Former GORGOROTH Frontman GAAHL On Beg Gay In The Black Metal Scene - "I Thk The Metal Communy Is One Of The Most Open Communi There Is"; Vio - BraveWords

Contents:

• GAAHL IS GAY. OFFICIALLY.
• GAAHL SAYS EMPEROR'S FST WAS HIS FIRST SUPPORTER WHEN HE CAME OUT AS GAY
• DEFINITIONS FOR GAYALGAY·AL
• GAYAL
• GAYAL

GAAHL IS GAY. OFFICIALLY.

But now this villa of all people has outed himself as gay and reveals a few sis to his personaly very few people would've thought Hard: I thk 's pretty ballsy that you've outed yourself as gay. "Rock Hard: But there are people that do not accept homosexualy. It was reportedly triggered by anti-gay remarks by a certa person who found himself a hospal shortly thereafter).

"Rock Hard: But there are likely people on the right ge of the black metal scene for whom you as an avowed homosexual have bee an "Possibly, y. " Sce your homosexualy has bee known, those sourc have gone silent. "Rock Hard: How are your right-wg iends rpondg to your beg gay?

So after “metalsucks, ” “metal sucks” and “, ” “gaahl gay” is now the most mon search phrase brgg people here om search eng. “I don’t believe that Gaahl is a gay or bisexual. “I dunno if any part of this ever actually says he’s gay.

GAAHL SAYS EMPEROR'S FST WAS HIS FIRST SUPPORTER WHEN HE CAME OUT AS GAY

IF HE IS GAY, HE WOULD BE ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR THIS PLANET AND DONT BELONG ANYMORE TO THIS KIND OF MUSIC.

“Even if he is not gay, sce the article is a ltle vague, I don’t thk he is ncerned about sexual relatnships.

“He is not fuckg gay!

DEFINITIONS FOR GAYALGAY·AL

Rock Hard: But there are likely people on the right ge of the black metal scene for whom you as an avowed homosexual have bee an enemy.

So, Gaahl is gay. I scerely hope this serv to to shake up the rampant homophobia the metal muny or at a few people to stop and thk. Metal Injectn's Frank Godla sat down wh legendary volist, Gaahl, to discs his new band Gaahls Wyrd, the meang of the name, workg wh his bandmat, where fs his reer, feelgs towards artwork, the tth about beg gay the Norwegian black metal scene, what he's learned his lifetime, and much more!

The first person to send me a msage after the media ught up wh me beg gay, was Fst. So people n image whatever they want, I don't know anyone the Norwegian black metal scene that is agast gays.

GAYAL

Febary 4, 2010Last week the annual Bergen Gay Galla was held, and var awards were prented to persons and stutns that have ntributed to the gay muny Bergen, most prtig award was given to Kristian Espedal (a. The former GORGOROTH volist was named "Homosexual Of The Year" and accepted the award person.

I was at Fcken (gay bar Bergen). "Were people surprised when you me out as a homosexual? Openly gay black metal ontman, Gaahl, has ctom-ma a playlist for Pri – and 's eclectic as fuck.

The outspoken Gaahl later admted to his homosexualy (somethg he claims he never tentnally kept a secret) when he fell love wh fellow Norwegian Rob Jakobsen, wh whom he's been a relatnship wh for 11 years (d'aww), now the absolute badass has released a playlist full of absolute bangers om the lik of gay and queer ins such as Judas Prit, David Bowie and Grace jon, as well as Motörhead, Srpns, Th Lizzy and even Fleetwood Mac and The Eurythmics! Of those metal micians who have publicly e out of the closet as gay, one of the more tertg -- and, for some, unexpected -- was Gaahl, former ontman of Goroth and, more recently, of his own project Gaahl's WYRD.

GAYAL

But not only did Gaahl e out of the closet, a recent terview he also says that one of his earlit supporters was former Emperor dmmer Bård "Fst" Ehun -- who went to prison for murrg a gay man durg the Norwegian black metal an terview wh Metal Injectn, Gaahl discsed the metal muny's reactn to his g out, sayg, "I thk the metal muny is one of the most open muni there is. "The first person to send me a msage after the media ught up wh me beg gay, was Fst, " he ntu.

"It should be noted that Fst murred a gay man, Magne Andreassen, the woods outsi of Lillehammer, Norway, 1992. However, Fst has said the past that he did not target Andreassen bee he was gay, but only ed his sexualy to lure him to the spot where he murred him. As if that wasn’t enough, 2008 Gaahl announced that he was gay – no small cisn for a leadg figure wh a sub-genre where homophobia is not only relatively mon among fans, but where more than one high profile mician has actually been jailed nnectn wh the aths of gay men.

In that time Gaahl’s sexualy has been much discsed, to the extent that he even picked up an award as ‘Gay person of the year’ at the Bergen Gay Gala. H is for HomosexualGaahl me out as gay back 2008, an admissn that prompted a nsirable reactn om fans and the metal prs. Gaahl’s g out followed Judas Prit god Rob Halford’s footsteps, and marked only the send stance of a high-profile heavy metal mician publicly intifyg as gay.

His stoney-faced ristance towards any sensatnalizatn of that fact and obv fort wh himself gave the metal muny a chance to nont s attu towards homosexualy and problems wh homophobia. 2010, he was prented wh a “Gay Person of the Year” award at the Bergen Gay Gala, which he regard wh some bemement—”I thk that handg out awards on the grounds of sexual orientatn or race is silly. Wrten by Swedish journalists Ika Johannson and Jon Jefferson Klgberg, both longtime chroniclers of the wilr rners of their typilly d-mannered untry’s mic scene, the book trac the mil and cultural velopments that led to the rise of ath metal—and black metal, which is a whole other thg— Swen the early ‘ also grappl wh a difficult issue that, ankly, keeps many away om the extreme metal scene: The racist, sexist, and homophobic views of some of s members.