 Despite the Pagan lyrics, and although "[i]t was Euronymous' dogma that Black Metal necessarily had to have a satanic background" and "Nagelfar has never been a satanic band", they always considered themselves "pure black metal in every aspect" and not as a pagan metal band.The band considered some statements of the black metal scene hilarious and distanced themselves from them, which earned them respect by some and hatred by others and let "to bizarre, ambivalent insults […].We were dirty punks for some, dirty fascists for others."