 Gorgoroth guitarist Tormentor departed from the band in 2002 due to no longer being able to cooperate with King.Vocalist Pest clarified that he would probably not have liked to work with King when mentioning in a 2010 studio report by "Sheol Magazine" that he sometimes did wonder how it might feel to join the band again after having left in 1997.Fenriz of Darkthrone has openly expressed disdain for King many times, having held regard for him as one of the “ÜBERPOSERS […] constantly trying to destroy REAL metal”, and stated that he would not consider Darkthrone as black metal anymore “if what King ov Hell is doing is something anyone would call black metal.