“Lords Of Chaos” (** out of four) was an intermittently intriguing but odd story about a teenager (Rory Culkin) in Oslo who attempts to start the genre of Norwegian black metal but his plan hits several speed-bumps and he then is forced to start his own record label and open his own record shop in order to survive but this also leads to twists of fate and consequences he did not foresee. Interesting for fans of metal and hard-rock (with a particular nod to Kiss whose face-paint and makeup the band emulates) for a while but story gets bogged down in the middle and takes some strange turns afterwards till its very bloody ending. Culkin is strong in the lead role and holds the movie together and makes it worth watching for at least a little while.

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