![]() ![]() Necrobutcher ended his friendship with Euronymous and quit Mayhem. The suicide caused a rift between Euronymous and some of his friends, who were disgusted by his attitude towards Dead before the suicide, and his behavior afterwards. Kjetil Manheim said that, after the suicide, Euronymous "tried to be as extreme as he had talked about". Faust of Emperor believes that Dead's suicide "marked the point at which, under Euronymous' direction, the black metal scene began its obsession with all things satanic and evil". He claimed that Euronymous "went into a fantasy world". Necrobutcher later speculated that taking the photographs and forcing others to see them was a way for Euronymous to cope with the shock of seeing his friend dead. ![]() Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson of Marduk also confirmed this and that he also owns a piece of Dead's brain matter as well as lead from the shotgun shot, all which were gifted to him by Euronymous. Moreover, Euronymous claimed to have given these necklaces to musicians he deemed worthy, which was confirmed by several other members of the scene, like Bård "Faust" Eithun, and Metalion. ![]() The band later denied the former rumor but confirmed that the latter was true. In time, rumors spread that Euronymous had made a stew with bits of Dead's brain and had made necklaces with bits of his skull. Įuronymous used Dead's suicide to foster Mayhem's "evil" image and claimed Dead had killed himself because black metal had become "trendy" and commercialized. Don't even fucking call me before you destroy those pictures". I thought, have you lost it? What do you mean cool? He says, "Relax, I have photos of everything". and says, "Dead has done something really cool! He killed himself". Necrobutcher recalls how Euronymous told him of the suicide: One of these photographs was later used as the cover of a bootleg live album: The Dawn of the Black Hearts. Before calling the police, Euronymous went to a shop and bought a disposable camera with which he photographed the body, after rearranging some items. ![]() On 8 April 1991, Dead was found deceased by Euronymous at his home with slit wrists and a shotgun wound to the head. Varg Vikernes claims that Dead once stabbed Euronymous with a knife. Euronymous then went outside and began shooting into the air with a shotgun. Hellhammer recalls that Dead once went outside to sleep in the woods because Euronymous was playing synth music that Dead hated. Mayhem bassist Necrobutcher said that, after living together for a while, Dead and Euronymous "got on each other's nerves a lot" and "weren't really friends at the end". By 1991, Dead, Euronymous and Hellhammer were living in a house in the woods near Kråkstad, which was used as a place for the band to rehearse. In 1988, Per "Dead" Ohlin became Mayhem's vocalist and Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg became its drummer. In summer 1986, Euronymous, Necrobutcher and Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen visited the German thrash metal band Assassin and recorded the Metalion in the Park demo under the name Checker Patrol, Metalion contributing background vocals to the title song "Metalion in the Park". At the time he was going by the stage name Destructor but later changed his name to Euronymous, derived from the demon Eurynomos which inspired the Hellhammer song of the same name. In August 1993, he was murdered by fellow musician and former bandmate Varg Vikernes.Īarseth formed Mayhem in 1984 along with bassist Necrobutcher (Jørn Stubberud) and drummer Kjetil Manheim. He presented himself as leading a militant cult-like group known as the "Black Metal Inner Circle". He was also founder and owner of the extreme metal record label Deathlike Silence Productions and record shop Helvete.Įuronymous professed to being a theistic Satanist and was known for making extreme misanthropic statements. He was a co-founder and guitarist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem and was the only constant member from the band's formation in 1984 until his death in 1993. Øystein Aarseth (22 March 1968 – 10 August 1993), better known by his stage name Euronymous, was a Norwegian musician and a founder of and central figure in the early Norwegian black metal scene. ![]()
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