# Until the Light Takes Us (2008)

> A stark insider documentary tracing Norwegian black metal’s music, mythology, ideology, and crimes through the people who created its legend.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/22380

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Documentary, Music
- Director: Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell
- Cast: Varg Vikernes, Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg, Øystein Aarseth, Per Ohlin, Olve Eikemo, Harald Nævdal, Gylve Nagell, Bjarne Melgaard
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014809/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: bleak, provocative, confrontational, late night viewing, music discovery

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- [Metalhead (2013)](https://ember.film/movie/124422)
- [Heavy Trip (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/313415)
- [Dig! (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/1223)
- [Lords of Chaos (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/286741)
- [Hail Satan? (2019)](https://ember.film/movie/395116)
- [American Hardcore (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/9639)
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- [Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/59359)
- [Utøya: July 22 (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/344184)
- [Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/6384)

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