Show notes for Episode 2: Svein Egil Hatlevik (Fleurety, Zweizz, et al.)

Because the formatting goes haywire when I post this in the podcast episode description

My guest on this episode is Svein Egil Hatlevik—founding member of Fleurety (“the Steely Dan of post-Norwegian black metal,” as, uh, one writer put it), ex-member of Dødheimsgard, current member of Stagnant Waters, and sole member of Zweizz.

Here, we talk about everything from coming of age (and forming Fleurety) in the early ‘90s and prank calling Helvete (the infamous black metal record store in Oslo) to collaborating via the internet and making music at his computer (as Zweizz). We also talk about AI-generated music, his contributions to DHG’s classic 666 International album, and his take on the meaning of “true black metal.”

MUSIC CREDITS

• Fleurety, “Fragmenter Av en Fortid”

• Zweizz & Joey Hopkins, “Eternal Puberty”

• Zweizz & Joey Hopkins, “No Clue”

• Fleurety, “Trauma”

• Zweizz, “Hommage à Knutsen & Ludvigsen”

• Dødheimsgard, “Carpet Bombing”

• Fleurety, “Fragmenter Av En Fremtid”

A SELECTED SVEIN EGIL HATLEVIK DISCOGRAPHY

Fleurety:

• Min Tid Skal Komme (1995)

• Department of Apocalyptic Affairs (2000)

• The White Death (2017)

• Inquietum (2017)

Zweizz:

• The Yawn of the New Age (2007)

• Zweizz & Joey Hopkins (2011)

Dødheimsgard:

• Satanic Art (1997)

• 666 International (1999)

Stagnant Waters:

• Stagnant Waters (2012)

• Rifts (2024)

LINKS

• Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame feature on Fleurety’s Min Tid Skal Komme

• A few older interviews with SEH: Kaleidoscope (2012) | Ave Noctum (2013) | Invisible Oranges (2017)

• “When Norway Was Weird: Avant-Garde Metal from the 90s to the 2000s” (overview via Toilet Ov Hell)

• And if you’re morbidly curious, you can read my old (circa 2001) reviews of some of the aforementioned albums for AllMusic.com: 666 International | Satanic Art |

  Min Tid Skal Komme | Department of Apocalyptic Affairs

Episode artwork adapted from a design by Trine + Kim.