 I came to the personal conclusion that this whole Satanic bit was a fake : a hoax created by another hoax — the Christian church , the very institution they were attempting to attack using Satanic lyrics in the first place . Since I am an avid fan of history , the natural step would be to find something in history that could replace a thing like the dark side of life . And what could be more simple and natural than to pick up on the Viking era ? Being Swedish and all , having a personal relation to , and linked by blood to , that era at the same time as it was an internationally infamous moment in history , I sensed that here I might just have something . Especially well suited was it since it was an era that reached its peak just before the Christian circus came around northern Europe and Sweden in the tenth century , establishing itself as the dictatorial way of life and death . And so that Satan and hell type of soup was changed for proud and strong nordsmen , shiny blades of broadswords , dragon ships and party- ' til @-@ you @-@ puke type of living up there in the great halls 
