History Film / LordsOfChaos

In 1987 Oslo, Norway, Øystein Aarseth AKA Euronymous (Creator/RoryCulkin) 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). However, their plans turn chaotic when they cross paths with [[{{Music/Burzum}} Varg Vikernes]] (Emory Cohen), a young man who wants to take things even further.

* AmbiguousDisorder: many of the characters appear to have...something going on upstairs, at least. Euronymous acts tough and commanding but is shown to be suffering from some PTSD following [[spoiler:Dead's suicide]]. Varg's awkwardness around others, inability to feel compassion or friendship, and literal-mindedness about being "evil" could be taken as him being on the autism spectrum. Faust claims he is interested in stabbing someone to death, and exhibits no remorse following Magne's murder, which could indicate sociopathy. As these characters are based on real people, this is never brought up in-universe and it is left to the viewer to judge whether mental divergence plays a role in any character's actions; the only exception is Dead, who is both shown and stated to be suffering from depression and PTSD.

* DarkerAndEdgier: What Euronymous ''wanted'' Norwegian black metal to be, until he bit off more than he can chew.

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

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2018, and was eventually released on February 8, 2019 through selected theaters. Its trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7zrHiqoJ6k here]].

--> ''"Based on Truth and Lies."''

''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 wave black metal scene of Norway]], starting with the birth of Music/{{Mayhem}} and the events that transpired from it.

In 1987 in the small city of Oslo, Norway, Øystein Aarseth aka Euronymous (Creator/RoryCulkin) 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 [[{{Music/Burzum}} Varg Vikernes]] (Emory Cohen), a young man who wants to take things even further.

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

In 1987 in the small city of Oslo, Norway, Øystein Aarseth aka Euronymous (Creator/RoryCulkin) 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.

In 1987 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.

* TheCorruptor: [[spoiler: Euronymous was this to Varg accidentally. Because Euronymous criticized Varg's interest in Music/{{Scorpions}}, his ''name'', and made other outlandish comments, Varg began to take it at face value and shows shock and frustration that Euronymous was simply building image and not actually being legitimate]].

* [[spoiler: PosthumousNarration: The film is told by Euronymous's perspective after he's long dead. He even says to the audience that his story will "end badly".]]
* [[spoiler: TheReveal: Euronymous is shown to ''genuinely'' be broken by Dead's suicide near the end when Ann-Marit finds his box of belongings, in particular a photo of him and Dead. The film even cuts to a flashback of Euro finding Pelle's body and beginning to break down crying]].

* [[spoiler: AintTooProudToBeg: Euronymous begins begging Varg to not kill him near the end of the movie after trying to make peace. Varg doesn't listen]].

* [[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 is portrayed as sad and [[WorthIt how he is genuinely happy he was able to become a dark figure in black metal and his accomplishments in the scene, with Mayhem now being a true household name in Norwegian black metal]]]].

* [[spoiler: EpicFail: Varg's interview. The entire thing not only made him look like an idiot, but caused Helvete to be closed and the Black Circle to become public knowledge. The only thing Varg got out of it was more attention to himself of being released due to "lack of evidence".]]

* [[spoiler: FromNobodyToNightmare: Varg started off as a fan of Mayhem who still used his real name Kristian, but when Euronymous treated him like crap, he became a ''much'' bigger threat when he began to use his anti-Christian views to set fire to the churches..]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceDoorSlam: Euronymous tries to make peace with Varg by sending him a contract that transfers all the rights of Burzum's music to him, and he even makes peace with himself by seeing Pelle during their good times as Ann-Marit cuts his signature long hair, as if to symbolize his change of character. Then Varg comes over and he kills him]].

* WhamShot: ''Many'' in the official trailer, such as: [[spoiler: Varg setting fire to the Fantoft Stave Church, Faust murdering Magne Andreassen, Varg and Euronymous setting fire to Holmenkollen Chapel, Dead trying to ''force Euronymous to shoot him'', and Dead's bloodied suicide note]].

--> ''"Based on Truth and Lies"''

!We're Tropes of Chaos!

* HopeSpot: Euronymous [[spoiler: tries to make peace with Varg by sending him a contract to give him the rights to Burzum's music. This backfires thanks to the rumors of Euroymous making a threat about killing him, pushing Varg into showing up at Oslo and stabbing Euronymous out of paranoia]].