The famous American actor and producer, Oscar winner Nicolas Cage has long been known for his predilection for heavy music. Not only that, his son Weston performed in the metal bands Eyes Of Noctum and Arsh Anubis and introduced his dad to black metal as well. In a recent interview Nicolas Cage spoke in some detail about his attitude to this style of extreme metal:
Weston got me into the black metal music that is so popular in Norway.Black metal is something that gets a pretty bad rap, because of the church burnings [in the early 90s] and so on, but the music itself came from classical music! Weston was listening to bands like Dimmu Borgir and I thought the singers were outstanding, and the music was classically influenced – I think that’s the root of metal, which is interesting enough in itself as it springs from Bach, Wagner and Beethoven.You can’t say that about so many forms of music, as so much of it came from gospel and African music. I think there’s something to be said for that.
Anyway, next time someone asks you why you like black metal, just read Cage’s interview in response.
To add to that, Cage’s ex-wife Christina Fulton, aka Weston’s mom, was in a long-term relationship with Shagrath of Dimmu Borgir and they were even planning to get married.
