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Black metal legend elected to Norwegian town council against his will
Norwegian extreme music legend Fenriz is getting ready to release Arctic Thunder, the new album from his foundational black metal band Darkthrone, but he's hit an unexpected speed bump. After agreeing to join a "backup list" of potential candidates for the local neighborhood council in Kolbotn, a suburb of Oslo, he was unexpectedly elected.
Black metal legend elected to Norwegian town council against his will
factmag.com
Never underestimate the power of a cat.




is it really against his will, though, if he voluntarily joined a backup candidate list? Isn't that the point of those things? Silly!
Surely he will be able to write a song about this.