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Originally Posted by The Batlord
At least as far as the old Norwegian set go, I see there as being three basic types of BM musicians: the goofy dorks who wanted people to think they were badass (Euronymous or Necrobutcher from Mayhem), the fringe weirdos who were probably the art school version of metalheads (Ihsahn from Emperor or the guys from Ulver), and then the legitimate sociopaths who couldn't really connect to a segment of society unless it was itself disconnected (Varg, or that murderer drummer, Faust, from Emperor).
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Good breakdown.
As for the BM scene in general (although I haven't been a fan for years and might know nothing about recent developments), I'd say that many musicians don't take themselves nearly as seriously, as one might think. But those who do, come off doubly ridiculous.
(It's also really difficult for me to not laugh at people wearing corpsepaint.)