Formed: Early 1990s
Origin: Norway, Oslo
Years active: Approximately 1992-present
Founders: Main founders are argued to be Mayhem vocalist Per Yngve Ohlin AKA: "Dead" and their guitarist "Euronymous"
Beliefs:
Origin: Norway, Oslo
Years active: Approximately 1992-present
Founders: Main founders are argued to be Mayhem vocalist Per Yngve Ohlin AKA: "Dead" and their guitarist "Euronymous"
Beliefs:
- A firm belief in misanthropy and the unworthiness of human kind to exist in this world.
- They believe that Christian values and the story of God are lies and should never be spoken of.
- A worship of Satan and the glorification of sin.
- The belief that true worth is defined by musical purity (creating great music is the point of life).
- They believe the church of Satan is too "humane".
- Death to those who cannot see that humans are "scum".
Other facts:
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- From 1992 to 1995 the group burned down 26 Christian churches all over Norway.
- On 21 August 1992, Bård 'Faust' Eithun stabbed to death Magne Andreassen, a gay man, in a forest just outside Lillehammer.
- On 8 April 1991, Mayhem vocalist Per Yngve Ohlin (who called himself 'Dead') committed suicide while alone in a house shared by the band.Fellow musicians described Dead as odd, introverted and depressed. Before going onstage he went to great lengths to make himself look like a corpse and would cut his arms while singing.
- Euronymous was murdered in 1993 by fellow band members Vikernes and Snorre 'Blackthorn.'
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