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Jul 8, 2014 · According to The Local, BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) has been slapped with a fine and suspended prison sentence for allegedly inciting racial hatred and glorifying...
Vikernes denied committing the arsons, though he supported them. In 1992–1993, he also recorded bass for Mayhem 's debut studio album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994). In August 1993, Vikernes fatally stabbed Mayhem guitarist Euronymous during an altercation at the latter's apartment, and was arrested shortly after.
Jul 8, 2014 · Burzum mastermind Varg Vikernes has been found guilty of inciting racial hatred and exalting war crimes in France. The sentence was handed down almost exactly a year after Vikernes and his wife...
Aug 12, 2023 · BLACK METAL. They were bandmates and burned churches, until one killed the other: The crime that marked black metal. Together, they unleashed a wave of extremism and madness. Then, on the night of...
Feb 25, 2019 · Only a year later, Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth, a figurehead of the scene, was murdered by Varg "Count Grishnackh" Vikernes of the band Burzum. Vikernes was sentenced to 21 years in jail for the killing and his connections to the fires set in religious buildings.
- Eric Shorey
Police believe Varg Vikernes of Burzum was responsible, and the cover of Burzum's EP Aske ("ashes") is a photograph of the destroyed church. On 16 May 1994, [62] Vikernes was found guilty for burning down the Holmenkollen Chapel , Skjold Church , and Åsane Church .
Varg Vikernes, also known as Burzum, began his musical career in Bergen, Norway, and quickly became a pioneering figure in the Norwegian black metal scene . His involvement in controversial acts, including church arsons and the murder of Mayhem’s guitarist Euronymous, significantly impacted and stirred debates within the black metal community .
