

Lords of Chaos
Based on truth and lies.
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
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6.8/10
589 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $365.4K
- Language
- English
- suicide
- based on novel or book
- nihilism
- heavy metal
- biography
- based on true story
- norway
- self mutilation
- oslo, norway
- black metal
- semi-biographical
- norwegian
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Produced in
United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereRSundance Film Festival23 Jan 2018
- PremiereRThe Film Society of Lincoln Center23 Aug 2018
- Theatrical (limited)RFantastic Fest20 Sept 2018
- Theatrical (limited)R8 Feb 2019
United KingdomGB
- Premiere18BFI London Film Festival19 Oct 2018
- Theatrical1829 Mar 2019
- Physical1822 Jul 2019
CanadaCA
- Premiere18AFantasia Festival2 Aug 2018
BrazilBR
- Theatrical188 Feb 2019
DenmarkDK
- Premiere15CPH: PIX30 Sept 2018
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT21 Jun 2019
GermanyDE
- Physical1829 Mar 2019
HungaryHU
- Theatrical182 May 2019
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1829 Mar 2019
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTR15+26 Mar 2021
NorwayNO
- Theatrical1822 Mar 2019
SpainES
- PremiereSitges Film Festival9 Oct 2018
Frequently asked questions
Lords of Chaos was released on 20 September 2018.
Audience reviews
5- D5/10
Dean
3/13/2019
This movie felt more like a comedy/parody than the serious one.
- S10/10
SgtKowalski
3/27/2019
A very well-made thing, in the middle between “lad-film” and “psycho-drama”. However, there’s a layer missing, and I don’t mean “where’s muh black metal soundtrack” or “Varg was right” or “but there was deep philosophy!!!111” or some such. What I mean is the following: in the film “Generation P” (2011), first there’s one moment where the central character eats fly agaric mushrooms in the woods and trips heavily…
- S7/10
Stephen Campbell
8/16/2019
**_Equal parts funny and harrowing; an enjoyable "true story"_** >_Violent torture_ > _Death has arrived_ > _Armageddon_ > _Terror and fright_ > _Bleeding corpses_ > _Rotting decay_ > _Anarchy_ > _Violent torture_ > _Antichrist_ > _Lucifer_ > _Son of Satan_ > _Pure Fucking Armageddon_ > _Pure Fucking Armageddon!_ - Mayhem; "Pure Fucking Armageddon" (written by Øystein "Eurony…
- G7/10
Gimly
4/3/2020
_Lords of Chaos_ is not a Mayhem biopic. If you're looking for that, or if you're looking for a film about the rise of Black Metal in Norway, look entirely elsewhere. This is - at its surface - basically just a film about Euronymous and his relationship with Dead, and then with Varg. But it's really about "edge". About the kvlt of black metal that was arguably more vital to its identity than the actual music. About e…
- T1/10
tmdb28039023
8/28/2022
Lords of Chaos makes me channel my inner John Cusack as I wonder, do Norwegians listen to black metal because they are miserable, or are they miserable because they listen to black metal? As for me, I know I was miserable because I was watching this movie. Lords of Chaos is a semi-fictional (though ‘barely-factual’ might be a better description) account of the Norwegian black metal scene of the early 1990s, told f…
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