This year’s LFF Cult strand ventures beyond the bounds of identity, adolescence and ethics in these incautious cautionary tales from France to Brazil, ...

Jonas Åkerlund's biopic following the birth of Mayhem never lands on a cohesive tone.

Rory Culkin stars in this story of True Norwegian Black Metal, which is truly not for the faint of heart

Jonas Akerlund's latest film is based on the sordid true-life rise and fall of the Norwegian black-metal band Mayhem.

(Jonas Åkerlund, UK/Sweden, Gunpowder & Sky, Opening February 8)

Rory Culkin and Emory Cohen co-star in Swedish director Jonas Akerlund’s biopic of notorious Norwegian black metal band Mayhem.

Norway's most infamous musical export gets it due in Jonas Åkerlund's drama.

Review: Jonas Åkerlund’s film offers a grisly depiction of the men behind a wave of church burnings

It’s all fun and games until someone loses a soul.

Jonas Åkerlund attempts to debunk the various myths surrounding the Norwegian Black Metal scene

For anyone old enough to remember, “Satanic panic” thrived in the US in the ’80s and ’90s — but that’s mostly what it was, unfounded hysteria. Th...

Inspired by a sordid, true story, this English-language movie tracks a group of Norwegian death-metal musicians whose lives go murderously wrong.

Akerlund's shock tactics—brain matter, blood spatter, and realistic-sounding howls of pain—are neither shocking nor thoughtful.

Sundance 2018: 'Lords of Chaos' turns story of Norwegian black-metal pioneers Mayhem into a gruesome, gonzo true-crime ride. Our review.

Jonas Akerlund's 'Lords of Chaos' movie depicts the rise and bloody downfall of Norwegian black-metal pioneers Mayhem. Our review.

Rory Culkin and Emory Cohen star in this real-life drama centred on the Norwegian death metal scene

Talk to "true" Norwegian black metal fans and they'll tell you Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind's book about the scene's origins and criminality is a b...

☆☆☆☆☆This grindingly repetitive “rocksploitation” drama about the Norwegian black metal (satanic-themed guitar-based ditties) scene of the 1990...

Hail Åkerlund! The Swedish director has made a pitch-perfect black metal dramedy about real-life head-bangers who lost their minds.