кстати интересная дискуссия на кворе про блэк, многие говорят блэк это культурный экспорт Норвегии, который сильно преобладает.
So… I’m Norwegian! And I wouldn’t call myself a black metal-fan, though I did listen to black metal for a brief period when I was a teenager. There are like mainly three different attitudes towards black metal in Norway.
First you have the christians and the «normal» middle class. (I don’t know how to say «småborgerlig» in english. ) These people are still shocked and scared, they remember the headlines in the newspapers in the 90s and they think black metal is evil and dangerous. To black metal-folks delight. Or maybe, if you are a black metal-artist or someone who doesn’t have to deal with this people on a everyday basis. It’s kinda boring to have them as parents when you’re a kid who has to hide your metal-albums in fear of having them burned.
Then there’s the black metal scene that is very, very proud that «we» were the inventors of black metal. A lot of people are less proud to be associated with Varg Vikernes and arsoning, though. It seems like one group is all about the music and then one smaller group consists of real satanists. But in my experience these are only a few.
Then there is these people who doesn’t listen to it personally, but aknowledge it as a genre and book black metal bands to festivals and nominate them for musical awards. Some might say this is kind of..wrong as black metal originally was anti-commercial and everything.
But nonetheless, black metal isn’t that scary to the everyday person anymore. It’s become just another genre.
A lot of the credit for this I think can go to this little lady:
«Nemi» is a comic book character made by Norwegian Lise Myhre. Nemi is a highly relatable young woman, and part of the black metal scene. This comic is in one of Norways biggest newspapers (Dagbladet), and has been for years. Nemi talkes about how goths and black metal-people are just normal people and very misunderstood, and she wears band t-shirts to promote all of her creators favorite bands. That kinda makes it less scary to everyday people. I mean, I know old, Christian women who say they relate to Nemi. And so they learn that black metal isn’t scary. And makes it harder for the ones who wants to shock.
I would appreciate a Norwegian non-black-metal-fan to answer this.
Since I’ve talked about this with Norwegians who are not black metal enthusiasts, I could give you an answer.
Most Norwegians are aware of the genre, they know Black Metal is one of the most interesting cultural exports (actually, it is the main cultural export) from that country. I also know that people there are more open to it than people in other countries.
In many countries, black metal is perceived as a life style more than just another subgenre among many others. The average black metal listener will usually hold the subgenre as among their favorite. There’s little space for a casual listener. You either love it or hate it. Not many people outside the metal scene really know about Black metal. They can’t tell it apart from death metal or thrash. If you know what black metal is, then you are a headbanger. And you either love it or hate it.
This is not true in Norway, however. People know what Black Metal is about. They can tell a black metal song from any other genre. What’s more, there are many casual listeners, this is, people who are really into hip-hop or electronica, yet still like some black metal, which is unthinkable of in other countries.
In Chile, things are not much different. Especially in the south. However, black metal will never be a big thing, especially now as it’s declining.
But that is pretty much the black metal landscape up in Norway. Summing up, they all know about, not everybody likes it. There are many fans, but also many casual listeners of the subgenre, despite it being an extreme trend. This is mainly, because it is their major cultural export, due to its historicity, and how much attention it called upon the country, throughout the world.
Black metal is to Norway, what Anime is to Japan.
Although it is not a popular as many people think, as Lyonel correctly pointed out, there is a higher acceptance for the genre than most other countries. Artists enjoy a lot of support from the government in the form of grants to help out with touring, for example.
There is also a lot of support for events and the genre is seen as part of Norwegian culture. The 2015 edition of Blastfest, an annual festival held in Bergen, was opened by the mayor of Bergen.
(Photo credit: This Way To Heavy)
The idea of seeing an elected official giving a speech in front of a backdrop that says Rotting Christ (a Greek Black Metal band) is absurd to many outside of Norway, or indeed the Nordic countries.
During the 2014 bicentenary celebrations of the Norwegian constitution (1814), Enslaved and Wardruna were commissioned to create a composition that celebrates Norwegian history. The result is Skuggsjá (meaning Mirror in Old Norse), which was performed in a festival called Eidsivablot on September 14th, 2014 in Eidsvoll, the town where the constitution was signed on the 17th of May, 1814.
As you can see at the bottom of the poster, this was supported by the Eidsvoll and Akershus councils, as well as the organisation that oversaw the jubileum celebrations, Ja Vi Elsker (the name is taken from the national anthem).
Just this week on Thursday (17th March, 2016), and for the whole weekend, the Skuggsjá show was brought to London as part of Enslaved's 25th anniversary as a band, in a festival they dubbed ByNorse. The members of Enslaved and Wardruna were received by the ambassador to Norway in London.
(Photo credit: ByNorse Facebook page)
So although you won't see hordes of black clad people in corpse paint roaming the streets of Oslo or Bergen, the genre is still very well respected in Norway.
https://www.quora.com/What-do-Norwegians-th...-of-black-metal