History Film / LordsOfChaos

* AdvertisedExtra: Jack Kilmer as Pelle "Dead" Ohlin, who got prominent billing due to Dead's importance to Mayhem's story -- being Creator/ValKilmer's son likely helped, as well. [[spoiler:He kills himself 22 minutes or so into the film, and only appears afterward in Euronymous' flashbacks.]]

In 1984 in the small city of Oslo, Norway, Øystein Aarseth aka Euronymous (Rory Culkin) decides to do the usual thing a teenage metalhead wants to do: Make the darkest and intense metal band out there. He founds the band Mayhem and they take things up a notch with their unstable vocalist Per Ohlin aka Dead (Jack Kilmer) but things go too far and chaotic when they meet paths with Varg Vikernes (Emory Cohen), a young man who wants to take things even further.

* DoNotCallMePaul: Once he adapts the name Varg, the former Kristian Vikernes makes it a point to correct anyone -- especially Euronymous -- who calls him by his birth name.

* JerkAss: '''Euronymous''', who spends most, if not all the film, acting like a complete (albeit [[LargeHam hammy]]) dick and showing little to no empathy over the destruction he causes as long as it gets Mayhem's name out there.
** [[spoiler: JerkassFacade: It's made apparent near the end that Euronymous was ''this'' hard, a fairly normal person, if a bit of an AttentionWhore who realizes what he wanted was too much for him]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his JerkAss tendencies, Euronymous clearly has a good relationship with his family, especially his little sister.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his Jerkass tendencies, Euronymous clearly has a good relationship with his family, especially his little sister.

** Varg Vikernes actually ''had'' been acquiescence with Euronymous around the time of ''Deathcrush'', as he was the one who sent [[spoiler: the shotgun shells that Pelle used to kill himself with]], although the film probably left this out due to the debated validity of Vikernes's "truths".

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7zrHiqoJ6k Trailer has been released]], and the movie is set to be released February 8th, 2019 through selected theaters before dropping into on demand on February 22nd, 2019.

''Lords of Chaos'' is a 2019 horror[=/=]Main/{{Biopic}} film directed by original member of Music/{{Bathory}} turned music video director Jonas Åkerlund, based on the infamous book of the same name, focusing on the [[BlackMetal second way black metal scene of Norway]], starting with the birth of Music/{{Mayhem}} and the events that transpired from it.

** The film shows that ''Aske'''s release had matches. The real release of ''Aske'' had a lighter with the burnt remains of Fantoft on it.

** Varg Vikernes actually ''had'' been acquiescence with Euronymous around the time of ''Deathcrush'', as he was the one who sent [[spoiler: the shotgun shells that Pelle used to kill himself]], although the film probably left this out due to the debated validity of Vikernes's "truths".

** Varg Vikernes actually ''had'' been acquiescence around the time of ''Deathcrush'', as he was the one who sent [[spoiler: the shotgun shells that Pelle used to kill himself]], although the film probably left this out due to the debated validity of Vikernes's "truths".

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Depending on your view anyway: The film plays out with Euronymous killed by Varg, who's then arrested afterwards for the murder (alongside for the church burnings), Faust as well being arrested for the murder of Magne Andreassen, with band members/Ann-Marit/Euro's family in mourning. At the end however, Euronymous shows annoyance about how his story isn't sad and [[WorthIt is genuinely happy he was able to become a dark figure in black metal and his accomplishments, with Mayhem now being a true household name in Norwegian black metal]]]].

* BrickJoke: [[spoiler: While travelling to see Euro, Varg tells Blackthorn to simply lie and say that they were returning the movie ''Film/DieHard2''. In the end when being interrogated by police, Blackthorn uses this excuse only for it to backfire in his face when asked what the movie is about.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: [[spoiler: Euro's narration is this, especially in the end when he shows annoyance over the "sappy" ending]].

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: Earlier in the movie, Dead attempts to coax Euronymous into shooting him with his rifle and quotes Euronymous's earlier speech ("All it takes is one bullet") but Euro himself is reluctant to kill Dead. This gives an idea that Euronymous is all words and no action, something that leads to his downfall]].

** While the film is fairly accurate to the black metal history of Mayhem, the film [[spoiler: glosses over Maniac's involvement on Mayhem's EP ''Deathcrush'', instead just jumping to Dead's time in the band. Also Hellhammer joined after Dead was in the band already]].

** While the film is fairly accurate to the black metal history of Mayhem, the film [[spoiler: glosses over Maniac's involvement on Mayhem's EP ''Deathcrush'', instead just jumping to Dead's time in the band]].

* OnlySaneMan: Jorn, who made the smart decision after leaving Mayhem after seeing Euro exploit Dead's suicide.

* FalseFriend: Varg accuses Euronymous of this [[spoiler: in the end during their final confrontation over a mis understanding]].

** The film shows that ''Aske'' had matches. The real release of ''Aske'' had a lighter with the burnt remains of Fantoft on it.

** [[spoiler: TakeThatAudience: After Euro brags how happy he is with his reputation and the events of the film, he asks the audience: "What the fuck have you done? Poser!"]]

** [[spoiler: TakeThatAudience: "What the fuck have you done? Poser!"]]

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Depending on your view anyway: The film plays out with Euronymous killed by Varg, who's then arrested afterwards for the murder (alongside for the church burnings), Faust as well being arrested for the murder of Magne Andreassen, with band members/Ann-Marit/Euro's family in mourning. At the end however, Euronymous disregards this and is only [[WorthIt genuinely happy he was able to become a dark figure in black metal and Mayhem is now a true household name in Norwegian black metal]]]].

* BrickJoke: [[spoiler: While travelling to see Euro, Varg tells Blackthorn to simply lie to the police that they were returning the movie ''Film/DieHard2''. In the end when being interrogated by police, Blackthorn uses this excuse only for it to backfire in his face when asked what the movie is about.]]
---> '''[[spoiler: Blackthorn:''' It's...about dying harder?]]

* OnlySanePerson: Jorn, who made the smart decision after leaving Mayhem after seeing Euro exploit Dead's suicide.

* TakeThat: After [[spoiler: Varg is interviewed]] by Finn Bjørn Tønder over [[spoiler: his involvement with the church burnings and the Black Circle]] for the ''Bergens Tidende''[[note]]A famous Norwegian newspaper[[/note]], he and his photographer proceed to call him a "fucking idiot" for basically condemning himself to the police, in no obvious pint shot at [[spoiler: [[Music/{{Burzum}} Varg Vikernes]] himself]].