Music and aggression

What role does aggression play in music, and how is it played out on stage and in halls, especially in black metal and various hard-core genres? Does it release feelings of which we are deprived in a tame and disciplined modern life, or is it just theatre and playacting?

The British author and photographer Dayal Patterson has written several books about the history of the black metal genre, and throughout a long musical career Thomas Seltzer has certainly seen and heard most things. The two meet for a dialogue with Tor-Otto Mjelde, known from radio pro­grammes like “Pyro” and “Stjernepose”.