevance to anything outside the blabbermouth comments.
July 31st, 2008
9:37 pm
can’t say i wasn’t aware of the homoerotic aspects of having dudes up on the bloody crosses, or the one man biting another man’s neck from the posters and tshirts in the latest album art, or his sado torture with a candle of another man? sounded kinky all along…
not a huge surprise
July 31st, 2008
9:43 pm
death!
July 31st, 2008
11:36 pm
Atom & his Package references duly noted and appreciated.
August 1st, 2008
3:44 am
I saw this one coming after watching the VBS series on him. He had some other “close friend” with him and lots of his paintings were of naked guys.
August 1st, 2008
4:53 am
anyone who has a fashion sensibility with such masterful control of aesthetic detail is automatically questionable. I think its rad
August 1st, 2008
10:55 am
Why do you like this stupid Black Metal shit? do you even really like it or did someone decide it was cool and you all jumped on the Bandwagon? It fucking sucks, all these guys are pussies in make-up fuck them, so lame. The Music is shit too
August 2nd, 2008
9:19 pm
not surprising, my friend called it right after that vbs doc aired. Also Graveland is awesome and has been a one-man band for at least a decade, so fix your grammar.
August 2nd, 2008
11:23 pm
Judas Priest’s Bob Halford is gay too, so who cares.
August 2nd, 2008
11:40 pm
Sure Graveland is great… if you’re a frustrated Polish Kid with a soft spot for the salad days of the third reich.
August 4th, 2008
10:22 am
Haha. He is currently dateing a puny little emo kid. Saw them on a kebab shop one late saturday. Soooo cute!
August 5th, 2008
10:18 pm
GAAHL FUCKIN AINT NO FUCKIN FAG ! I’LL KICK YOUR ASS!!
-Skutch