Rays of light reach from the tiny windows of the cottage and the silhouette of a man can be made out. Therein sits Pilgrim Bestiarius – frontman of Crimson Moonlight, Scandinavia’s grimmest viking metal outfit.

”The fascination with vikings and the middle ages stems from the music,” Pilgrim says inside the cottage as he strokes his fiery beard.
”In black metal there is a common interest in past times. And passion for the barren and plain.”
(From the article “The Divine Darkness”.)

It was in 2008 that I met Simon Rosén, also known as Pilgrim Bestiarius. We spent a few days together in his cottage out in the woods where he has neither electricity or running water, and still lack nothing at all. During my stay he taught me quite a bit about the connection between hard labour and mercy. And why it is that the more we understand God, the better we understand that we don’t understand anything at all.

The two of us soon became good friends and the article is quite possibly the best piece if have had published to date.

Published in Dagen, october 2008.
Daily printed newspapper (Sweden).
Circulation: 19.000/day (average 60.000 readers/day).

Published in HM Magazine, february 2009.
Bimonthly printed magazine (USA).