Career
He is one of only two founding members left in the current line-up with Ivar Bjørnson being the other one. He is the man who appears on the cover of Enslaved"s album Eld. Grutle appeared as a guest vocalist on the song "High on Cold War" on Darkthrone"s 2006 European Parliament, Too Old, Too Cold.
Kjellson clearly stated in multiple interviews including in the film Metal: A Headbanger"s Journey his opinion on the church burning in Norway such as the Fantoft Stave Church.
In one interview he said "The church burning as a "symbolic" act I can understand. Kjellson stated in an interview that black metal isn"t one specific genre.
He said "Well, black metal pretty much started with Venom in. What is it "81 or "82? With the album Welcome to Hell.
They were actually the first act that actually called their music black metal.
I mean Venom doesn"t sound anything like modern Black metal bands. But you know it"s still Black metal, same lyrical concept, Satanic lyrics and stuff. Yeah Venom sounded more like punk than.. black metal nowadays.
So black metal can be any kind of heavy metal music".