‘’I believe in a horned devil, a personified Satan. In my opinion all the other forms of Satanism are bullshit. I hate that some people think up idiotic ways of making eternal peace in the world and dare to call it Satanism, like so many do. Satanism comes from religious Christianity, and there it shall stay. I’m a religious person and I will fight those who misuse His name. People are not supposed to believe in themselves and be individualists. They are supposed to OBEY, to be the SLAVES of religion…’’
(Πιστεύω σε ένα κερασφόρο διάβολο, έναν προσωποποιημένο Σατανά. Κατά τη γνώμη μου όλες οι άλλες μορφές Σατανισμού είναι μαλακία. Μισώ που κάποιοι άνθρωποι σκέφτονται ηλίθιους τρόπους να κάνουν αιώνια ειρήνη στον κόσμο και τολμούν να το αποκαλούν αυτό Σατανισμό, όπως κάνουν πολλοί. Ο Σατανισμός προέρχεται από τον θρησκευτικό Χριστιανισμό και εκεί θα πρέπει να μείνει. Είμαι θρησκευόμενος άνθρωπος και θα πολεμήσω εκείνους που κάνουν κακή χρήση του ονόματός Του. Οι άνθρωποι δεν πρέπει να πιστεύουν στον εαυτό τους και να είναι ατομικιστές. Θα πρέπει να ΥΠΑΚΟΥΝ, να είναι οι ΔΟΥΛΟΙ της θρησκείας)
Interview with Euronymous
By Esa Lahdenpera for KILL YOURSELF! MAGAZINE.
Typed/Edited by Thorns.
By Esa Lahdenpera for KILL YOURSELF! MAGAZINE.
Typed/Edited by Thorns.
Northern Black Metal Legends
Next interview is taken from our issue #2 and it is the freshest possible ever answered by Euronymous, as he was murdered a week after he answered my questions. The reason for re-releasing this is because issue #2, where it was originally printed, has spread only in about 80 copies in FINNISH, so this is new stuff for most of the readers now. Also a couple of foreign penpals of mine have asked me to translate this interview for them, so here it is available for everybody. If someone who has read this before thinks its a rip off I can say that there's still a lot of other interesting reading for them, so this shouldn't bother anyone. And if it does, why should I care? They can fuck off and I dont give a shit!
I hope you enjoy this story as this is one the last interviews Euronymous ever answered before he was stabbed to death by Count Grishnackh... He did great work by giving me long answers, so why don't we let him talk...
You have just started a black metal shop, Helvete, so could you please inform us how things are working with it? How your records has sold, and what was the reason you decided to form a shop which is dedicated to extreme black metal music...
We started Helvete because it's exactly the kind of shop I should like to buy records myself, and we only had a couple of bad shops selling trendy Death Metal and Disco. A few months ago we had to close it down because of all the journalists after the arrest of Count Grishnackh (BURZUM). But we will open again soon at another place. The records sold ok, but it was going better all the time.
Euronymous was also working with Deathlike Silence Productions, so now I'm forced to ask what kind of music the band has to offer before he signs them, does it necessarily have to be Black Metal? And what about the rumours which tell he is going to work with Darkthrone in near future...
I sign only the best bands in the world, in my opinion. I WILL NEVER sign a band which exists because of a trend. All the DSP bands will be something special. Most of the labels just spread around a lot of mass produced shit, but we will stand above all that. When people buy a DSP release they will know they buy a ultimate in blackness and quality, with only bands who believe 100% in what they write, I dont sign a band if I like the only, I must think they are best in the world before i sign them. As for DARKTHRONE, they had a four album deal with PEACEVILLE, and they would get a lot of shit if they would break the deal. We will see what happens in the future, nobody knows what DARKTHRONE will do, or if they will even exist.
It's weird the Tormentor- album never saw the light of daym so I'm just wondering what went wrong... But now to the next subject... You, Euronymous, were the person who found the dead body of DEAD (Vocals), so let's talk about it, if you dont mind... How did you feel when you saw the corpse of your friend, and what about the rumours which say that you have taken photo's of DEAD's dead body...
I'm not into this business for FUN, so of course I wasnt scared. It's not every day you get the chance to see and touch the real corpse. And it's important to learn one thing when you are dealing with the darkside: There is NOTHING which is too sick, evil or perverted.
Euronymous said that Dead was bored with all the wimps, trendies and false Black Metallists in the world so he decided to end his earthly life, so now I would like to you to tell us a bit more about this.
Dead wanted to make evil music for evil people, but the only people he saw were walking around in jogging suits, caps, baseball shoes and being into peace and love. He hated them so much, and saw no longer any reason to waste his time on them.
Mayhem has got a status of a cult band and people in the underground have respected them, but lately there has been talking that Mayhem is only riding with the reputation of their MLP and hasn't release anything new in these years, so let's see what Euronymous has to say about all this...
I like that you asked this, because it's going to be VERY embarassing for those people in a month's time soon when i'm writing this. Because when this magazine is printed, the new MAYHEM album is finally out! We have finished the recordings of "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" now, and we only have to mix it, and that will happen in a couple of days. We have worked on this album for six years, and it's full of brand new ideas. We could have put out a lot of shit like for example CANNIBAL CORPSE are doing, but we have taken our time because we want this album to be the BEST! People dont know what they are talking about, but they will see. And if we need five years to make the next album, we'll take the time we need. Listen to the album and will understand what I mean. This is NOT a typical mass release, we have worked HARD on it and have thrown away most of the riffs, and only the perfect are saved.
It's true that this album is one of the best I've heard. But it's a shame that Dead wasn't on vocals as the new vocalist doesnt use his voice as diabolical and evil way as Dead did...
Euronymous has also re-relesed their classic M- LP "Deathcrush", through his own label.. So what was the main reason to release it again!?
We decided to put it out to give people something to feed on while they are waiting for the album, and because there still were a lot of people who had the original. I thought why shouldn't it be available for those who still wanted it. Some have said that it's bad, that we released it because before only the true old fans had it, and now the trendies will ge it. But the fact is that there were maybe 40 people who had the original and who deserved to have it, and the rest were jerks. There were a lot more "true" people (how I hate that word) who didn't have it, and I just thought it was only the right thing to do. I still like this album a lot, but our new stuff is so different. I could never make a new "Deathcrush" even if I tried.
Before "Deathcrush" M- LP Mayhem released two demos, so let's discuss some more about them.
The "Deathcrush" demo is generally the same as the Mini-Album. The "Pure Fucking Armageddon" tape is abit different though. We don't spread much demos anymore, but I guess we can still sell them if someone really needs them.
Mayhem, Emperor, Burzum and some other Norwegian black metal bands have got some problems with Finnish black bands, and even death threats have been sent. So now I would like to hear Euronymous's opinion about all this. Are they really ready to kill because of some stupid fight "Who is true and who's not?"
I have never sent any death threats to Impaled nazarene like rumors tell, but someone has done so in my name. I have sorted things out with them, and I have nothing against that band, or any other Finnish band. I'm not too much into music of Finnish bands, and I think there's too much grind and chaos in it. i prefer athmospheres and melodies. But as concers to your last questions, I have no problem with killing some one in cold blood. Especially if I can get away with it. There are other people which are able to kill too. It has already happened, but I'm not going to say more about that, for obvious reasons.
Count Grishnackh blame's that we here, in Finland, are nothing but stupid clowns, no so called "true bands" exist here. I hope Euronymous will tell his personal opinion about this>
What Grishnackh says will stand for himself. And I don't like talking too much about "being true" or not, that word is over used now. I find most of the bands in the world shit, and I think most of the bands who call themselves "true Black metal" were ordinary Entombed clones a year ago. But people can change, of course. I'm not going to give a list of true and false bands, people will have to judge for themselves and will probably get fooled a lot of times before discovering what's real and what's not. But know that it's not enough to put on some corpse paint to make a band. they must have the right spirit, and my way of seeing that is to listen to the music. Generally, if the band is so great that I almost start freezing on my back, I know thy have the necessary feeling for this. i accept nothing less than the greatest. I can also say that I will NEVER accept any band which preaches CHURCH OF SATAN ideas, as they are just a bunch of freedom, and life-loving atheists, and they stand exactly the opposite of me.
In issue #2 of ours, Count Grishnackh said that the "Only true bands from Norway" are Mayhem, Darkthrone and Burzum, the others are just stupid fucking children playing with things they don't snow shit about. But if these three are the "only true ones" why does Immortal and Emperor belong in the "Norwegian Black Circl?" And what about other Norwegian bands such as Thorns, Thou Shalt Suffer, and Satyricon?
Again, Count will have to answer in his own words, I have always supported Emperor and Immortal. But we do have some fake bands here, but I'm not going to give you any names. you will eventually find out.
The next subject will be the belief of Eurononymous, so why don't we let the man talk.
I believe in a horned devil, a personified Satan. In my opinion all the other forms of Satanism are bullshit. I hate that some peoople think up idiotic ways of making eternal peace in the world and dare to call it Satanism, like so many do. Satanism comes from religious Christianity, and there it shall stay. I'm a religious person and I will fight those who misuse His name. People are not supposed to believe in themselves and be individualists. They are supposed to OBEY, to be the SLAVES of religion.
I know it's stupid to talk shit about dead men, but I must say I will not agree with Euronymous about this. Who could be so stupid to want to be someone's slave, to obey???! There is no fucking devil and there's no fucking god, and everybody should understand it! But that's all about his case... Many people don't respect the Norwegian scene anymore because of their large scene with tons of bands. But now we should let Euronymous defend the members of their black metal mafia, which have been blamed trendies. So what does the "boss of the organization" have to say about all this?
I can't understand how some people can talk that way about Norway. Firstly Immortal is NOT a black metal band, as they are not satanists. And this is something they say themselves. They are into the athmosperes and moods concerning Satanism. Their new look is just a way for them to go deeper into what they have always been into. And even if Count Grishnackh played in OLD FUNERAL, he was exactly the same person then, and he was even making music for Burzum all the time he played in Old Funeral. This is a typical example that people don't know shit what they are talking about... And further, those who have cared to read the lyrics of Darkthrone's "Soulside Journey" will know that they aare the same Satanic lyrics, which means that "Soulside Journey" IS a black metal album. They changed the style when they realized that all the other members in the band, except for the bass player, wanted to. Darkthrone hasn't ever been a band where members know each other very well. It sounds a bit weird, but it is true. They discovered that they all wanted to go musically in other directions, and changed everything. And this was a long time before Black metal started to get popular. As a matter of fact black metal was hated when they changed. And it's bullshit that they do it for big money, because they have got very little money from Peaceville. Maybe $10.000 in all these years together, and that in NOTHING! I would nerver support Darkthrone if they weren't worth it. If they were trendy, the would have toured the world and made videos for MTV. Instead of the two of them have moved far away to the forest and they have seen eaach other maybe twice in the year. And I have to say that those who talk about a big black metal trend here should keep silent if the don't have eyes to see with. We have four Black metal bands with albums out, and a couple of smaller garage bands. And we have maybe 30 die hard black metal fans and 700-1000 of those bastards who listen to commericial black metal such as Deicide. I think Darkthrone sells around 5000 in this country. How can peple compare it to Sweden for example, where Entombed sells 30,000?! The day Mayhem sells 20,000 records in Norway, Burzum is on MTV every day and Nuclear Blast signed eitht Norwegian Black metal bands, THEN you can start talking about a trend. Some people are so stupid that they call everything a trend, even if you only sell ten copies of your product. According to them it's a trend to eat.
Pointing to the question before: Maybe at the time when this interview was made there were only four bm bands with cd's out in Norway. But now things have changed. Just look at it: Gorgoroth (one album), Satyricon (two albums), Forgotten Woods (one album), Isengard (two albums), Hades (one album), Ancient (one album), Burzum (five albums), Darkthrone (five albums), Carpathian Forest (one album), Emperor (two albums). And there's also a bunch of bands which aren't strickly satanic, but which deal with paganism, dark and deep forest, smowy mountains and Viking mythology, like In the Woods, Immortal, Storm, Ildfrost, Ulver, Gehenna, Enslaved, etc, which have released albums too... When I listen to all these bands I can hear clear infulences from such bands as Bathory (!!!) and Hellhammer, so how much have these kinds of bands influenced Mayhem? Could it be possible that Mayhem woudn't even exist without these "old gods?"
It is very hard to say. I'd like to think that we would have been the first evil band if the older bands wouldn't have existed, but I don't know. Venom was our first and major influence, later Bathory, Hellhammer, Sodom and Destruction, they have inspired us to wheere we stand today. I'm sure we would sound very different. It's about Venom, Bathory and Hellhammer ad the old evil bands, but nobody mentioned Sodom and Destruction. They came at the same time as Bathory and Hellhammer and their first albums are masterpieces of black stinking metal! Nobody manages to make music like that now. So many copy Bathory but I have never heard any copying Destruction, exept for Necronomicon. Some of these old gods have wimped out, but as long as I live Mayhem will not be a wimp band. We may change some things but the darkness will always be there...
Mayhem had released a live LP in the memory of Dead through Obscure Plasma Records (Italy), so why did the band decide to release a live LP before the studio LP, and what did Euronymous think about this record in general? And what aabout those two studio songs whichare included in the limited album version?
The live album hasn't been out for a very long time, so I haven't heard much responce about it, but I, myself, like it a lot. The studio album is coming, but it was important to put this album as half official release before some one put it out as a bootleg totally beyond our control. The studio songs in it are from 1990, we didn't have more than one finished song them. The other song, "Carnage" is from "PFA" demo, and it was made already in the year 1985.
I hope you enjoy this story as this is one the last interviews Euronymous ever answered before he was stabbed to death by Count Grishnackh... He did great work by giving me long answers, so why don't we let him talk...
You have just started a black metal shop, Helvete, so could you please inform us how things are working with it? How your records has sold, and what was the reason you decided to form a shop which is dedicated to extreme black metal music...
We started Helvete because it's exactly the kind of shop I should like to buy records myself, and we only had a couple of bad shops selling trendy Death Metal and Disco. A few months ago we had to close it down because of all the journalists after the arrest of Count Grishnackh (BURZUM). But we will open again soon at another place. The records sold ok, but it was going better all the time.
Euronymous was also working with Deathlike Silence Productions, so now I'm forced to ask what kind of music the band has to offer before he signs them, does it necessarily have to be Black Metal? And what about the rumours which tell he is going to work with Darkthrone in near future...
I sign only the best bands in the world, in my opinion. I WILL NEVER sign a band which exists because of a trend. All the DSP bands will be something special. Most of the labels just spread around a lot of mass produced shit, but we will stand above all that. When people buy a DSP release they will know they buy a ultimate in blackness and quality, with only bands who believe 100% in what they write, I dont sign a band if I like the only, I must think they are best in the world before i sign them. As for DARKTHRONE, they had a four album deal with PEACEVILLE, and they would get a lot of shit if they would break the deal. We will see what happens in the future, nobody knows what DARKTHRONE will do, or if they will even exist.
It's weird the Tormentor- album never saw the light of daym so I'm just wondering what went wrong... But now to the next subject... You, Euronymous, were the person who found the dead body of DEAD (Vocals), so let's talk about it, if you dont mind... How did you feel when you saw the corpse of your friend, and what about the rumours which say that you have taken photo's of DEAD's dead body...
I'm not into this business for FUN, so of course I wasnt scared. It's not every day you get the chance to see and touch the real corpse. And it's important to learn one thing when you are dealing with the darkside: There is NOTHING which is too sick, evil or perverted.
Euronymous said that Dead was bored with all the wimps, trendies and false Black Metallists in the world so he decided to end his earthly life, so now I would like to you to tell us a bit more about this.
Dead wanted to make evil music for evil people, but the only people he saw were walking around in jogging suits, caps, baseball shoes and being into peace and love. He hated them so much, and saw no longer any reason to waste his time on them.
Mayhem has got a status of a cult band and people in the underground have respected them, but lately there has been talking that Mayhem is only riding with the reputation of their MLP and hasn't release anything new in these years, so let's see what Euronymous has to say about all this...
I like that you asked this, because it's going to be VERY embarassing for those people in a month's time soon when i'm writing this. Because when this magazine is printed, the new MAYHEM album is finally out! We have finished the recordings of "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" now, and we only have to mix it, and that will happen in a couple of days. We have worked on this album for six years, and it's full of brand new ideas. We could have put out a lot of shit like for example CANNIBAL CORPSE are doing, but we have taken our time because we want this album to be the BEST! People dont know what they are talking about, but they will see. And if we need five years to make the next album, we'll take the time we need. Listen to the album and will understand what I mean. This is NOT a typical mass release, we have worked HARD on it and have thrown away most of the riffs, and only the perfect are saved.
It's true that this album is one of the best I've heard. But it's a shame that Dead wasn't on vocals as the new vocalist doesnt use his voice as diabolical and evil way as Dead did...
Euronymous has also re-relesed their classic M- LP "Deathcrush", through his own label.. So what was the main reason to release it again!?
We decided to put it out to give people something to feed on while they are waiting for the album, and because there still were a lot of people who had the original. I thought why shouldn't it be available for those who still wanted it. Some have said that it's bad, that we released it because before only the true old fans had it, and now the trendies will ge it. But the fact is that there were maybe 40 people who had the original and who deserved to have it, and the rest were jerks. There were a lot more "true" people (how I hate that word) who didn't have it, and I just thought it was only the right thing to do. I still like this album a lot, but our new stuff is so different. I could never make a new "Deathcrush" even if I tried.
Before "Deathcrush" M- LP Mayhem released two demos, so let's discuss some more about them.
The "Deathcrush" demo is generally the same as the Mini-Album. The "Pure Fucking Armageddon" tape is abit different though. We don't spread much demos anymore, but I guess we can still sell them if someone really needs them.
Mayhem, Emperor, Burzum and some other Norwegian black metal bands have got some problems with Finnish black bands, and even death threats have been sent. So now I would like to hear Euronymous's opinion about all this. Are they really ready to kill because of some stupid fight "Who is true and who's not?"
I have never sent any death threats to Impaled nazarene like rumors tell, but someone has done so in my name. I have sorted things out with them, and I have nothing against that band, or any other Finnish band. I'm not too much into music of Finnish bands, and I think there's too much grind and chaos in it. i prefer athmospheres and melodies. But as concers to your last questions, I have no problem with killing some one in cold blood. Especially if I can get away with it. There are other people which are able to kill too. It has already happened, but I'm not going to say more about that, for obvious reasons.
Count Grishnackh blame's that we here, in Finland, are nothing but stupid clowns, no so called "true bands" exist here. I hope Euronymous will tell his personal opinion about this>
What Grishnackh says will stand for himself. And I don't like talking too much about "being true" or not, that word is over used now. I find most of the bands in the world shit, and I think most of the bands who call themselves "true Black metal" were ordinary Entombed clones a year ago. But people can change, of course. I'm not going to give a list of true and false bands, people will have to judge for themselves and will probably get fooled a lot of times before discovering what's real and what's not. But know that it's not enough to put on some corpse paint to make a band. they must have the right spirit, and my way of seeing that is to listen to the music. Generally, if the band is so great that I almost start freezing on my back, I know thy have the necessary feeling for this. i accept nothing less than the greatest. I can also say that I will NEVER accept any band which preaches CHURCH OF SATAN ideas, as they are just a bunch of freedom, and life-loving atheists, and they stand exactly the opposite of me.
In issue #2 of ours, Count Grishnackh said that the "Only true bands from Norway" are Mayhem, Darkthrone and Burzum, the others are just stupid fucking children playing with things they don't snow shit about. But if these three are the "only true ones" why does Immortal and Emperor belong in the "Norwegian Black Circl?" And what about other Norwegian bands such as Thorns, Thou Shalt Suffer, and Satyricon?
Again, Count will have to answer in his own words, I have always supported Emperor and Immortal. But we do have some fake bands here, but I'm not going to give you any names. you will eventually find out.
The next subject will be the belief of Eurononymous, so why don't we let the man talk.
I believe in a horned devil, a personified Satan. In my opinion all the other forms of Satanism are bullshit. I hate that some peoople think up idiotic ways of making eternal peace in the world and dare to call it Satanism, like so many do. Satanism comes from religious Christianity, and there it shall stay. I'm a religious person and I will fight those who misuse His name. People are not supposed to believe in themselves and be individualists. They are supposed to OBEY, to be the SLAVES of religion.
I know it's stupid to talk shit about dead men, but I must say I will not agree with Euronymous about this. Who could be so stupid to want to be someone's slave, to obey???! There is no fucking devil and there's no fucking god, and everybody should understand it! But that's all about his case... Many people don't respect the Norwegian scene anymore because of their large scene with tons of bands. But now we should let Euronymous defend the members of their black metal mafia, which have been blamed trendies. So what does the "boss of the organization" have to say about all this?
I can't understand how some people can talk that way about Norway. Firstly Immortal is NOT a black metal band, as they are not satanists. And this is something they say themselves. They are into the athmosperes and moods concerning Satanism. Their new look is just a way for them to go deeper into what they have always been into. And even if Count Grishnackh played in OLD FUNERAL, he was exactly the same person then, and he was even making music for Burzum all the time he played in Old Funeral. This is a typical example that people don't know shit what they are talking about... And further, those who have cared to read the lyrics of Darkthrone's "Soulside Journey" will know that they aare the same Satanic lyrics, which means that "Soulside Journey" IS a black metal album. They changed the style when they realized that all the other members in the band, except for the bass player, wanted to. Darkthrone hasn't ever been a band where members know each other very well. It sounds a bit weird, but it is true. They discovered that they all wanted to go musically in other directions, and changed everything. And this was a long time before Black metal started to get popular. As a matter of fact black metal was hated when they changed. And it's bullshit that they do it for big money, because they have got very little money from Peaceville. Maybe $10.000 in all these years together, and that in NOTHING! I would nerver support Darkthrone if they weren't worth it. If they were trendy, the would have toured the world and made videos for MTV. Instead of the two of them have moved far away to the forest and they have seen eaach other maybe twice in the year. And I have to say that those who talk about a big black metal trend here should keep silent if the don't have eyes to see with. We have four Black metal bands with albums out, and a couple of smaller garage bands. And we have maybe 30 die hard black metal fans and 700-1000 of those bastards who listen to commericial black metal such as Deicide. I think Darkthrone sells around 5000 in this country. How can peple compare it to Sweden for example, where Entombed sells 30,000?! The day Mayhem sells 20,000 records in Norway, Burzum is on MTV every day and Nuclear Blast signed eitht Norwegian Black metal bands, THEN you can start talking about a trend. Some people are so stupid that they call everything a trend, even if you only sell ten copies of your product. According to them it's a trend to eat.
Pointing to the question before: Maybe at the time when this interview was made there were only four bm bands with cd's out in Norway. But now things have changed. Just look at it: Gorgoroth (one album), Satyricon (two albums), Forgotten Woods (one album), Isengard (two albums), Hades (one album), Ancient (one album), Burzum (five albums), Darkthrone (five albums), Carpathian Forest (one album), Emperor (two albums). And there's also a bunch of bands which aren't strickly satanic, but which deal with paganism, dark and deep forest, smowy mountains and Viking mythology, like In the Woods, Immortal, Storm, Ildfrost, Ulver, Gehenna, Enslaved, etc, which have released albums too... When I listen to all these bands I can hear clear infulences from such bands as Bathory (!!!) and Hellhammer, so how much have these kinds of bands influenced Mayhem? Could it be possible that Mayhem woudn't even exist without these "old gods?"
It is very hard to say. I'd like to think that we would have been the first evil band if the older bands wouldn't have existed, but I don't know. Venom was our first and major influence, later Bathory, Hellhammer, Sodom and Destruction, they have inspired us to wheere we stand today. I'm sure we would sound very different. It's about Venom, Bathory and Hellhammer ad the old evil bands, but nobody mentioned Sodom and Destruction. They came at the same time as Bathory and Hellhammer and their first albums are masterpieces of black stinking metal! Nobody manages to make music like that now. So many copy Bathory but I have never heard any copying Destruction, exept for Necronomicon. Some of these old gods have wimped out, but as long as I live Mayhem will not be a wimp band. We may change some things but the darkness will always be there...
Mayhem had released a live LP in the memory of Dead through Obscure Plasma Records (Italy), so why did the band decide to release a live LP before the studio LP, and what did Euronymous think about this record in general? And what aabout those two studio songs whichare included in the limited album version?
The live album hasn't been out for a very long time, so I haven't heard much responce about it, but I, myself, like it a lot. The studio album is coming, but it was important to put this album as half official release before some one put it out as a bootleg totally beyond our control. The studio songs in it are from 1990, we didn't have more than one finished song them. The other song, "Carnage" is from "PFA" demo, and it was made already in the year 1985.
Then what about the deal with Obscure Plasma? Was the deal only for this one album, and is Obscure Plasma a label which deserves Mayhem itself? How has things worked?
It is just a deal for the one album. Obscure Plasma sells this album and they will get all the money, in return Roberto (the boss) will send mea a free master tape for his band Monumentum to put out on DSP. It's a cool deal, I think I'm very satisfied with the work Roberto did for it. The artwork is just incredible. We decided to do it with Obscure Plasma jusst because I trust in them and because of the Monumentum deal. I like the label itself, although I think most of the releases there are shit. The Sadist EP is great and the Monumentum/Rotting Christ EP is one of teh best releases ever, it's ingenious. Obscure Plasma is one of the few labels whcih deserve to do something with Mayhem. We have got several offers from other labels. Boththe more common labels like Osmose, Decapitated and others and bigger labels like Earache. But we have always said no.
And what does Euronymous think about "G- Principle": "Black metal is only for underground, you aren't allowed to earn some money with black metal bands and it definitely shouldn't be spreaded through big labels"? Does Euronymous agree with this, or is all this just bullshit of jealous bastards?
I disagree about black metal staying underground only. I thought so before, but iI have changed my mind. The idea about underground, selling little and only to "true" people, not earning money, not thinking that you adre bigger than your fans and so on, everything comes from Hardcore. And how the hell we can know who are "true" and who are not, as most of the people who call themselves true are just normal idiots. original black metal bands such as Venom never had to be in underground to be accepted! Then why should we? The underground is both a means for the hardcore people to put us down and control us (at least it was before, they have mostly disappeared now but their ideas still linger on), and a bad exuse for bad bands to be eequal with great bands. Those who scream most about being in "underground" is also often those who make so bad music that they don't have a chance to get big themselves. I think that if we could make black metal bigger than it is now, we could have a great movement growing with hundreds of brutal soldiers spreading sorrow, death and evil in the world. Just look at the punks and the MC-people, they don't have to think about this, and they have came to a point that they have their own worlds with their own womrn, their own pubs, their own concert places, and so on. We will never be able to do the same if we work hard to earn as little money as possible in order not to be commercial. We must get rid of the "underground" ideas. The real underground have nothing to do with this. It's of course not right if people start playing blaack metal in order to become rich and nothing more (then they should choose some other music style anyway!), but there is something in between. I wouldn't mind making DSP big and earn a million, as long as I don't change my ways of thinking and being, which is the real important being here. If there were one million black metal fans in the world, most of them would be jerks, but there would be really many true and brutal people as well. The bigger we get, the more we can manipulate people into thinking like us.
That was all my friend, but there's still time for last comments... And thanks for your time!
Well, write us for the full DSP catalogue. The Mayhem album can be ordered now! We also have T-shirts with DSP bands, write for prices.
That was all. I won't bother myself writing Mayhem address, as it's quite unnecessary now... But Voices of Wonder Records handles DSP's releases nowadays. So you can write to them and ask more about DSP records.
It is just a deal for the one album. Obscure Plasma sells this album and they will get all the money, in return Roberto (the boss) will send mea a free master tape for his band Monumentum to put out on DSP. It's a cool deal, I think I'm very satisfied with the work Roberto did for it. The artwork is just incredible. We decided to do it with Obscure Plasma jusst because I trust in them and because of the Monumentum deal. I like the label itself, although I think most of the releases there are shit. The Sadist EP is great and the Monumentum/Rotting Christ EP is one of teh best releases ever, it's ingenious. Obscure Plasma is one of the few labels whcih deserve to do something with Mayhem. We have got several offers from other labels. Boththe more common labels like Osmose, Decapitated and others and bigger labels like Earache. But we have always said no.
And what does Euronymous think about "G- Principle": "Black metal is only for underground, you aren't allowed to earn some money with black metal bands and it definitely shouldn't be spreaded through big labels"? Does Euronymous agree with this, or is all this just bullshit of jealous bastards?
I disagree about black metal staying underground only. I thought so before, but iI have changed my mind. The idea about underground, selling little and only to "true" people, not earning money, not thinking that you adre bigger than your fans and so on, everything comes from Hardcore. And how the hell we can know who are "true" and who are not, as most of the people who call themselves true are just normal idiots. original black metal bands such as Venom never had to be in underground to be accepted! Then why should we? The underground is both a means for the hardcore people to put us down and control us (at least it was before, they have mostly disappeared now but their ideas still linger on), and a bad exuse for bad bands to be eequal with great bands. Those who scream most about being in "underground" is also often those who make so bad music that they don't have a chance to get big themselves. I think that if we could make black metal bigger than it is now, we could have a great movement growing with hundreds of brutal soldiers spreading sorrow, death and evil in the world. Just look at the punks and the MC-people, they don't have to think about this, and they have came to a point that they have their own worlds with their own womrn, their own pubs, their own concert places, and so on. We will never be able to do the same if we work hard to earn as little money as possible in order not to be commercial. We must get rid of the "underground" ideas. The real underground have nothing to do with this. It's of course not right if people start playing blaack metal in order to become rich and nothing more (then they should choose some other music style anyway!), but there is something in between. I wouldn't mind making DSP big and earn a million, as long as I don't change my ways of thinking and being, which is the real important being here. If there were one million black metal fans in the world, most of them would be jerks, but there would be really many true and brutal people as well. The bigger we get, the more we can manipulate people into thinking like us.
That was all my friend, but there's still time for last comments... And thanks for your time!
Well, write us for the full DSP catalogue. The Mayhem album can be ordered now! We also have T-shirts with DSP bands, write for prices.
That was all. I won't bother myself writing Mayhem address, as it's quite unnecessary now... But Voices of Wonder Records handles DSP's releases nowadays. So you can write to them and ask more about DSP records.
Ο ΠΡΙΓΚΙΠΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΘΑΝΑΤΟΥ
Ὁ Σατανισμὸς καὶ κατ' ἐπέκτασιν τὸ Black Metal εἶναι κυρίως φιλοσοφικὰ δόγματα καὶ τάσσονται ἐναντίον τῶν θυμάτων καὶ κάθε ἀπόψεως ποὺ ἐκφράζει τὸ δίκαιο τῶν ὑποστηρικτῶν τῆς ἠρεμίας καὶ τὸ ἄδικο αὐτοῦ ποὺ ἐπιθυμεῖ τὴν ἀναταραχή της. Ἡ ἠρεμία εἶναι μία κατάστασι ἀδράνειας, τὴν ὁποία μία Σατανικὴ φύσι δὲν ἠμπορεῖ νὰ δεχθῆ, οῦσα κυριολεκτικῶς ἐξηρτημένη ἁπὸ τὴν ἐπιβολὴ τοῦ ἐαυτοῦ της ἔναντι τῶν ἄλλων καὶ τὴν ἰκανοποίησι τῆς σκαιότητός της. Ἀντιφάσκει μὲ τὴν ἰδεολογία τοῦ Σατανισμοῦ ὁ ἐγκωμιασμὸς καὶ ἡ ὑποστήριξι κάποιου ἐπειδὴ ὑπῆρξεν θύμα, γι' αὐτὸ καὶ οἱ χριστιανικὲς πράξεις μίσους ἐναντίον οἱουδήποτε λαοῦ, γιὰ τὸν Σατανιστὴ εἶναι πρότυπο καὶ παράδειγμα πρὸς μίμησιν, ὅπως ἀκριβῶς καὶ ἡ Μεσαιωνικὴ Ἱερὰ Ἐξέτασι καὶ ὄχι ἐργαλεῖα ἐπιθέσεως πρὸς τὸν ἐχθρὸ ἐν εἴδει ὑποκριτικῆς ἀνάγκης γνωστοποιήσεως τῆς ἀληθείας στὸν κόσμο καὶ ἐπιθυμίας δικαιώσεως τοῦ θύματος. Τέτοιες πρακτικὲς ἄλλως τε, ξεχειλίζουν δημοκρατισμὸ ἀφ οὖ χρησιμοποιοῦν τὴν ἤδη ὑπάρχουσα γαμημένη θυματολατρικὴ ἠθικὴ τοῦ κόσμου, στὴν ὕπαρξι τῆς ὁποίας σημειωτέον ὁ χριστιανισμὸς συνέβαλλεν κατὰ πολύ, γιὰ νὰ τραβήξουν τὸν ὄχλο πρὸς τὸν ἰδεολογικὸ προσανατολισμὸ τοῦ δημαγωγοῦ προπαγανδιστὴ ποὺ ἀσκεῖ τὴν ἀνωτέρω τακτική, δημιουργῶντας του τὸ συναίσθημα τῆς συμπόνοιας ἢ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας γιὰ ἐκδίκησι, ἑὰν ὑποτίθεται ὅτι τὸ θύμα εἶναι ἡ ὁμὰς τῆς ὁποίας εἶναι κρῖκος. Ἡ συγκίνησι καὶ ἡ συμπόνοια κάθε εἴδους ὅμως, δὲν εἶναι ἴδιον τοῦ Σατανιστοῦ...
Τὸ Black Metal δὲν εἶναι ὑποκατηγορία τοῦ Χέβυ Μέταλ, μὰ ἡ καλλίτερη ἔκφανσι αὐτοῦ. Εἶναι τὸ πραγματικὸ Χέβυ Μέταλ, γιατὶ ἡ ἐν λόγω μουσικὴ ἐδημιουργήθη ἀποκλειστικῶς γιὰ νὰ ἰκανοποιήση καὶ νὰ δοξάση τὸν Ἄναρχο Ἄγγελο καὶ τὸ Black Metal ἦτο ποὺ ἐπιτέλεσε αὐτὸν τὸν σκοπὸ μὲ τὸν καλλίτερο δυνατὸ τρόπο. Αὐτὸ ὀφείλεται σὲ ἕνα καὶ μόνο ἄτομο τὸ ὁποῖο ὥρισεν τὴν πραγματικότητα αὐτὴ καὶ τὴν ἔκανεν πράξι: Τὸν Euronymous, ὁ ὁποῖος ὅμως δὲν ἦτο ποτὲ τὸ θύμα τῆς ὑποθέσεως, καθῶς κάθε πολεμιστὴς ἔχει καὶ ἕνα τέλος, τὸ ὁποῖο συνήθως ἀπέχει ἁπὸ τὰ ὡραῖα καὶ χαρούμενα τέλη ποὺ ἔχουν οἱ πρωταγωνιστὲς τῶν ταινιῶν.
Ὁ Euronymous (22 Μαρτίου, 1968 – 10 Αὐγούστου, 1993) ἦτον ὁ κιθαρίστας τοῦ συγκροτήματος Mayhem, ἕνα ἐκ τῶν πρώτων συγκροτημάτων ποὺ ἠκολούθησαν καὶ καθιέρωσαν τὸ κλασσικὸ στυλ Black Metal ποὺ γνωρίζομεν ἰσήμερον. Πρόκειται γιὰ τὸ πρῶτο πραγματικὸ Black Metal συγκρότημα, ἅν καὶ ἁπὸ μουσικῆς ἀπόψεως, παράλληλα ὑπῆρξαν καὶ ἄλλα, κάποια ἐκ τῶν ὁποίων ἦσαν οἱ Darkthrone, οἱ Immortal καὶ οἱ Carpathian Forest. Μαζὺ μὲ τὸ συγκρότημα, λειτουργοῦσε καὶ τὸ κατάστημα πωλήσεως δίσκων ἀκραίου Μέταλ, ὑπὸ τὴν ὀνομασία Helvete (ἤτοι «Hell – Κόλασι» στὰ νορβηγικά).
Καθιέρωσεν τὸν ἀληθινὸ Σατανισμὸ στὸ Black Metal, ὁ ὁποῖος καὶ κάνει τὸ ἐν λόγω εἶδος μουσικῆς νὰ ξεχωρίζη ἁπὸ κάθε ἄλλο ἐξ αὐτῶν ποὺ παράγουν ἀκραῖο ἦχο καὶ ἔχουν ὡς θέμα τὴν ἀλλαγὴ τοῦ κόσμου πρὸς τὸ καλλίτερο καὶ τὴν δικαίωσι τῶν θυμάτων. Ὥρισεν τὴν πραγματικότητα μὲ τὸν σωστὸ Σατανιστικὸ τρόπο σκέψεως τὸν ὁποῖον ἀδυνατοῦν νὰ κατανοήσουν οἱ περισσώτεροι ἐκ τῶν μεταλλάδων ποὺ αὐτοαποκαλοῦνται Σατανιστὲς ἐν ὦ ὑποστηρίζουν ἀντισατανικὲς καὶ ἀντισατανιστικὲς ὀργανώσεις ὅπως ἦναι ἡ «Ἐκκλησία τοῦ Σατανά», τὴν ὁποία ὁ Euronymous πολλάκις εἶχεν κατηγορήσει γιὰ τὴν μαζική της ἀποδεκτικότητα καὶ ὑποκρισία νὰ αὐτοαποκαλῆται Σατανιστικὴ, ἐν ὦ δὲν ἦναι τίποτε παραπάνω ἁπὸ μία πολιτικῶς ὀρθὴ ἐπιχείρησι γιὰ νὰ ἰκανοποιοῦν κάποιοι τὶς σεξουαλικὲς καὶ οἰκονομικές τους ἀνάγκες, ἐκμεταλλευόμενοι τὴν ἀνηθικότητα καὶ ἠλιθιότητα τοῦ γαμημένου κόσμου ποὺ ἐντυπωσιάζεται ἁπὸ «Σατανιστικὲς» ταμπέλες. Ὁ Euronymous ἐγνώριζεν τὸν σκοπὸ ὑπάρξεως τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος καὶ τὸν ἐξέφραζεν εὐθέως, δίχως νὰ ἐνδιαφέρεται γιὰ τὸ τὶ θὰ εἰποῦν οἱ πελάτες του γνωρίζοντες ὅτι τοὺς μισεῖ... οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἔχουν ὡς μοναδικὸ στόχο ὑπάρξεως νὰ ὑπηρετοῦν τὶς ἀνώτερες δυνάμεις, νὰ ἦναι σκλάβοι τῆς θρησκείας, ἤτις εἶναι ἡ μοναδικὴ πραγματικότητα σὲ αὐτὸν τὸν κόσμο, σημαντικότερη ἁπὸ κάθε πολιτικὴ ἰδεολογία καὶ κάθε ἐγωπαθέστατο συναίσθημα ἀνυπακοῆς ποὺ ἔχει ὁ ἠλίθιος κόσμος ὅσο δὲν βλέπει τὴν ρομφαία τοῦ Κυρίου να σηκώνεται πάνω ἁπ' τὸν λαιμό του. Ὁ Σατανισμὸς εἶναι ἀνάποδος χριστιανισμὸς καὶ ἔτσι πρέπει νὰ παραμείνη. Ὁτιδήποτε δὲν ἐκφράζει αὐτὴν τὴν πραγματικότητα, δὲν εἶναι τίποτε παραπάνω ἁπὸ μία κερδοσκοπικὴ ὑποκρισία ποὺ οὑδεμία σχέσι ἔχει μὲ τὴν Λατρεία πρὸς τὸν Διάβολο, ἡ ὁποία καὶ χαρακτηρίζει τὸν ἀληθινὸ Σατανισμό.
Ὑπὸ αὐτὴ τὴ προοπτική, ἡ λατρεία τοῦ θανάτου εἶναι ἡ συμπλήρωσι τοῦ Σατανισμοῦ καὶ ὁ Euronymous τὸ ἔδειξεν αὐτὸ μὲ τὸν καλλίτερο δυνατὸ τρόπο, καθιερώνοντας τὸ νεκρικὸ βάψιμο (corpsepaint) στὸ Black Metal, τὸ ὁποῖο εἶναι ὑποχρεωμένο νὰ ἐκφράζη τὶς προαναφερθείσες ἰδέες. Σύμβολο τῆς νεκρικῆς καὶ δαιμονικῆς καταστάσεως τοῦ προσώπου ἐν ὦ αὐτὸ σαπίζη στὸν τάφο, ἐπιδεικνύον τὴν κακία τῆς νεκρικῆς καὶ δαιμονικῆς φύσεως μέσω τῆς ἀγριότητος τοῦ ἐν λόγω βαψίματος.
Ἡ δὲ ἄρνησί του νὰ ὑποταχθῆ στὴν ἐμπορικότητα στὴν ὁποία πολλὰ Black Metal συγκροτήματα εἶχον καὶ ἔχουν ὑποκύψει, μὲ ἀποκορύφωμα νὰ ὑπάρχουν ἰσήμερον μπάντες ποὺ ὄχι μόνον ἔχουν γυναικεία μέλη στὴν παράταξί τους, μὰ καὶ δηλώνουν εὐθαρσῶς ὅτι ἐνδιαφέρονται ἰδιαιτέρως γιὰ τὴν ἐμπορικότητα τῶν δίσκων τους, τὸν ἔκανε νὰ ἀδυνατῆ νὰ πληρώση ἀκόμη καὶ τοὺς προσωπικούς του λογαριασμούς, ἐν ὦ ὑπῆρξαν στιγμὲς κατὰ τὶς ὁποίες δὲν εἶχεν χρήματα γιὰ φαγητό. Ἐξ οὖ καὶ ἡ ἰδιαίτερη ἀγάπη του πρὸς τὸν ἀπολυταρχικὸ κομμουνισμό, τὸ πλέον κατάλληλο πολίτευμα γιὰ τὴν ἔνωσι τοῦ κόσμου κάτω ἁπὸ ἀπάνθρωπες συνθήκες οἱ ὁποίες τὸν καθιστοῦν δυνατότερο βασανίζουσες αὐτόν, ἀντὶ νὰ τὸν περιορίζουν σὲ πολιτισμένες ὑποκρισίες μὲ σκοπὸ τὸ χρηματικὸ κέρδος, στὸ ὁποῖο ὁ Euronymous ποτὲ δὲν ὑπέκυψε, δημιουργῶντας πάντοτε ἄλμπουμ τὰ ὁποῖα ἦσαν ὅττι καλλίτερο κυκλοφοροῦσε στὴν ἀγορά, μὲ μοναδικὸ σκοπὸ τὸν ἐγκωμιασμὸ τοῦ θανάτου, τὴν ἔκφρασι τῆς μισανθρωπίας καὶ τὴν Λατρεία τοῦ Κυρίου, ὑπὸ τὸ ἀπόκοσμο καὶ ἀκραῖο ἦχο τῆς δυνατῆς καὶ συνεχόμενης κιθάρας καὶ τῶν ὑψηλοῦ τόνου δαιμονικῶν κραυγῶν ποὺ περνοῦν ἁπὸ πάνω της.
Ἀποκορύφωμα τῆς ἐν λόγω ἀκουστικῆς καὶ ποιητικῆς ἀριστουργηματικῆς φύσεως τοῦ Euronymous, δὲν ἦτον ἄλλο ἁπὸ τὸ τελευταῖο του ἄλμπουμ, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, στὸ ὁποῖο καὶ ξεχειλίζει τὸ σκοτάδι ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ νεκρικὴ ἀτμόσφαιρα ποὺ προοιονιζόταν τὰ ἐπερχόμενα γεγονότα. Σημειωτέον δέ, ὁ ἴδιος ὁ Euronymous ποτὲ δὲν κατάφερεν νὰ κυκλοφορήση τὸ ἐν λόγω ἄλμπουμ, ἀρχικῶς λόγω τῆς αὐτοκτονίας τοῦ Dead (Per Yngve Ohlin) τὸν Ἀπρίλιο τοῦ 1991, τραγουδιστὴ τῶν Mayhem καὶ κατόπιν τὴν δολοφονία τοῦ ἰδίου.
Ὁ Σατανισμὸς καὶ κατ' ἐπέκτασιν τὸ Black Metal εἶναι κυρίως φιλοσοφικὰ δόγματα καὶ τάσσονται ἐναντίον τῶν θυμάτων καὶ κάθε ἀπόψεως ποὺ ἐκφράζει τὸ δίκαιο τῶν ὑποστηρικτῶν τῆς ἠρεμίας καὶ τὸ ἄδικο αὐτοῦ ποὺ ἐπιθυμεῖ τὴν ἀναταραχή της. Ἡ ἠρεμία εἶναι μία κατάστασι ἀδράνειας, τὴν ὁποία μία Σατανικὴ φύσι δὲν ἠμπορεῖ νὰ δεχθῆ, οῦσα κυριολεκτικῶς ἐξηρτημένη ἁπὸ τὴν ἐπιβολὴ τοῦ ἐαυτοῦ της ἔναντι τῶν ἄλλων καὶ τὴν ἰκανοποίησι τῆς σκαιότητός της. Ἀντιφάσκει μὲ τὴν ἰδεολογία τοῦ Σατανισμοῦ ὁ ἐγκωμιασμὸς καὶ ἡ ὑποστήριξι κάποιου ἐπειδὴ ὑπῆρξεν θύμα, γι' αὐτὸ καὶ οἱ χριστιανικὲς πράξεις μίσους ἐναντίον οἱουδήποτε λαοῦ, γιὰ τὸν Σατανιστὴ εἶναι πρότυπο καὶ παράδειγμα πρὸς μίμησιν, ὅπως ἀκριβῶς καὶ ἡ Μεσαιωνικὴ Ἱερὰ Ἐξέτασι καὶ ὄχι ἐργαλεῖα ἐπιθέσεως πρὸς τὸν ἐχθρὸ ἐν εἴδει ὑποκριτικῆς ἀνάγκης γνωστοποιήσεως τῆς ἀληθείας στὸν κόσμο καὶ ἐπιθυμίας δικαιώσεως τοῦ θύματος. Τέτοιες πρακτικὲς ἄλλως τε, ξεχειλίζουν δημοκρατισμὸ ἀφ οὖ χρησιμοποιοῦν τὴν ἤδη ὑπάρχουσα γαμημένη θυματολατρικὴ ἠθικὴ τοῦ κόσμου, στὴν ὕπαρξι τῆς ὁποίας σημειωτέον ὁ χριστιανισμὸς συνέβαλλεν κατὰ πολύ, γιὰ νὰ τραβήξουν τὸν ὄχλο πρὸς τὸν ἰδεολογικὸ προσανατολισμὸ τοῦ δημαγωγοῦ προπαγανδιστὴ ποὺ ἀσκεῖ τὴν ἀνωτέρω τακτική, δημιουργῶντας του τὸ συναίσθημα τῆς συμπόνοιας ἢ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας γιὰ ἐκδίκησι, ἑὰν ὑποτίθεται ὅτι τὸ θύμα εἶναι ἡ ὁμὰς τῆς ὁποίας εἶναι κρῖκος. Ἡ συγκίνησι καὶ ἡ συμπόνοια κάθε εἴδους ὅμως, δὲν εἶναι ἴδιον τοῦ Σατανιστοῦ...
Τὸ Black Metal δὲν εἶναι ὑποκατηγορία τοῦ Χέβυ Μέταλ, μὰ ἡ καλλίτερη ἔκφανσι αὐτοῦ. Εἶναι τὸ πραγματικὸ Χέβυ Μέταλ, γιατὶ ἡ ἐν λόγω μουσικὴ ἐδημιουργήθη ἀποκλειστικῶς γιὰ νὰ ἰκανοποιήση καὶ νὰ δοξάση τὸν Ἄναρχο Ἄγγελο καὶ τὸ Black Metal ἦτο ποὺ ἐπιτέλεσε αὐτὸν τὸν σκοπὸ μὲ τὸν καλλίτερο δυνατὸ τρόπο. Αὐτὸ ὀφείλεται σὲ ἕνα καὶ μόνο ἄτομο τὸ ὁποῖο ὥρισεν τὴν πραγματικότητα αὐτὴ καὶ τὴν ἔκανεν πράξι: Τὸν Euronymous, ὁ ὁποῖος ὅμως δὲν ἦτο ποτὲ τὸ θύμα τῆς ὑποθέσεως, καθῶς κάθε πολεμιστὴς ἔχει καὶ ἕνα τέλος, τὸ ὁποῖο συνήθως ἀπέχει ἁπὸ τὰ ὡραῖα καὶ χαρούμενα τέλη ποὺ ἔχουν οἱ πρωταγωνιστὲς τῶν ταινιῶν.
Ὁ Euronymous (22 Μαρτίου, 1968 – 10 Αὐγούστου, 1993) ἦτον ὁ κιθαρίστας τοῦ συγκροτήματος Mayhem, ἕνα ἐκ τῶν πρώτων συγκροτημάτων ποὺ ἠκολούθησαν καὶ καθιέρωσαν τὸ κλασσικὸ στυλ Black Metal ποὺ γνωρίζομεν ἰσήμερον. Πρόκειται γιὰ τὸ πρῶτο πραγματικὸ Black Metal συγκρότημα, ἅν καὶ ἁπὸ μουσικῆς ἀπόψεως, παράλληλα ὑπῆρξαν καὶ ἄλλα, κάποια ἐκ τῶν ὁποίων ἦσαν οἱ Darkthrone, οἱ Immortal καὶ οἱ Carpathian Forest. Μαζὺ μὲ τὸ συγκρότημα, λειτουργοῦσε καὶ τὸ κατάστημα πωλήσεως δίσκων ἀκραίου Μέταλ, ὑπὸ τὴν ὀνομασία Helvete (ἤτοι «Hell – Κόλασι» στὰ νορβηγικά).
Καθιέρωσεν τὸν ἀληθινὸ Σατανισμὸ στὸ Black Metal, ὁ ὁποῖος καὶ κάνει τὸ ἐν λόγω εἶδος μουσικῆς νὰ ξεχωρίζη ἁπὸ κάθε ἄλλο ἐξ αὐτῶν ποὺ παράγουν ἀκραῖο ἦχο καὶ ἔχουν ὡς θέμα τὴν ἀλλαγὴ τοῦ κόσμου πρὸς τὸ καλλίτερο καὶ τὴν δικαίωσι τῶν θυμάτων. Ὥρισεν τὴν πραγματικότητα μὲ τὸν σωστὸ Σατανιστικὸ τρόπο σκέψεως τὸν ὁποῖον ἀδυνατοῦν νὰ κατανοήσουν οἱ περισσώτεροι ἐκ τῶν μεταλλάδων ποὺ αὐτοαποκαλοῦνται Σατανιστὲς ἐν ὦ ὑποστηρίζουν ἀντισατανικὲς καὶ ἀντισατανιστικὲς ὀργανώσεις ὅπως ἦναι ἡ «Ἐκκλησία τοῦ Σατανά», τὴν ὁποία ὁ Euronymous πολλάκις εἶχεν κατηγορήσει γιὰ τὴν μαζική της ἀποδεκτικότητα καὶ ὑποκρισία νὰ αὐτοαποκαλῆται Σατανιστικὴ, ἐν ὦ δὲν ἦναι τίποτε παραπάνω ἁπὸ μία πολιτικῶς ὀρθὴ ἐπιχείρησι γιὰ νὰ ἰκανοποιοῦν κάποιοι τὶς σεξουαλικὲς καὶ οἰκονομικές τους ἀνάγκες, ἐκμεταλλευόμενοι τὴν ἀνηθικότητα καὶ ἠλιθιότητα τοῦ γαμημένου κόσμου ποὺ ἐντυπωσιάζεται ἁπὸ «Σατανιστικὲς» ταμπέλες. Ὁ Euronymous ἐγνώριζεν τὸν σκοπὸ ὑπάρξεως τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος καὶ τὸν ἐξέφραζεν εὐθέως, δίχως νὰ ἐνδιαφέρεται γιὰ τὸ τὶ θὰ εἰποῦν οἱ πελάτες του γνωρίζοντες ὅτι τοὺς μισεῖ... οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἔχουν ὡς μοναδικὸ στόχο ὑπάρξεως νὰ ὑπηρετοῦν τὶς ἀνώτερες δυνάμεις, νὰ ἦναι σκλάβοι τῆς θρησκείας, ἤτις εἶναι ἡ μοναδικὴ πραγματικότητα σὲ αὐτὸν τὸν κόσμο, σημαντικότερη ἁπὸ κάθε πολιτικὴ ἰδεολογία καὶ κάθε ἐγωπαθέστατο συναίσθημα ἀνυπακοῆς ποὺ ἔχει ὁ ἠλίθιος κόσμος ὅσο δὲν βλέπει τὴν ρομφαία τοῦ Κυρίου να σηκώνεται πάνω ἁπ' τὸν λαιμό του. Ὁ Σατανισμὸς εἶναι ἀνάποδος χριστιανισμὸς καὶ ἔτσι πρέπει νὰ παραμείνη. Ὁτιδήποτε δὲν ἐκφράζει αὐτὴν τὴν πραγματικότητα, δὲν εἶναι τίποτε παραπάνω ἁπὸ μία κερδοσκοπικὴ ὑποκρισία ποὺ οὑδεμία σχέσι ἔχει μὲ τὴν Λατρεία πρὸς τὸν Διάβολο, ἡ ὁποία καὶ χαρακτηρίζει τὸν ἀληθινὸ Σατανισμό.
Ὑπὸ αὐτὴ τὴ προοπτική, ἡ λατρεία τοῦ θανάτου εἶναι ἡ συμπλήρωσι τοῦ Σατανισμοῦ καὶ ὁ Euronymous τὸ ἔδειξεν αὐτὸ μὲ τὸν καλλίτερο δυνατὸ τρόπο, καθιερώνοντας τὸ νεκρικὸ βάψιμο (corpsepaint) στὸ Black Metal, τὸ ὁποῖο εἶναι ὑποχρεωμένο νὰ ἐκφράζη τὶς προαναφερθείσες ἰδέες. Σύμβολο τῆς νεκρικῆς καὶ δαιμονικῆς καταστάσεως τοῦ προσώπου ἐν ὦ αὐτὸ σαπίζη στὸν τάφο, ἐπιδεικνύον τὴν κακία τῆς νεκρικῆς καὶ δαιμονικῆς φύσεως μέσω τῆς ἀγριότητος τοῦ ἐν λόγω βαψίματος.
Ἡ δὲ ἄρνησί του νὰ ὑποταχθῆ στὴν ἐμπορικότητα στὴν ὁποία πολλὰ Black Metal συγκροτήματα εἶχον καὶ ἔχουν ὑποκύψει, μὲ ἀποκορύφωμα νὰ ὑπάρχουν ἰσήμερον μπάντες ποὺ ὄχι μόνον ἔχουν γυναικεία μέλη στὴν παράταξί τους, μὰ καὶ δηλώνουν εὐθαρσῶς ὅτι ἐνδιαφέρονται ἰδιαιτέρως γιὰ τὴν ἐμπορικότητα τῶν δίσκων τους, τὸν ἔκανε νὰ ἀδυνατῆ νὰ πληρώση ἀκόμη καὶ τοὺς προσωπικούς του λογαριασμούς, ἐν ὦ ὑπῆρξαν στιγμὲς κατὰ τὶς ὁποίες δὲν εἶχεν χρήματα γιὰ φαγητό. Ἐξ οὖ καὶ ἡ ἰδιαίτερη ἀγάπη του πρὸς τὸν ἀπολυταρχικὸ κομμουνισμό, τὸ πλέον κατάλληλο πολίτευμα γιὰ τὴν ἔνωσι τοῦ κόσμου κάτω ἁπὸ ἀπάνθρωπες συνθήκες οἱ ὁποίες τὸν καθιστοῦν δυνατότερο βασανίζουσες αὐτόν, ἀντὶ νὰ τὸν περιορίζουν σὲ πολιτισμένες ὑποκρισίες μὲ σκοπὸ τὸ χρηματικὸ κέρδος, στὸ ὁποῖο ὁ Euronymous ποτὲ δὲν ὑπέκυψε, δημιουργῶντας πάντοτε ἄλμπουμ τὰ ὁποῖα ἦσαν ὅττι καλλίτερο κυκλοφοροῦσε στὴν ἀγορά, μὲ μοναδικὸ σκοπὸ τὸν ἐγκωμιασμὸ τοῦ θανάτου, τὴν ἔκφρασι τῆς μισανθρωπίας καὶ τὴν Λατρεία τοῦ Κυρίου, ὑπὸ τὸ ἀπόκοσμο καὶ ἀκραῖο ἦχο τῆς δυνατῆς καὶ συνεχόμενης κιθάρας καὶ τῶν ὑψηλοῦ τόνου δαιμονικῶν κραυγῶν ποὺ περνοῦν ἁπὸ πάνω της.
Ἀποκορύφωμα τῆς ἐν λόγω ἀκουστικῆς καὶ ποιητικῆς ἀριστουργηματικῆς φύσεως τοῦ Euronymous, δὲν ἦτον ἄλλο ἁπὸ τὸ τελευταῖο του ἄλμπουμ, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, στὸ ὁποῖο καὶ ξεχειλίζει τὸ σκοτάδι ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ νεκρικὴ ἀτμόσφαιρα ποὺ προοιονιζόταν τὰ ἐπερχόμενα γεγονότα. Σημειωτέον δέ, ὁ ἴδιος ὁ Euronymous ποτὲ δὲν κατάφερεν νὰ κυκλοφορήση τὸ ἐν λόγω ἄλμπουμ, ἀρχικῶς λόγω τῆς αὐτοκτονίας τοῦ Dead (Per Yngve Ohlin) τὸν Ἀπρίλιο τοῦ 1991, τραγουδιστὴ τῶν Mayhem καὶ κατόπιν τὴν δολοφονία τοῦ ἰδίου.
Σὲ αὐτὸ τὸ σημεῖο κάνομεν μίαν παύσι, μὲ σκοπὸ τὴν γνωστοποίησι τῆς προσωπικότητος τοῦ Dead καὶ τὶς ἐνδιαφέρουσες λεπτομέρειες τοῦ θανάτου του:
Ὁ Dead ἐξ ἀρχῆς δὲν ἠγαποῦσε τὸν συγκεκριμένο κόσμο καὶ δὲν ἐπιθυμοῦσε νὰ ζῆ σὲ αὐτόν. Ὡς ἐκ τούτου, ηὐτοκτόνησεν μετὰ ἁπὸ ὡρισμένες λογομαχίες ποὺ εἶχεν μὲ τὸν Euronymous στὸ σπίτι ὅπου ὅλα τὰ μέλη τοῦ συγκροτήματος διέμεναν. Ὁ ἴδιος ἐσκόπευε ἁπὸ καιρὸ νὰ αὐτοκτονήση καὶ ὁ Euronymous ἐνθάρρυνε τὸν ἐν λόγω σκοπό, ὡς τε νὰ ἐκμεταλλευθῆ τὴν δημοσιότητα τοῦ γεγονότος, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἐμπειρία τοῦ θανάτου τὴν ὁποία καὶ ἠγαποῦσε. Γνωρίζοντας ὁ Euronymous τὴν ψυχολογικὴ κατάστασι στὴν ὁποία εὐρίσκετο ὁ Dead, στὶς 8 Ἀπριλίου τοῦ 1991, ἐφρόντισεν νὰ ἀφεθῆ μόνος στὸ σπίτι, μαζὺ μὲ ἕνα μαχαίρι καὶ μία καραμπίνα, γεμισμένη ἁπὸ τὶς σφαίρες ποὺ ὁ Varg Vikernes (Count Grishnackh) τοῦ εἶχεν δωρίσει πρὸ μερικῶν ἠμερῶν. Ὁ Dead ἔκοψεν τὶς φλέβες καὶ τὸ λαρύγγι του καὶ κατόπιν ἐπυροβολήθη μὲ τὴν καραμπίνα. Ὅλως περιέργως, τὸ πτῶμα εὐρέθη ἁπὸ τὸν ἴδιο τὸν Euronymous, ὁ ὁποῖος σκαρφάλωσε ἁπ' τὸ παράθυρο προκειμένου νὰ μπῆ στὸ κλειδωμένο δωμάτιο. Ὅταν εἶδεν τὸ πτῶμα, ἔφυγεν ἁπ' τὸ σπίτι καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν μὲ μία φωτογραφικὴ μηχανή, μὲ τὴν ὁποία ἀπαθανάτισε τὸ θέαμα, τραβῶντας φωτογραφίες, μία ἐκ τῶν ὁποίων ἐχρησιμοποιήθη στὸ ἄλμπουμ Dawn of the Black Hearts τέσσερα χρόνια ἀργώτερα. Ὁ Euronymous ἐδημιούργησεν καὶ ἕνα κολιὲ ἁπὸ τὰ θραύσματα τοῦ τρύπιου κρανίου, ἑν ὦ φήμες ἀνέφεραν μεταξὺ ἄλλων ὅτι ἔφαγεν καὶ μέρος τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου. Ὁ ἴδιος ὅμως τὸ διέψευσεν αὐτὸ σὲ μία ἐκ τῶν ἐπόμενων συνεντεύξεών του.
Ἡ συμπεριφορά του αὐτὴ δυσαρέστησε κάποιους ἐκ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν ποὺ τὸν στήριζαν καὶ συνεργάζονταν μαζύ του στὸ συγκρότημα. Προφανῶς ἐπίστευαν ὅτι ὁ φανατικὸς σαδισμὸς καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη γιὰ τὸν θάνατο ποὺ ὁ Euronymous ἐπιδείκνυε, δὲν ἦτο κάτι παραπάνω ἁπὸ ἕνα ἐπικοινωνιακὸ κόλπο, μὲ στόχο τὴν δημοσιότητα. Ἡ ἀντιμετώπισί του ὅμως ἀπέναντι στὸν Dead, οἱ φήμες γιὰ τὴν δηλητηρίασι ἑνὸς πολωνοῦ δημοσιογράφου ἁπὸ αὐτὸν καὶ γενικώτερα ἡ ἀκραία συμπεριφορά του, ἔδειχναν ὅτι ἐπίστευεν πλέον στὴν πραγματικότητα αὐτὰ ποὺ εἶχον συμφωνήσει νὰ κάνουν καὶ νὰ λένε ἐν εἴδει ἐπιθυμίας γιὰ δημοσιότητα. Αὐτὸ τοὺς ἔκανε νὰ ἀρχίσουν νὰ ἀποστασιοποιοῦνται ἁπ' αὐτόν. Ὁ ἐγωκεντρισμὸς καὶ ὁ φθόνος ἦσαν ἐπίσης κάποια ἐκ τῶν γνωρισμάτων τοῦ χαρακτῆρος του.
Ὁ Euronymous ἦτο μεταξὺ ἄλλων καὶ ὁ κύριος ἀρχηγὸς τοῦ «Ἐσώτερου Κύκλου», ὅπως ὠνομάζετο ἡ ὁμάς τῶν μουσικῶν τῆς νορβηγικῆς Black Metal σκηνῆς, ποὺ ὑποκινούμενοι ἁπὸ ἐκεῖνον, διέπραξαν ὡρισμένες νομικῶς διωκόμενες ἐνέργειες ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Σατανισμοῦ, κάποιες ἐκ τῶν ὁποίων ἦσαν πενῆντα ἐμπρησμοὶ χριστιανικῶν ἐκκλησιῶν καὶ ἕνας (ἐξιχνιασμένος) φόνος, ὁ ὁποῖος γιὰ ἕναν χρόνο παρέμεινεν ἕνα καλὰ κρυμμένο μυστικὸ μέσα στὸν Κύκλο.
Προφανῶς ὁ Euronymous δὲν ἦτο τὸ θύμα τῆς ὑποθέσεως καὶ ἡ δολοφονία του ἀργώτερα ἀποτέλεσεν τὴν ὁλοκλήρωσί του ὡς πρότυπο τῆς Black Metal σκηνῆς καὶ τοῦ Σατανισμοῦ. Φίλος τοῦ Euronymous ἦτο πλέον ὁ Count Grishnackh, ὁ ὁποῖος καὶ παίζει μπάσο στὸ De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Στὴν πορεία οἱ ὁπαδοὶ τοῦ Euronymous ἤρχισαν νὰ μὴν ἐντυπωσιάζωνται πλέον ἁπ' τὴν Σατανιστικὴ φυσιογνωμία του, ἰδιαιτέρως τώρα ποὺ ἐγνώριζαν ὅτι ἐπίστευε ὅλα ὅσα ἔκανεν καὶ τίποτα δὲν ἦτον ἁπλῶς ἕνα ἐπικοινωνιακὸ κόλπο γιὰ νὰ τραβήξη τὴν προσοχή. Αὐτὸ ἐδημιούργησεν γιὰ ἄλλη μία φορὰ τὸ συναίσθημα τοῦ φθόνου στὸ θυμικὸ τοῦ Euronymous. Φθόνο πρὸς τὸν πρώην φίλο του ὁ ὁποῖος καὶ εὐθυνόταν γι' αὐτὴ τὴ κατάστασι λόγω τοῦ ὅτι ἐθεώρησεν πὼς μπῆκε φυλακὴ ἐξ αἰτίας του καὶ γι' αὐτὸν τὸν λόγο, τὸν κακολογοῦσε ἐκτενῶς, ἐν ὦ εἶχεν πλέον ἀποστασιοποιηθῆ πλήρως ἁπ' αὐτόν. Ὁ Euronymous δὲν εἶχεν ἄλλη ἐπιλογή, παρὰ νὰ ἀπαλλαγῆ ἁπὸ τὸν μαλάκα πρώην συνεργάτη του, ὁ ὁποῖος καὶ ἀποτελοῦσε ἐμπόδιο στὴν ἐπίτευξι τῶν στόχων του γιὰ τὴν δοξασία τοῦ Ὀνόματος Τοῦ Σατανά μέσω τῆς κοινῆς ἐπαναστάσεως πρὸς τὸ ἰσημερινὸ κατεστημένο καὶ κάθε του νόμο, μαζὺ μὲ τὴν ἰκανοποίησι τῶν προσωπικῶν συναισθημάτων σαδισμοῦ καὶ μισανθρωπίας ποὺ ὁ Euronymous ἔνοιωθε.
Ὀλίγες ἠμέρες πρὶν τὸν θάνατό του, ἐκατηγορήθη γιὰ ἐπίθεσι ἐναντίον δύο ἀνδρῶν, οἱ ὁποῖοι τὸν ἐπροσέβαλλαν κυττάζοντες τὴν κοπέλα του καὶ ἐπιδιώκοντες χειραψία μὲ αὐτήν, μὲ ἀποτέλεσμα ἐκεῖνος νὰ σπάση τὸ μπουκάλι ποὺ κρατοῦσε, στὸ κεφάλι τοῦ ἑνὸς καὶ ἔπειτα νὰ χαρακώση μὲ τὸ σπασμένο μπουκάλι τὸ πρόσωπο τοῦ δευτέρου, ὁ ὁποῖος καὶ ἐπιχείρησεν νὰ τοῦ ἐπιτεθῆ. Αὐτὸ ἦτον ἄλλη μία ἔνδειξι γιὰ τὸ τὶ ἦτον ἰκανὸς νὰ κάνη καὶ ὅτι τίποτε πλέον δὲν γινόταν γιὰ τὴν δημοσιότητα καὶ μόνον.
Τὸ σχέδιο ποὺ ἐσκέφθη, ἦτο νὰ καλέση τὸν Vikernes στὸ σπίτι του καὶ ἀφ οὖ θὰ τὸν ἔκανεν νὰ λιποθυμήση μὲ ἕνα ἀναισθητικὸ ὅπλο, θὰ τὸν σκότωνε κατόπιν βασανισμοῦ, δεμένο σὲ ἕνα δένδρο στὸ δάσος, ἐν ὦ ὁ ἴδιος θὰ βιντεοσκοποῦσε τὸ γεγονός. Δυστυχῶς, τὸ ἐν λόγω σχέδιο τὸ ἐκμυστηρεύθηκε καὶ στὸν καινούργιο κιθαρίστα τῶν Mayhem, Snorre Ruch, ὁ ὁποῖος μέσα στὴν ἠλιθιότητά του τὸ ἐμαρτύρησεν στὸν Count μὲ περισσὴ εὐκολία, προδίδοντας τὸν Euronymous. Αὐτὸ εἶχεν ὡς ἀποτέλεσμα ὁ Count νὰ γνωρίζη τὸ σχέδιο ὅταν ἐκεῖνος τὸν προσκάλεσε σπίτι του μὲ ἀφορμὴ τὴν ὑπογραφὴ τοῦ συμβολαίου γιὰ συνεργασία μεταξύ τους ξανά. Ἡ δὲ ἀνεξήγητη φιλικότητα ἐκ μέρους τοῦ Euronymous ἦτον αὐτὴ ποὺ ἐπιβεβαίωσεν τὰ λεγόμενα τοῦ Ruch.
Στὶς 10 Αὐγούστου τοῦ 1993, ὁ Count καὶ ὁ Ruch ἔφτασαν ἁπ' τὸ Bergen στὸ Oslo, ὅπου εὐρίσκετο τὸ σπίτι τοῦ Euronymous. Τὸ ρολόι ἔδειχνε τρεῖς τὸ πρωί, μία ὤρα κατὰ τὴν ὁποία συνήθιζαν νὰ κάνουν ἐπισκέψεις ὁ ἕνας στὸν ἄλλον οὔτως ἢ ἄλλως καὶ συμφώνως μὲ τὰ λεγόμενα τοῦ Count, ὁ σκοπός του δὲν ἦτον ἄλλος παρὰ νὰ ἀπορρίψη τὴν πρότασι γιὰ συνεργασία ποὺ τοῦ εἶχεν κάνει ὁ Euronymous. Ὁ Ruch περίμενε στὴν εἴσοδο τῆς πολυκατοικίας, ἐν ὦ ὁ Count ἀνέβηκε τὰ σκαλιὰ γιὰ νὰ φτάση στὸ διαμέρισμα ὅπου ἐκεῖνος διέμενε. Ἐν ἀρχὴ δὲν ἠθέλησε νὰ τοῦ ἀνοίξη καὶ ὅταν τὸ ἔκανε, ἔδειχνε νευρικὸς στὸν διάδρομο ἐντὸς τοῦ διαμερίσματος, προδίδοντας τοὺς δίκαιους σκοπούς του. Τα πράγματα ὅμως περιπλέκονται στὴν πορεία, καθῶς οἱ δυό τους ἔμειναν μόνοι καὶ κανεῖς δὲν ἐγνωρίζει τὶ ἀκριβῶς ἔγινε. Συμφώνως, ὡς τόσο, μὲ τὰ λεγόμενα τοῦ Count, ὁ Euronymous ἦτον ἐκεῖνος ποὺ τοῦ ἐπετέθη πρῶτος μὲ μία κλωτσιὰ στὸ στῆθος, λόγω τῆς ἐπιθετικότητος ποὺ τοῦ ἔδειξε, γιγνώσκοντας ὅτι ἐσχεδίαζε νὰ τὸν σκοτώση. Παρ' ὅλα αὐτὰ ὁ Euronymous ἦτον ἀρκετὰ κοντύτερος καὶ ἡ ἐπίθεσί του δὲν εἶχεν τὸ ἐπιθυμητὸ ἀποτέλεσμα, ὁπότε καὶ κατευθύνθηκε πρὸς τὴν κουζίνα μὲ σκοπὸ νὰ χρησιμοποιήση μαχαίρι ἀντὶ τῶν χεριῶν καὶ τῶν ποδιῶν του. Ὁ Count ὅμως εἶχεν μαζύ του ἕναν σουγιά, μὲ τὸν ὁποῖον καὶ τὸν ἀπέτρεψε. Ὁ Euronymous ἔτρεξεν πρὸς τὸ ὑπνοδωμάτιο, μὰ μὲ τὴν δεύτερη μαχαιριὰ βγῆκε ἁπ' τὸ διαμέρισμα καὶ κατέβηκε τὶς σκάλες μὲ τὸν Count πίσω του νὰ τὸν ἀκολουθῆ προσπαθῶντας νὰ ἐπιτύχη περισσώτερες μαχαιριὲς ἐπάνω του. Καθῶς κατέβαιναν τὶς σκάλες, οἱ τοίχοι βάφθηκαν ἁπ' τὸ αἷμα ποὺ ἄφηνε πίσω του ἐν ὦ τοὺς ἐχρησιμοποιοῦσε ὡς βοήθημα στὴν προσπάθειά του νὰ μείνη ὄρθιος καὶ νὰ ξεφύγη. Ὁ Ruch ἀντίκρισε ἔντρομος τὸ θέαμα τοῦ Euronymous νὰ τρέχη αἱματωμένος φορῶντας μονάχα τὸ ἐσώρουχό του, προσπαθῶντας νὰ ξεφύγη ἁπὸ τὶς μαχαιριὲς τοῦ Count, ποὺ συνέχιζε νὰ τὸν ἀκολουθῆ μαχαιρώνοντάς τον στὸν ἀριστερὸ ὦμο. Ἡ καταδίωξι ἔληξεν μὲ τὸν Euronymous νὰ πέφτη στὰ γυαλιὰ τῆς λάμπας ποὺ εἶχεν σπάσει μὲ τὸ χέρι του καθῶς ἔτρεχεν. Ἡ προσοχὴ τοῦ Count ἀπεσπάσθη, ὅταν ἐκεῖνος ἐρώτησε τὸν Ruch ἑὰν ἦναι καλὰ, ἐν ὦ ὁ δεύτερος κατέβαινε τὴν σκάλα καὶ κατευθυνόταν πρὸς τὸ ἀμάξι πανικόβλητος. Τότε ὁ Euronymous στάθηκε ξανὰ στὰ πόδια του δείχνοντας πρόθυμος νὰ παραδεχθῆ τὴν ἥττα του. Παρ' ὅλα αὐτά, ἡ ἀναμέτρησι ἐτελείωσεν μὲ τὸ μαχαίρι τοῦ Count καρφωμένο στὸ κρανίο του, ἀφ οὖ ἐκεῖνος ἐπροσπάθησεν νὰ τοῦ ἐπιτεθῆ ξανὰ κλωτσῶντας τον.
Αὐτὴ εἶναι ἡ ἐκδοχὴ τῆς ἰστορίας τὴν ὁποίαν ὁ Count κατέθεσεν στὸ δικαστήριο, ἀφ οὖ συνελήφθη. Ὁ δὲ Ruch κατέθεσεν ὅτι ὅλα ἦσαν προσχεδιασμένα καὶ ἐσκόπευαν ἐξ ἀρχῆς νὰ τὸν σκοτώσουν. Ὅπως καὶ νὰ ἔγιναν ὅμως τὰ γεγονότα, ὁ θάνατος τοῦ Euronymous ἦτον ἡ ὁλοκλήρωσι τῆς προσωπικότητός του καὶ σὲ καμμία περίπτωσι δὲν ἦτο τὸ θύμα τὸ ὁποῖο οἱοσδήποτε θυματολάτρης θὰ ἐπιθυμοῦσε νὰ ὑποστηρίξη. Ὄχι... Ἦτο τὸ τέλειο Σατανιστικὸ πρότυπο. Τὰ δὲ λεγόμενά του στὶς συνεντεύξεις του, ὅσο καὶ ἅν φαίνωνται νὰ πηγάζουν ἁπ' τὴν ἀνωριμότητά του καὶ τὴν ἐπιθυμία του νὰ δείξη ὅτι ἦτον ὄντως μισάνθρωπος, σαδιστὴς καὶ ἀκραιφνὴς Σατανιστὴς μὲ μεσαιωνικὲς ἀπόψεις, στὴν πραγματικότητα εἶναι πηγὴ σκέψεως ποὺ βοηθοῦν στὴν ἀνάπτυξι τῶν ἀληθινῶν Σατανιστικῶν ἰδεῶν στὸ θυμικό καὶ στὴν λογική.
Οἱ Mayhem ἰσήμερον, δὲν εἶναι τίποτε παραπάνω ἁπὸ τὶς ἤδη ὑπάρχουσες μπάντες Black Metal, μὲ οὑδεμία ἰδιαιτερότητα στοὺς στίχους, τὴν μουσικὴ ἢ τὶς πράξεις τους. Οἱ δὲ ἰδέες τους, περιορίζονται μονάχα πάνω στὴν σκηνή καὶ στὶς συνεντεύξεις τους, ἐν ὦ ἐκμεταλλεύωνται τὸ ὄνομα ποὺ ἐδημιούργησεν ἐξ ὁλοκλήρου ἕνα ἄτομο τὸ ὁποῖο δὲν ὑποστηρίζουν καὶ κατακρίνουν ἄμεσα ὡς «ἀκραῖο».
Ὁ Dead ἐξ ἀρχῆς δὲν ἠγαποῦσε τὸν συγκεκριμένο κόσμο καὶ δὲν ἐπιθυμοῦσε νὰ ζῆ σὲ αὐτόν. Ὡς ἐκ τούτου, ηὐτοκτόνησεν μετὰ ἁπὸ ὡρισμένες λογομαχίες ποὺ εἶχεν μὲ τὸν Euronymous στὸ σπίτι ὅπου ὅλα τὰ μέλη τοῦ συγκροτήματος διέμεναν. Ὁ ἴδιος ἐσκόπευε ἁπὸ καιρὸ νὰ αὐτοκτονήση καὶ ὁ Euronymous ἐνθάρρυνε τὸν ἐν λόγω σκοπό, ὡς τε νὰ ἐκμεταλλευθῆ τὴν δημοσιότητα τοῦ γεγονότος, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἐμπειρία τοῦ θανάτου τὴν ὁποία καὶ ἠγαποῦσε. Γνωρίζοντας ὁ Euronymous τὴν ψυχολογικὴ κατάστασι στὴν ὁποία εὐρίσκετο ὁ Dead, στὶς 8 Ἀπριλίου τοῦ 1991, ἐφρόντισεν νὰ ἀφεθῆ μόνος στὸ σπίτι, μαζὺ μὲ ἕνα μαχαίρι καὶ μία καραμπίνα, γεμισμένη ἁπὸ τὶς σφαίρες ποὺ ὁ Varg Vikernes (Count Grishnackh) τοῦ εἶχεν δωρίσει πρὸ μερικῶν ἠμερῶν. Ὁ Dead ἔκοψεν τὶς φλέβες καὶ τὸ λαρύγγι του καὶ κατόπιν ἐπυροβολήθη μὲ τὴν καραμπίνα. Ὅλως περιέργως, τὸ πτῶμα εὐρέθη ἁπὸ τὸν ἴδιο τὸν Euronymous, ὁ ὁποῖος σκαρφάλωσε ἁπ' τὸ παράθυρο προκειμένου νὰ μπῆ στὸ κλειδωμένο δωμάτιο. Ὅταν εἶδεν τὸ πτῶμα, ἔφυγεν ἁπ' τὸ σπίτι καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν μὲ μία φωτογραφικὴ μηχανή, μὲ τὴν ὁποία ἀπαθανάτισε τὸ θέαμα, τραβῶντας φωτογραφίες, μία ἐκ τῶν ὁποίων ἐχρησιμοποιήθη στὸ ἄλμπουμ Dawn of the Black Hearts τέσσερα χρόνια ἀργώτερα. Ὁ Euronymous ἐδημιούργησεν καὶ ἕνα κολιὲ ἁπὸ τὰ θραύσματα τοῦ τρύπιου κρανίου, ἑν ὦ φήμες ἀνέφεραν μεταξὺ ἄλλων ὅτι ἔφαγεν καὶ μέρος τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου. Ὁ ἴδιος ὅμως τὸ διέψευσεν αὐτὸ σὲ μία ἐκ τῶν ἐπόμενων συνεντεύξεών του.
Ἡ συμπεριφορά του αὐτὴ δυσαρέστησε κάποιους ἐκ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν ποὺ τὸν στήριζαν καὶ συνεργάζονταν μαζύ του στὸ συγκρότημα. Προφανῶς ἐπίστευαν ὅτι ὁ φανατικὸς σαδισμὸς καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη γιὰ τὸν θάνατο ποὺ ὁ Euronymous ἐπιδείκνυε, δὲν ἦτο κάτι παραπάνω ἁπὸ ἕνα ἐπικοινωνιακὸ κόλπο, μὲ στόχο τὴν δημοσιότητα. Ἡ ἀντιμετώπισί του ὅμως ἀπέναντι στὸν Dead, οἱ φήμες γιὰ τὴν δηλητηρίασι ἑνὸς πολωνοῦ δημοσιογράφου ἁπὸ αὐτὸν καὶ γενικώτερα ἡ ἀκραία συμπεριφορά του, ἔδειχναν ὅτι ἐπίστευεν πλέον στὴν πραγματικότητα αὐτὰ ποὺ εἶχον συμφωνήσει νὰ κάνουν καὶ νὰ λένε ἐν εἴδει ἐπιθυμίας γιὰ δημοσιότητα. Αὐτὸ τοὺς ἔκανε νὰ ἀρχίσουν νὰ ἀποστασιοποιοῦνται ἁπ' αὐτόν. Ὁ ἐγωκεντρισμὸς καὶ ὁ φθόνος ἦσαν ἐπίσης κάποια ἐκ τῶν γνωρισμάτων τοῦ χαρακτῆρος του.
Ὁ Euronymous ἦτο μεταξὺ ἄλλων καὶ ὁ κύριος ἀρχηγὸς τοῦ «Ἐσώτερου Κύκλου», ὅπως ὠνομάζετο ἡ ὁμάς τῶν μουσικῶν τῆς νορβηγικῆς Black Metal σκηνῆς, ποὺ ὑποκινούμενοι ἁπὸ ἐκεῖνον, διέπραξαν ὡρισμένες νομικῶς διωκόμενες ἐνέργειες ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Σατανισμοῦ, κάποιες ἐκ τῶν ὁποίων ἦσαν πενῆντα ἐμπρησμοὶ χριστιανικῶν ἐκκλησιῶν καὶ ἕνας (ἐξιχνιασμένος) φόνος, ὁ ὁποῖος γιὰ ἕναν χρόνο παρέμεινεν ἕνα καλὰ κρυμμένο μυστικὸ μέσα στὸν Κύκλο.
Προφανῶς ὁ Euronymous δὲν ἦτο τὸ θύμα τῆς ὑποθέσεως καὶ ἡ δολοφονία του ἀργώτερα ἀποτέλεσεν τὴν ὁλοκλήρωσί του ὡς πρότυπο τῆς Black Metal σκηνῆς καὶ τοῦ Σατανισμοῦ. Φίλος τοῦ Euronymous ἦτο πλέον ὁ Count Grishnackh, ὁ ὁποῖος καὶ παίζει μπάσο στὸ De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Στὴν πορεία οἱ ὁπαδοὶ τοῦ Euronymous ἤρχισαν νὰ μὴν ἐντυπωσιάζωνται πλέον ἁπ' τὴν Σατανιστικὴ φυσιογνωμία του, ἰδιαιτέρως τώρα ποὺ ἐγνώριζαν ὅτι ἐπίστευε ὅλα ὅσα ἔκανεν καὶ τίποτα δὲν ἦτον ἁπλῶς ἕνα ἐπικοινωνιακὸ κόλπο γιὰ νὰ τραβήξη τὴν προσοχή. Αὐτὸ ἐδημιούργησεν γιὰ ἄλλη μία φορὰ τὸ συναίσθημα τοῦ φθόνου στὸ θυμικὸ τοῦ Euronymous. Φθόνο πρὸς τὸν πρώην φίλο του ὁ ὁποῖος καὶ εὐθυνόταν γι' αὐτὴ τὴ κατάστασι λόγω τοῦ ὅτι ἐθεώρησεν πὼς μπῆκε φυλακὴ ἐξ αἰτίας του καὶ γι' αὐτὸν τὸν λόγο, τὸν κακολογοῦσε ἐκτενῶς, ἐν ὦ εἶχεν πλέον ἀποστασιοποιηθῆ πλήρως ἁπ' αὐτόν. Ὁ Euronymous δὲν εἶχεν ἄλλη ἐπιλογή, παρὰ νὰ ἀπαλλαγῆ ἁπὸ τὸν μαλάκα πρώην συνεργάτη του, ὁ ὁποῖος καὶ ἀποτελοῦσε ἐμπόδιο στὴν ἐπίτευξι τῶν στόχων του γιὰ τὴν δοξασία τοῦ Ὀνόματος Τοῦ Σατανά μέσω τῆς κοινῆς ἐπαναστάσεως πρὸς τὸ ἰσημερινὸ κατεστημένο καὶ κάθε του νόμο, μαζὺ μὲ τὴν ἰκανοποίησι τῶν προσωπικῶν συναισθημάτων σαδισμοῦ καὶ μισανθρωπίας ποὺ ὁ Euronymous ἔνοιωθε.
Ὀλίγες ἠμέρες πρὶν τὸν θάνατό του, ἐκατηγορήθη γιὰ ἐπίθεσι ἐναντίον δύο ἀνδρῶν, οἱ ὁποῖοι τὸν ἐπροσέβαλλαν κυττάζοντες τὴν κοπέλα του καὶ ἐπιδιώκοντες χειραψία μὲ αὐτήν, μὲ ἀποτέλεσμα ἐκεῖνος νὰ σπάση τὸ μπουκάλι ποὺ κρατοῦσε, στὸ κεφάλι τοῦ ἑνὸς καὶ ἔπειτα νὰ χαρακώση μὲ τὸ σπασμένο μπουκάλι τὸ πρόσωπο τοῦ δευτέρου, ὁ ὁποῖος καὶ ἐπιχείρησεν νὰ τοῦ ἐπιτεθῆ. Αὐτὸ ἦτον ἄλλη μία ἔνδειξι γιὰ τὸ τὶ ἦτον ἰκανὸς νὰ κάνη καὶ ὅτι τίποτε πλέον δὲν γινόταν γιὰ τὴν δημοσιότητα καὶ μόνον.
Τὸ σχέδιο ποὺ ἐσκέφθη, ἦτο νὰ καλέση τὸν Vikernes στὸ σπίτι του καὶ ἀφ οὖ θὰ τὸν ἔκανεν νὰ λιποθυμήση μὲ ἕνα ἀναισθητικὸ ὅπλο, θὰ τὸν σκότωνε κατόπιν βασανισμοῦ, δεμένο σὲ ἕνα δένδρο στὸ δάσος, ἐν ὦ ὁ ἴδιος θὰ βιντεοσκοποῦσε τὸ γεγονός. Δυστυχῶς, τὸ ἐν λόγω σχέδιο τὸ ἐκμυστηρεύθηκε καὶ στὸν καινούργιο κιθαρίστα τῶν Mayhem, Snorre Ruch, ὁ ὁποῖος μέσα στὴν ἠλιθιότητά του τὸ ἐμαρτύρησεν στὸν Count μὲ περισσὴ εὐκολία, προδίδοντας τὸν Euronymous. Αὐτὸ εἶχεν ὡς ἀποτέλεσμα ὁ Count νὰ γνωρίζη τὸ σχέδιο ὅταν ἐκεῖνος τὸν προσκάλεσε σπίτι του μὲ ἀφορμὴ τὴν ὑπογραφὴ τοῦ συμβολαίου γιὰ συνεργασία μεταξύ τους ξανά. Ἡ δὲ ἀνεξήγητη φιλικότητα ἐκ μέρους τοῦ Euronymous ἦτον αὐτὴ ποὺ ἐπιβεβαίωσεν τὰ λεγόμενα τοῦ Ruch.
Στὶς 10 Αὐγούστου τοῦ 1993, ὁ Count καὶ ὁ Ruch ἔφτασαν ἁπ' τὸ Bergen στὸ Oslo, ὅπου εὐρίσκετο τὸ σπίτι τοῦ Euronymous. Τὸ ρολόι ἔδειχνε τρεῖς τὸ πρωί, μία ὤρα κατὰ τὴν ὁποία συνήθιζαν νὰ κάνουν ἐπισκέψεις ὁ ἕνας στὸν ἄλλον οὔτως ἢ ἄλλως καὶ συμφώνως μὲ τὰ λεγόμενα τοῦ Count, ὁ σκοπός του δὲν ἦτον ἄλλος παρὰ νὰ ἀπορρίψη τὴν πρότασι γιὰ συνεργασία ποὺ τοῦ εἶχεν κάνει ὁ Euronymous. Ὁ Ruch περίμενε στὴν εἴσοδο τῆς πολυκατοικίας, ἐν ὦ ὁ Count ἀνέβηκε τὰ σκαλιὰ γιὰ νὰ φτάση στὸ διαμέρισμα ὅπου ἐκεῖνος διέμενε. Ἐν ἀρχὴ δὲν ἠθέλησε νὰ τοῦ ἀνοίξη καὶ ὅταν τὸ ἔκανε, ἔδειχνε νευρικὸς στὸν διάδρομο ἐντὸς τοῦ διαμερίσματος, προδίδοντας τοὺς δίκαιους σκοπούς του. Τα πράγματα ὅμως περιπλέκονται στὴν πορεία, καθῶς οἱ δυό τους ἔμειναν μόνοι καὶ κανεῖς δὲν ἐγνωρίζει τὶ ἀκριβῶς ἔγινε. Συμφώνως, ὡς τόσο, μὲ τὰ λεγόμενα τοῦ Count, ὁ Euronymous ἦτον ἐκεῖνος ποὺ τοῦ ἐπετέθη πρῶτος μὲ μία κλωτσιὰ στὸ στῆθος, λόγω τῆς ἐπιθετικότητος ποὺ τοῦ ἔδειξε, γιγνώσκοντας ὅτι ἐσχεδίαζε νὰ τὸν σκοτώση. Παρ' ὅλα αὐτὰ ὁ Euronymous ἦτον ἀρκετὰ κοντύτερος καὶ ἡ ἐπίθεσί του δὲν εἶχεν τὸ ἐπιθυμητὸ ἀποτέλεσμα, ὁπότε καὶ κατευθύνθηκε πρὸς τὴν κουζίνα μὲ σκοπὸ νὰ χρησιμοποιήση μαχαίρι ἀντὶ τῶν χεριῶν καὶ τῶν ποδιῶν του. Ὁ Count ὅμως εἶχεν μαζύ του ἕναν σουγιά, μὲ τὸν ὁποῖον καὶ τὸν ἀπέτρεψε. Ὁ Euronymous ἔτρεξεν πρὸς τὸ ὑπνοδωμάτιο, μὰ μὲ τὴν δεύτερη μαχαιριὰ βγῆκε ἁπ' τὸ διαμέρισμα καὶ κατέβηκε τὶς σκάλες μὲ τὸν Count πίσω του νὰ τὸν ἀκολουθῆ προσπαθῶντας νὰ ἐπιτύχη περισσώτερες μαχαιριὲς ἐπάνω του. Καθῶς κατέβαιναν τὶς σκάλες, οἱ τοίχοι βάφθηκαν ἁπ' τὸ αἷμα ποὺ ἄφηνε πίσω του ἐν ὦ τοὺς ἐχρησιμοποιοῦσε ὡς βοήθημα στὴν προσπάθειά του νὰ μείνη ὄρθιος καὶ νὰ ξεφύγη. Ὁ Ruch ἀντίκρισε ἔντρομος τὸ θέαμα τοῦ Euronymous νὰ τρέχη αἱματωμένος φορῶντας μονάχα τὸ ἐσώρουχό του, προσπαθῶντας νὰ ξεφύγη ἁπὸ τὶς μαχαιριὲς τοῦ Count, ποὺ συνέχιζε νὰ τὸν ἀκολουθῆ μαχαιρώνοντάς τον στὸν ἀριστερὸ ὦμο. Ἡ καταδίωξι ἔληξεν μὲ τὸν Euronymous νὰ πέφτη στὰ γυαλιὰ τῆς λάμπας ποὺ εἶχεν σπάσει μὲ τὸ χέρι του καθῶς ἔτρεχεν. Ἡ προσοχὴ τοῦ Count ἀπεσπάσθη, ὅταν ἐκεῖνος ἐρώτησε τὸν Ruch ἑὰν ἦναι καλὰ, ἐν ὦ ὁ δεύτερος κατέβαινε τὴν σκάλα καὶ κατευθυνόταν πρὸς τὸ ἀμάξι πανικόβλητος. Τότε ὁ Euronymous στάθηκε ξανὰ στὰ πόδια του δείχνοντας πρόθυμος νὰ παραδεχθῆ τὴν ἥττα του. Παρ' ὅλα αὐτά, ἡ ἀναμέτρησι ἐτελείωσεν μὲ τὸ μαχαίρι τοῦ Count καρφωμένο στὸ κρανίο του, ἀφ οὖ ἐκεῖνος ἐπροσπάθησεν νὰ τοῦ ἐπιτεθῆ ξανὰ κλωτσῶντας τον.
Αὐτὴ εἶναι ἡ ἐκδοχὴ τῆς ἰστορίας τὴν ὁποίαν ὁ Count κατέθεσεν στὸ δικαστήριο, ἀφ οὖ συνελήφθη. Ὁ δὲ Ruch κατέθεσεν ὅτι ὅλα ἦσαν προσχεδιασμένα καὶ ἐσκόπευαν ἐξ ἀρχῆς νὰ τὸν σκοτώσουν. Ὅπως καὶ νὰ ἔγιναν ὅμως τὰ γεγονότα, ὁ θάνατος τοῦ Euronymous ἦτον ἡ ὁλοκλήρωσι τῆς προσωπικότητός του καὶ σὲ καμμία περίπτωσι δὲν ἦτο τὸ θύμα τὸ ὁποῖο οἱοσδήποτε θυματολάτρης θὰ ἐπιθυμοῦσε νὰ ὑποστηρίξη. Ὄχι... Ἦτο τὸ τέλειο Σατανιστικὸ πρότυπο. Τὰ δὲ λεγόμενά του στὶς συνεντεύξεις του, ὅσο καὶ ἅν φαίνωνται νὰ πηγάζουν ἁπ' τὴν ἀνωριμότητά του καὶ τὴν ἐπιθυμία του νὰ δείξη ὅτι ἦτον ὄντως μισάνθρωπος, σαδιστὴς καὶ ἀκραιφνὴς Σατανιστὴς μὲ μεσαιωνικὲς ἀπόψεις, στὴν πραγματικότητα εἶναι πηγὴ σκέψεως ποὺ βοηθοῦν στὴν ἀνάπτυξι τῶν ἀληθινῶν Σατανιστικῶν ἰδεῶν στὸ θυμικό καὶ στὴν λογική.
Οἱ Mayhem ἰσήμερον, δὲν εἶναι τίποτε παραπάνω ἁπὸ τὶς ἤδη ὑπάρχουσες μπάντες Black Metal, μὲ οὑδεμία ἰδιαιτερότητα στοὺς στίχους, τὴν μουσικὴ ἢ τὶς πράξεις τους. Οἱ δὲ ἰδέες τους, περιορίζονται μονάχα πάνω στὴν σκηνή καὶ στὶς συνεντεύξεις τους, ἐν ὦ ἐκμεταλλεύωνται τὸ ὄνομα ποὺ ἐδημιούργησεν ἐξ ὁλοκλήρου ἕνα ἄτομο τὸ ὁποῖο δὲν ὑποστηρίζουν καὶ κατακρίνουν ἄμεσα ὡς «ἀκραῖο».