Varg Vikernes
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Vikernes during his last year in prison in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kristian Vikernes |
| Also known as | Count Grishnackh |
| Born | February 11, 1973 Bergen, Norway |
| Genres | Black metal black ambient ambient |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, political activist |
| Instruments | Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, synthesizer, vocals |
| Years active | 1987–2015 |
| Associated acts | Burzum Mayhem Old Funeral Darkthrone Uruk-Hai Satanel |
| Website | Burzum.org |
Varg Vikernes (legal name Louis Cachet, born Kristian Vikernes on February 11, 1973 near Bergen, Norway) is a black metal musician, convicted murderer, arsonist and political activist. In 1991 Vikernes created the one-man music project Burzum. Burzum quickly became important within the early Norwegian black metal scene. Later he became a part of the Heathen Front and wrote several writings on Germanic neopaganism. In a documentary on heavy metal, he was described as "the most notorious metal musician of all time."
In the early 1990s, there were black metal bands who believed in burning churches to prove their hatred for Christianity. Vikernes was found guilty of arson and the murder of Mayhem band member Øystein 'Euronymous' Aarseth.[1] He was sent to prison for 21 years. Vikernes was up for parole in 2008 but it was denied. He was released in March 2009.[2]
On July 16th 2013, Vikernes and his wife, a French national, were arrested in Corrèze, France, on suspicion of planning acts of terrorism because his wife had purchased four rifles.[3] They were released with no charges after police could not identify any terrorist plans or targets.[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Until the Light Takes Us delivers
- ↑ "Ute av fengsel". Dagbladet.no. http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/05/22/nyheter/black_metal/varg_vikernes/6354526/. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ↑ "'Neo-Nazi' musician Vikernes in French terror arrest". BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23327165. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ↑ "Neo-Nazi black metal musician Varg Vikernes released in France after arrest". ABC Online. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-19/varg-vikernes-released-after-arrest-in-france/4829982. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
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