Øystein Aarseth (March 22, 1968 - August 10, 1993^[1]) Born in Egersund; was a guitarist for the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem who went by the stage name Euronymous. He was founder and owner of the extreme / black metal label Deathlike Silence Productions, as well as the Oslo specialist record shop Helvete, until his murder by fellow musician Varg Vikernes. Eurynomos is a demon in Greek mythology, sometimes identified with Hades (or Orcus in Roman mythology) and sometimes said to be a servitor of Hecate. ... Image File history File links Euronymous (right) and vocalist Dead (left) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... For the popular-music magazine, see Musician (magazine). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Mayhem (often called The True Mayhem) is an infamous, pioneering black metal band formed in 1984[1] in Oslo, Norway. ... Burzum began in 1991 as a prominent and influential Norwegian black metal act by Varg Vikernes (born Kristian Vikernes). ... Darkthrone is a prominent Norwegian black metal band formed in 1987. ... The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Mayhem (often called The True Mayhem) is an infamous, pioneering black metal band formed in 1984[1] in Oslo, Norway. ... Extreme metal is an umbrella term, somewhat loosely defined, for a variety of heavy metal subgenres developed since the 1980s. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Deathlike Silence Productions was an Oslo, Norway based independent record label founded in the late 1980s that focused primarily on black metal. ... Helvete was the record store owned by the late Øystein Aarseth (Euryonomus). ... Varg Qisling Larssøn Vikernes IPA: , born Kristian Vikernes on February 11, 1973, outside of Bergen, Norway, is a black metal musician. ...

Biography

Before founding Mayhem, he was in L.E.G.O. and Checker Patrol with Necrobutcher. He released one demo with Checker Patrol and none with L.E.G.O., although there is a very rare video of that band.^{[citation needed]} Aarseth formed the original Mayhem line up in 1983. At the time he was going by the stage name "Destructor" but on joining the band he changed his name to Euronymous, a title taken from a Hellhammer song, misspelled from Eurynomos by both Aarseth and Hellhammer. Jørn Stubberud (born April 13, 1968) is a Norwegian musician. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... Hellhammer was an early-1980s extreme metal band, hailing from Switzerland and popular briefly in Europe in the mid-1980s. ... Eurynomos is a demon in Greek mythology, sometimes identified with Hades (or Orcus in Roman mythology) and sometimes said to be a servitor of Hecate. ...

He opened a record store called Helvete (Norwegian for "Hell") and started his own record label and mailorder, which he named Deathlike Silence Productions. When Mayhem's vocalist Dead committed suicide in April 1991, Aarseth discovered the corpse and took pictures later used for a bootleg cover, though against Aarseth's wishes. It was widely rumoured that Aarseth consumed portions of Dead's brain, but he dismissed this in an interview, although he claimed he had intended to do so.^{[citation needed]} He was also believed to have made a necklace from fragments of Dead's skull.^{[citation needed]} In a recent interview, Hellhammer claimed the necklace was later stolen on tour.^{[citation needed]} The story further says that black metal band Marduk still has other smaller pieces.^{[citation needed]} "It" from Abruptum also claims to have fragments.^{[citation needed]} Helvete was the record store owned by the late Øystein Aarseth (Euryonomus). ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Deathlike Silence Productions was an Oslo, Norway based independent record label founded in the late 1980s that focused primarily on black metal. ... Per Yngve Ohlin Per Yngve Ohlin (January 16, 1969 – April 8, 1991) was a vocalist for Mayhem, a Norwegian black metal group, who went by the stage name Dead. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Body (disambiguation). ... Jan Axel Blomberg born August 2, 1969,[1] is a two time Norwegian Grammy winning[2] black, and an avant-garde metal drummer from Oslo, Norway. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Marduk is a Swedish black metal band, who are based in Norrköping. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Beliefs

Aarseth was a practitioner of theistic Satanism and also a proponent of violence, totalitarianism and state terrorism - factors which would motivate his desire to incite religious fanaticism in a religiously liberal Scandinavia. Although he did not use the music of Mayhem to promote his political leanings, he saw them as mutually compatible with black metal - influenced by the repressive nature of his Satanism as well as his intense misanthropy; all traits which have since apparently been shunned by the majority of black metal musicians in spite of their respect for his role in developing the genre. He admittedly held a disdain for individualism; a mindset which later on would be a motivating factor for the hostility of many black metal musicians towards Right-Hand Path religions. Never the less, his beliefs were to have a profound effect on the then-nascent black metal participants. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Baphomet, symbol of some Left-Hand Path religions. ...

'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.' - Euronymous, in an interview by Esa Lahdenpera^[2]

Communism

An admirer of communist dictators such as Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong, Euronymous was a member of Rød Ungdom, where according to fellow black metal musician Frost, he may have honed his leadership skills of which he would utilize in the early Norwegian black metal scene, where he allegedly led a Black Metal Inner Circle. However, given the divisions within Communism between those who sought the eventual dissolution of the state as envisioned by Karl Marx and those who saw the preservation of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat as it remained under Stalin, the extent to which Euronymous genuinely supported communism would of course be questionable, as given his inclination towards Stalinism and violence - as well as an apparent belief that bands such as Venom were genuinely 'evil' - it is most likely he would have rejected the Communism as envisioned by Marx. This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Georgian: , Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili; Russian: , Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unions Central Committee from... Mao redirects here. ... Rød Ungdom or Raud Ungdom is a Norwegian revolutionary, communist youth league. ... Kjetil Haraldstad (Frost) is a drummer in the Black-metal band satyricon He was born in June 1973. ... The early Norwegian Black Metal scene consisted of a black metal youths that met in the independent record store Helvete in Oslo. ... Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a 19th century philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. ... The dictatorship of the proletariat is a term employed by Karl Marx in his 1875 Critique of the Gotha Program that refers to a transition period between capitalist and communist society in which the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat. The term refers to a... Venom are an English heavy metal band, formed in late 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. ...

Satanism

Ostensibly, the theistic Satanism embraced by Euronymous was a deliberate fundamental inversion of Roman Catholic dogma, fully supporting what was found to be abhorrent and blasphemous: for instance, he was an ardent proponent of sodomy, rape and murder simply because they were "evil" acts. He opposed the teachings of Aleister Crowley and Anton LaVey, for unlike Euronymous they promoted what he saw as 'peace', and commercial frivolity, as well as individualism in contrast to precedence of dogma (although Crowley and LaVey both included dogma in their belief systems, they were also naturally opposed to the subservience that Euronymous promoted). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... François Elluin, Sodomites provoking the wrath of God, from Le pot pourri de Loth (1781). ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947, pronounced ) was a British occultist, writer, mountaineer, philosopher, poet, and yogi. ... Anton Szandor LaVey, born Howard Stanton Levey[1][2] (11 April 1930 – 29 October 1997) was the founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan as well as a writer, occultist, musician, and actor. ...

"Euronymous had this total Satan attitude. I didn't have that- he had that. he was such a devil worshipper you wouldn't believe it." (Source: Christe, Ian. Sound of the Beast: the Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2004.)

Aarseth apparently did not have a problem with the following of Paganism in the Black Metal scene, however, as the majority of the bands followed this and/or embraced their ancient European/Viking roots. However, Varg Vikernes (who was going by the stage name "Count Grishnackh" at the time) later claimed that Aarseth - determined to promote Satanism and incite intense Christian opposition - disapproved of Vikernes' desire to encourage Paganism. ^{[3] [4][5]}. Pagan and heathen redirect here. ... Varg Qisling Larssøn Vikernes IPA: , born Kristian Vikernes on February 11, 1973, outside of Bergen, Norway, is a black metal musician. ...

Death

In 1993, Øystein Aarseth was fatally stabbed by Vikernes. According to official reports Aarseth received a total of twenty-three wounds: two to the head, five to the neck, and sixteen to the back. According to Vikernes, however, a majority of the wounds resulted from Aarseth allegedly falling on broken glass.

There is much speculation regarding the motive for the murder, but Vikernes has stated that the stabbing was motivated mostly by self-defense.^[6] Vikernes is currently serving a 21 year sentence at Tromsø maximum security prison in Norway for the murder of Øystein Aarseth.

After Aarseth's murder Mayhem released their album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Before the release Euronymous' mother had asked Hellhammer, Mayhem's drummer, to remove the bass parts recorded by Vikernes. Although Blomberg promised to personally re-record the bass parts, in truth he had no idea how to and the final album retained Vikernes' contributions mixed with a softer dynamic than the original. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is the first full-length studio album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. ... Hellhammer was an early-1980s extreme metal band, hailing from Switzerland and popular briefly in Europe in the mid-1980s. ... Look up bass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Music/instruments

Euronymous played a Standard sunburst Gibson Les Paul guitar, which can be seen in many pictures of him playing. His soloing technique is somewhat similar to that of Trey Azagthoth from Morbid Angel. He stated in various interviews that his main guitar influences were bands such as Venom, Bathory, Slayer, Celtic Frost/Hellhammer, and Sodom. He played through a Marshall Half Stack and used an Ibanez Tube Screamer pedal as well as a Metal Master distortion pedal to create a unique sound. Trey Azagthoth (born George Emmanuel III March 26 1965 in Bellingham, Washington) is an American musician best known as founder and guitarist of the Florida death metal band Morbid Angel. ... Morbid Angel is a Florida-based death metal band assembled in 1983. ... Venom are an English heavy metal band, formed in late 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. ... Bathory was a highly influential Swedish thrash metal/black metal/viking metal band, and were regarded as one of the forefathers of black metal and founder of viking metal. ... For other uses, see Slayer (disambiguation). ... Celtic Frost are a black metalthrash metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, known for their influence on the extreme metal and gothic metal genres. ... Hellhammer was an early-1980s extreme metal band, hailing from Switzerland and popular briefly in Europe in the mid-1980s. ... Sodom is a German thrash metal band formed in 1982. ...

Discography

• Pure Fucking Armageddon, demo 1986
• Deathrehearsal, demo 1987
• Deathcrush, EP 1987
• Live in Leipzig, live album 1993
• De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, full length 1994
• Dawn of the Black Hearts, live album 1995
• Out from the Dark, EP 1996
• Freezing Moon, single 1996

He also released a demo with Checker Patrol in 1986. Pure Fucking Armageddon is a demo album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. ... Deathcrush is the first studio release by the seminal Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. ... Live in Leipzig is a live album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. ... De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is the first full-length studio album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. ... Dawn of the Black Hearts is a bootleg album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. ... Out From The Dark is an album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. ... De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is the first full-length studio album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. ...

References

• [3]
• Norwegian fanzine BEAT no.2, 1993
• All registered interviews on the internet[4]
• [5]

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