The band bases most of their songs on
Norse mythology, the
Viking Age, and the pre-
Christian world. This mythology is an element that originally emerged as an ideological off-shoot of
black metal in a genre known as
Viking metal in the early 1990s, made popular by such bands as
Bathory and
Enslaved. Lead singer Johan Hegg's sister has once contributed lyrics for the band for the song “A Thousand Years of Oppression” on
Versus the World[5].
When asked to comment on the band's genre, vocalist Johan Hegg remarked:
| “ | We play death metal. We write about vikings so, therefore, some refer us to viking metal, but I have no idea what that is. I can't imagine the viking’s veer into metal at all except on the swords and stuff. And musically, I guess they only played these strange lip instruments and some bongos or whatever. |
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