Sweden is home to some of the world's most cutting edge indie and electronic rock. But amidst a forest of folksy, indie sounds, one satanic metal group has managed to make a name for themselves, and have now officially gone gold. As The Daily Swarm reports, the group Watain recently released an album titled 'Reaping Death,' which, after selling 10,000 CDs in just two weeks, has been certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Lead singer Erik was characteristically meh about the whole thing, issuing the following statement: "No matter how awkward it feels to be a part of the materialistic record business, and even more so being rewarded by its filthy capitalistic measures, we will still accept this award with a poisoned smile. The same smile with which we have kissed your sons and daughters with 'Reaping Death.' We see this disc of gold as a trophy, a trophy of a successful hunt for their souls."
A unique victory speech, to say the least, but perhaps not entirely unsurprising, considering that Watain describes itself as a group that builds "upon the stage a temple of panic, chaos, magic and death, showing to the audience the true, ugly face of the horrible abomination that is Black Metal."
