STOCKHOLM - HATS OFF TO GAAHL

By viceland

We figured all of Bergen would be abuzz with last week's news that Gaahl's fashion and former other-kind-of-business partner dragged him out of the closet in the Norwegian press, but everybody is keeping surprisingly mum. Instead of splitting into rival factions and going at each other with gas bombs and motorcycle chains as in the Birmingham Halford riots of '98, all the metal fans and band members we talked to not only didn't want to say anything about Gaahl being gay, they didn't even want to say anything about people saying things about Gaahl being gay. We're not sure if that's a matter of scene solidarity or the added threat this revelation adds to his arsenal for revenge, but what we do know is we think Gaahl being gay is awesome for Black Metal, if only to make the Nazi fucking pricks in Graveland a little uncomfortable.