Until the Light Takes Us

Plot Summary

Until the Light Takes Us tells the story of black metal. Part music scene and part ideological uprising, black metal rose to worldwide notoriety in the mid nineties when a rash of suicides, murders, and church burnings accompanied the explosive artistic growth and output of a music scene that would forever redefine what heavy metal is and what it stands for to other musicians, artists and music fans world-wide. Until The Light Takes Us looks behind the sensationalized media reports of Satanists running amok in Europe to examine the complex and largely misunderstood principles and beliefs that led to this rebellion against both Christianity and culture. To capture this on film, directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell moved to Norway and lived with the musicians for several years, building relationships that allowed them to create surprisingly intimate portraits. The result is a moving story that's as much about the nature of truth and the way misinterpretation often forms the basis of our histories, as it is about a music scene that blazed a path of murder and arson across the northern sky.