#snorre

It was very fun with (the) synth music. There was nothing organic. It was completely synthetic, sort of. Very exciting, inhuman music. You mix those things up there and wrap it up with guitar and bass, you might get something a little weird.

I have not learned to play the guitar from anyone…I played a lot and spent a lot of time with Øystein Aarseth in Mayhem. Øystein and I actually had quite a few common ideas and such, on playing technique and playing style. He liked to experiment with things on the guitar, and do things that are not normal playing.

I learned that picking technique from Øystein. To tighten the hand so hard that everything just shook by itself. It’s like playing guitar with a mixer.”

- Snorre Ruch on the inspiration he took from Øystein’s guitar technique and went on to use in his work with Thorns. From the NRK documentary ‘Helvete: Historien om Norsk Black Metal’ 🕯