Что, ОП, маленькая группа по интересам под названием харкач уже не такая секретная? Мозги поимей для начала, непонятый гений, блядь.

>>123964727 (OP)
> сложные преколы
>антикафе
Ты такой же пидорас, только с другой полярностью.
Тупой уебок, надеюсь тебя травят, лучше их он. Дебил ебаный. Ты еще хуже.

А еще все скейтеры

>>123965176
Про харкач уже все знают. И эта быдлота тоже тут сидит, кекает и разгадывает ребусы
>>123965226
Не понял тебя

>>123964727 (OP)
Толсто, кек))) Пади падмойса xDDD

>>123965226
не понял, объясни

Блять, хоть бы мемы верстать научились. По сравнению с ними троллфэйс-мэйкеры из 2011 короли дизигина.

>>123964727 (OP)
ОП, ты двачер или битард?

>>123964727 (OP)
>>В антикафе можно встретить таких же битардов как я
уёбывай

>>123966564
Оно и не удивительно, ЛУДШЕЙ ИС ЛУДШЕХ.

>>123966848
Можно встретить, ты чего. Я вот сам иногда захаживаю попить смуззи со своими друзьями-битардами.
мимобитард

Хорошо что я школу закончил
Я думал хуже аморальных прикольчиков ничего не будет

>>123966973
А как же бугурт-треды*

Раньше форч-был как знак выделения,теперь стал мейнстримная фигня
Кто помнит времена,когда сидеть на амор.пабликах было гордостью?
Мы шутили между собой,а нас никто не понимал.Да,были времена...

>>123966711
Битард. Я сижу только в /b/, тематику не посещаю

>>123967288
Да, буквально год назад мы были в андеграунде, любители чернухи и аморальщины. Сейчас там столько народу, что админы перестали делать годноту, а завозят говно уровня мдк

>>123967301
Хуя ты опасный

>>123967391
Это было модно года три назад,сейчас блядь пабликов развелось как говна и аудитория скатилась до школоты,а раньше ламповый контингент был

админ группы с расчлененкой и трапами с 2012

>>123967453
Манька, не толсти

>>123967589
Как твоя группа называется?

>>123967834
Закончил школу 10 лет незад, было все так же как и Оп писал.
дс2.

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Выделения без крови хоть? Просто слизистые?

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Я сейчас пожалел, что не собираю пак картинок с форча для поджигания анусов илитных питурдов вроде тебя.

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В чём суть оппика?

>>123964727 (OP)
Я ни слова не понял из того что ты написал. и я счастлив этому.

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>>123967918
Стримчеги были? Субкультура домоседа была?
Раньше хоть школота мужикам подрожала, а не дома сидела.

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Varg Vikernes
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Vikernes during his last year in prison (2009)
Background information
Birth name Kristian Vikernes
Also known as Count Grishnackh; Greifi Grishnackh; ('The Count'); Greven; Louis Cachet[1]
Born 11 February 1973 (age 43)
Bergen, Norway
Genres Black metal, ambient
Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments Guitar, bass, drums, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
Years active 1988[2]–present
Associated acts Burzum, Mayhem, Old Funeral, Darkthrone
Website www.burzum.org
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Varg Vikernes (Norwegian: [ˈʋɑrɡ ˈʋiːkəɳeːs]; born 11 February 1973 as Kristian Vikernes, current legal name Louis Cachet)[1] is a Norwegian musician, writer, and a convicted murderer and arsonist.

In 1991, he founded the one-man music project Burzum and became part of the early Norwegian black metal scene. In 1992, he was allegedly involved in burning down at least three Christian churches in Norway, along with other members of the scene. By early 1993, Vikernes had recorded four albums as Burzum and another with fellow black metal band Mayhem. In May 1994, Vikernes was sentenced to 21 years for the murder of Mayhem guitarist Øystein 'Euronymous' Aarseth and for the arson of churches. He maintains that he killed in self-defense and denied responsibility for the church arsons, though he supported them.

During his time in prison he became affiliated with the Heathen Front and had several writings on Germanic paganism published.[4] He also recorded and released two electronic albums as Burzum. Having served almost 15 years of his sentence, Vikernes was released on parole in early 2009.[5][6] He settled in France with his wife and children, where he continued releasing music and writing.[7] Through his writings he promotes a neo-völkisch ideology which he calls "Odalism", based on the idea that White Europeans should re-adopt native European values, including elements of traditional paganism. He advocates white nationalism, nordicism,[8][9] social conservatism, and survivalism.

Contents [hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Background, childhood and adolescence
1.2 Early musical career
1.3 Arson of churches
1.4 Bergens Tidende article
1.5 Murder of Øystein Aarseth
1.6 Trial
1.7 Time in prison
1.8 After prison
1.9 2013 arrest and 2014 conviction
2 Personal beliefs and views
2.1 Political affiliation
2.1.1 Involvement in the Heathen Front
2.2 Religion
2.3 Influence of Vidkun Quisling
2.4 The Lord of the Rings
2.5 MYFAROG
3 Publicity
3.1 Satan rir media
3.2 Until the Light Takes Us
3.3 Influence on other church arsons
4 Works
4.1 Discography
4.2 Bibliography
5 Notes
6 References
7 Sources
8 Further reading
9 External links
Biography[edit]
Background, childhood and adolescence[edit]
Vikernes does not have a published biography (authorized or unauthorized), but some information can be gathered from interviews he has given and from articles on the web page www.burzum.org. Michael Moynihan, one of the authors of Lords of Chaos, has been described as "quite active in the propaganda support network for Vikernes".[10]

In the interviews printed in Lords of Chaos, Vikernes discusses his background and childhood. Lords of Chaos also includes an interview with his mother, Helene Bore (the book and a newspaper depicted there refer to her with the given name 'Lene',[11][12] whereas Vikernes' own website uses the name 'Helene'[13]). In the 2004 interview, Vikernes mentions that "she is working in a large oil company".[14] He also claims his father is an "electronics engineer",[14] whereas his brother, who (according to the Lords of Chaos interview) is "one and a half years older",[15] is a "graduate civil engineer".[14]

In the Lords of Chaos interview, Vikernes recalls an incident from his childhood: When he was about 6 years old, the family moved for about a year to Baghdad, Iraq, because Vikernes' "father was working for Saddam Hussein",[16] developing a computer program. Since there were no places available in the English school in Baghdad, the young Vikernes went to an Iraqi elementary school during this time. According to his interview, Vikernes here became "aware of racial matters".[15] Corporal punishment was not uncommon in the school, and on one occasion Vikernes had a "quarrel" with a teacher and called him "a monkey". But as Vikernes perceived it the teachers "didn't dare to hit me because I was white".[15] Vikernes' mother also recalls how they "spent a year in Iraq", and that "the other children in his class would get slapped by their teachers; he would not".[17] She mentions that this created problems, but generally she "has no good explanation" of how Varg developed his views.[18] Vikernes reveals slightly more in his interview. When asked about his father, he says that he "had a swastika flag at home"[16] and that his father was hysterical about it. However, Vikernes feels that his father was a hypocrite, because he was worried about Vikernes "being a Nazi", whereas he too was "pissed about all the colored people he saw in town".[16] About his mother, Vikernes says that she was "very race conscious", in the sense that she was afraid that Vikernes "was going to come home with a black girl!"[19] At the time of the interview (1995), Vikernes still had a positive relationship with his mother, but "very little contact" with his father.[16] His parents are divorced. Vikernes' father is said to have "left about 10 years ago",[16] which would have been 1985, when Vikernes was 12.

There is some evidence that Vikernes was involved with the skinhead scene in Bergen before he became a part of the black metal scene. Goodrick-Clarke introduces Burzum as the "musical vehicle" of the "ex-skinhead" Vikernes.[4] According to the Encyclopedia of White Power, "Vikernes first became involved with the extreme right as a National Socialist skinhead while he was an adolescent."[20] When he is asked in the interview in Lords of Chaos whether he hung out with skinheads in Bergen, Vikernes boldly replies: "There were no skinheads in Bergen."[21] He mentions, though, that he had short hair at that time and that he was into weapons, that he liked the Germans and hated the British and Americans.[21]

A fan of classical music as a child, Tchaikovsky in particular, he started listening to heavy metal at 12, citing Iron Maiden as his biggest inspiration.[22] Later he discovered other metal bands whose sound would be influential on his own band such as Kreator, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Destruction, Megadeth, Slayer, Pestilence, Deicide and Von.[22][23] Although Venom are widely considered the primary influence on black metal, Vikernes has always denied to be influenced by them, as well as defining the band as "a joke". He wore once a T-shirt of Venom's Black Metal to promote the genre but stated he later regretted doing that.[24]

Early musical career[edit]
Further information: Burzum
Vikernes had been learning the guitar since he was age fourteen.[21] When he was about seventeen, Vikernes came into contact with the members of the Bergen death metal band Old Funeral. He played guitar with them during 1990–1991 and performed on their Devoured Carcass EP.

In 1991, Vikernes began a solo musical project named Burzum, and quickly became involved with the early Norwegian black metal scene. During 1992–1993, he recorded four albums as Burzum.

Vikernes has stated that for the recording of these early albums he used an old Westone guitar, bought in 1987 from an acquaintance.[25] He used the cheapest bass guitar there was in the shop and he borrowed drumsets from Old Funeral, Immortal and "another musician living nearby".[25] On Hvis lyset tar oss, he borrowed Hellhammer's drumset, the same one Hellhammer used to record De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem.[26] He used a Peavey amplifier, but for the recording of Filosofem he used the amplifier on his brother's stereo and some old fuzz pedals.[25] For vocals, he would use whatever microphone the sound tech handed him, but during the recording of Filosofem he intentionally used the worst mic they had, a headset mic.[25] On the track "Dungeons of Darkness" he used the large gong at Grieghallen for background noise (Euronymous assisted him by beating his fists on it).[25]

In 1992, Vikernes joined the black metal band Mayhem, a year after band member Dead committed suicide on 8 April 1991.

Arson of churches[edit]
On 6 June 1992, the Fantoft Stave Church, dating from the 12th century and considered architecturally significant, was burned to the ground by arson. By January 1993, arson attacks had occurred on at least seven other major stave churches, including one on Christmas Eve of 1992.[4] Vikernes was found guilty of several of these cases: the arson and attempted arson of Åsane Church and Storetveit Church, respectively, in Bergen, the arson of Skjold Church in Vindafjord, and the arson of Holmenkollen Chapel in Oslo. He was also charged with the arson of Fantoft Stave Church, although the jurors voted not guilty. The judges called this an error but did not overthrow the whole case.[27]


The charred ruins of the Fantoft stave church as seen on Burzum's 1992 EP, Aske.
Vikernes was rumored to have been motivated both by paganism and theistic Satanism, but has denied he was ever a Satanist [28] or has any belief in that God (or the Devil) exists.

In an interview with Michael Moynihan, Vikernes made a statement about the church burnings that hints at a heathen rather than a Satanist motivation:

I am not going to say that I burnt any churches. But let me put it this way: There was one person who started it. I was not found guilty of burning the Fantoft stave church, but anyway, that was what triggered the whole thing. That was the 6th of June and everyone linked it to Satanism ... What everyone overlooked was that on the 6th June, 793, in Lindesfarne in Britain was the site of the first known Viking raid in history, with Vikings from Hordaland, which is my county ... They [the Christians] desecrated our graves, our burial mounds, so it's revenge.[29]

Echoing this sentiment, he writes in Vargsmål: "For each devastated graveyard, one heathen grave is avenged, for each ten churches burnt to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged, for each ten priests or freemasons assassinated, one heathen is avenged."[30]

When asked whether the church burnings were linked to Odinism or Germanic neopaganism he replied: "The point is that all these churches [i.e. church burnings] are linked to one person ... who was not Øystein obviously. All the church burnings, with the exception of Stavanger, because that was another group (who, by the way, have also turned into nationalistic pagans)."[31]

Bergens Tidende article[edit]
In January 1993, an article in one of Norway's biggest newspapers, Bergens Tidende (BT), brought the black metal scene into the media spotlight.[32] Two friends of Vikernes interviewed him and brought the interview to the newspaper, hoping they would print it.[32] In the anonymous interview, 'Count Grishnackh' (Vikernes) claimed to have burnt the churches and killed a man in Lillehammer.[32] BT journalist Finn Bjørn Tønder set up a meeting with 'Count Grishnackh', with help from the friends. The journalists were summoned to an apartment and, allegedly, warned that they would be shot if the police were called.[32] There, Vikernes and his companions told the journalists that they had burnt the churches, or knew who had done it, and said that the attacks would continue. They claimed to be Devil worshippers and said: "Our intention is to spread fear and devilry [...] that is why we are telling this to Bergens Tidende". They told the journalists details about the arsons that hadn't been released to the press and so BT spoke with the police before publishing it, who confirmed these details.[32] The article was published on 20 January as the front page of the BT. It was headlined "We Lit The Fires" and included a photo of Vikernes, his face mostly hidden, holding two large knives. However, by the time the article was printed, Vikernes had already been arrested. The police allegedly found him by going to an address printed on a Burzum flyer,[32] although Vikernes believes that Tønder "snitched" on him.[33]

According to Vikernes, the anonymous interview was planned by himself and Euronymous. The goal, he says, was to scare people, promote black metal and get more customers for Helvete.[34] At the time, Burzum was about to release the Aske mini-album.[32] Vikernes said of the interview: "I exaggerated a lot and when the journalist left we [...] had a good laugh, because he didn't seem to understand that I was pulling his leg".[27] He added that the interview revealed nothing that could prove his involvement in any crime.[32] Vikernes claims that, after he was arrested, "the journalist edited the interview and [...] published an insane version of it the following day, without even letting me read through it".[33] Some of the other scene members were also arrested and questioned, but all were released for lack of evidence.[32] Jørn Inge Tunsberg of Hades said that the interview had "grave consequences" for the rest of the scene and that they did not know he was going to talk to the press, as "he had said nothing". He added that they became "bloody angry" and he, Tunsberg, was "pissed off".[35]

Norwegian magazine Rock Furore published an interview with Vikernes in February 1993. In it, he said of the prison system: "It's much too nice here. It's not hell at all. In this country prisoners get a bed, toilet and shower. It's completely ridiculous. I asked the police to throw me in a real dungeon, and also encouraged them to use violence".[36] He was released in March for lack of evidence.[32]

Shortly after this episode, the Oslo police dispatched its Church Fire Group to Bergen, where they set up a makeshift headquarters in the Hotel Norge. According to Lords of Chaos, citing a police report, Vikernes knocked on their door and "virtually forced his way into the suite". He was "dressed in chain mail, carrying two large knives in his belt, and flanked by the two young men who apparently behaved as if they were his bodyguards or henchmen". Vikernes "stated that he was fed up with being harassed by the authorities, and that the police investigation into the Black Metal scene should be stopped". When told that he had no right to issue orders to the police, Vikernes "took one step back and raised his right arm in a Roman salute".[37]

Murder of Øystein Aarseth[edit]

Murder of Øystein Aarseth[edit]
In early 1993, animosity arose between Øystein Aarseth ('Euronymous') and Vikernes, and between Euronymous and the Norwegian black metal scene.[38] After the Bergens Tidende episode, Euronymous decided to shut Helvete as it began to draw the attention of the police and media.[39]

On the night of 10 August 1993, Vikernes and Snorre 'Blackthorn' Ruch drove from Bergen to Euronymous's apartment at Tøyengata[40] (English: Tøyen Street) in Oslo. Upon their arrival a confrontation began and Vikernes fatally stabbed Euronymous. His body was found on the stairs outside the apartment with 23 cut wounds – two to the head, five to the neck, and sixteen to the back.[41] At first, many blamed Swedish black metalers for the murder.[38]

It has been speculated that the murder was the result of a power struggle, a financial dispute over Burzum records, or an attempt at "out doing" the stabbing in Lillehammer.[42] Vikernes denies all of these, claiming that he attacked Euronymous in self-defense. He says that Euronymous had plotted to stun him with an electroshock weapon, tie him up and torture him to death while videotaping the event. Vikernes explains: "If he was talking about it to everybody and anybody I wouldn't have taken it seriously. But he just told a select group of friends, and one of them told me".[43] He said Euronymous planned to use a meeting about an unsigned contract to ambush him.[27][43] Blackthorn stood outside smoking while Vikernes climbed the stairs to Euronymous's apartment on the fourth floor.[27] Vikernes said he met Euronymous at the door and handed him the contract, but when he stepped forward and confronted Euronymous, Euronymous "panicked" and kicked him in the chest.[27] The two got into a struggle and Vikernes stabbed Euronymous to death. Vikernes contends that most of Euronymous's cut wounds were caused by broken glass he had fallen on during the struggle.[27] After the slaying, Vikernes and Blackthorn drove back to Bergen. On the way, they stopped at a lake where Vikernes disposed of his bloodstained clothes.[27] The self-defense story is doubted by Emperor drummer Faust[44] and other members of the scene.[who?]

According to Vikernes, Blackthorn only came along to show Euronymous some new guitar riffs and was "in the wrong place at the wrong time".[27] Blackthorn claims that, in the summer of 1993, he was almost committed to a mental hospital but fled to Bergen and stayed with Vikernes. He said Vikernes planned to murder Euronymous and pressured him into coming along. Blackthorn said of the murder, "I was neither for nor against it. I didn't give a shit about Øystein".[45] Vikernes called Blackthorn's claims a "defense [...] to make sure I couldn't blame him [for the murder]".[27]

Vikernes was arrested on 19 August 1993 in Bergen.[39] The police found 150 kg of explosives and 3,000 rounds of ammunition in his home.[46] According to the Encyclopedia of White Power, Vikernes said that these explosives were "intended to blow up Blitz House, the radical leftist and anarchist enclave in Oslo",[20] a plan which "was reportedly on the verge of execution"[20] and only prevented by Vikernes's arrest. In an article originally published in 1999, Kevin Coogan points to Vikernes's planned attack on the Blitz House as a possible motive for the murder of Euronymous. Coogan writes: "Lords of Chaos offers strong evidence that Vikernes [...] was a fascist well before he became a metalhead." Then he, too, mentions Vikernes's intent to "destroy an Oslo-based punk anti-fascist squat called Blitz House",[10] and concludes: "Vikernes may have felt that he had no choice but to kill Euronymous before bombing Blitz House because 'the Communist' would almost certainly have opposed such an act".[10] The media also speculated that Euronymous and Vikernes had plotted to blow up Nidaros Cathedral, which appears on the cover of De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Vikernes denied these claims in a 2009 interview, stating "I was getting [the explosives and ammunition] in order to defend Norway if we were attacked any time. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union could have decided to attack us. We have no reason to trust neither the government, the royal family or the military because of what happened last time we were attacked. We are left to ourselves".[46]

Trial[edit]
Vikernes's trial began on 2 May 1994. Many other members of the scene, including Blackthorn and Faust, were put on trial around the same time. Some of them confessed to their crimes and implicated others. According to Lords of Chaos, "Vikernes is disgusted by the fact that, while he held fast to a code of silence, others confessed".[47] During the trial the media made Vikernes "the nation's first real bogeyman in fifty years".[48] At the trial it was claimed that he, Blackthorn and another friend had planned the murder. The third person stayed at the apartment in Bergen as an alibi. To make it look like they never left Bergen, he was to rent films, play them in the apartment, and withdraw money from Vikernes's credit card.[49] On 16 May 1994,[34] Vikernes was sentenced to 21 years in prison (Norway's maximum penalty) for the murder of Euronymous, the arson of three churches, the attempted arson of a fourth church, and for the theft and storage of 150 kg of explosives. However, he only confessed to the latter. Two churches were burnt the day he was sentenced, "presumably as a statement of symbolic support".[47] Blackthorn, although he hadn't taken part to Aarseth's murder, having gone down the condominium's stairs to smoke, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for being an accomplice.[47] Vikernes smiled when his verdict was read, and an image was widely reprinted in the news media.

That month saw the release of Mayhem's album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, which has Euronymous on electric guitar and Vikernes on bass guitar.[50] Before the release, Euronymous's family had asked Mayhem's drummer, Hellhammer, to remove the bass tracks recorded by Vikernes. Hellhammer said "I thought it was appropriate that the murderer and victim were on the same record. I put word out that I was re-recording the bass parts, but I never did".[50]

Time in prison[edit]
Vikernes served his sentence at the prisons in Bergen, Tønsberg, Ringerike, Trondheim and Tromsø.


Vargsmål
In late 1994, Vikernes wrote a Norwegian-language book called Vargsmål. He said he wrote it to defend himself against "all the media lies" and that the book is marked by his isolation and anger at the time. However, Vikernes claims that "the prison authorities confiscated the manuscript, and for several years I wasn't allowed to even proof-read it. It was an unfinished manuscript, consisting of many separate articles, and ideally I would have been able to make some changes before it was published, but I wasn't. Eventually I gave up and just published it as it was – with all the errors and not-so-balanced articles".[51]

On 8 April 1997, Norwegian police arrested five neo-Nazis in Hemnes. According to police, the young men were part of a self-styled "Einsatzgruppe" and were plotting attacks on political and religious figures in Norway. They also had plans to break Vikernes out of prison.[52] The group "had all the trappings of a paramilitary unit", including guns, explosives, bulletproof vests, steel helmets and balaclavas.[52] One of its members, Tom Eiternes, had befriended Vikernes in prison before escaping while on leave.[52] Vikernes's mother, Lene Bore, was arrested for supplying the group with 100,000 kroner. She confessed, but claimed she did not know they were "right-wing extremists" and said her son was being attacked by fellow inmates. In late 1996 his jaw had reportedly been broken in a fight with another inmate. However, the prison director said her claims were unfounded, and police suspected that the money came from Vikernes himself.[52] Lords of Chaos says that Vikernes adopted a "skinhead" look and wore a belt buckle with SS insignia around this time.[52] Despite her confession, Bore was not convicted,[52] and in 1998 the case against the "Einsatzgruppe" was dropped.[53]

During his time in prison, Vikernes recorded two albums made up wholly of ambient and neofolk music. The first, Dauði Baldrs, was recorded in 1994–1995 and released in October 1997. The second, Hliðskjálf, was recorded in 1998 and released in April 1999.[54] Vikernes was denied access to an electric guitar, bass guitar or drums, and instead used a synthesizer. In 2000, Vikernes ended his musical project. He believed that his philosophy was constantly misinterpreted by an ignorant fan base that was too closely related to black metal and Satanism.[55] Later, through his website, he indicated that he hoped to continue Burzum after his release from prison, stating: "I will publish a few books, possibly using a pseudonym in order to stay anonymous, and perhaps a Burzum album or two, but that's it".[56]

Between 1998 and 2004, Vikernes would write a further five books in prison.[51] In 1998 he wrote a Norwegian-language book called Germansk Mytologi og Verdensanskuelse ("Teutonic Mythology and Worldview"). Apart from Vargsmål, this is the only other book that was published. In 2004 he translated it into English, added new material, and renamed it The Mysteries and Mythology of Ancient Scandinavia. In 1999 he wrote EihwaR, a "philosophical/political/historical novel in form of a dialogue between a student and an oppositional". This too he translated into English and renamed The Religion of the Blood. That year he also wrote a Norwegian and English translation and interpretation of Völuspá. In 2000–2001 he wrote Teorier ("Theories"). It offered some theories on the origin of different customs and beliefs, and contained several short stories about the prehistoric era. However, he decided to scrap this book. In 2003–2004 he wrote a "gothic-fantasy novel" called The Cult of Hel.[51] By late 2003 he had begun writing articles for Burzum.org, which became the official Burzum website.[57]

In August 2003, Vikernes was transferred from a maximum-security prison in Bergen to the low-security prison in Tønsberg.[58] On 15 October, the local paper, Tønsbergs Blad, published an article that criticized Vikernes.[59] On 26 October, Vikernes went on the run after being granted a short leave. He stopped a car in Numedal. Inside it was a family of three, who said that he hijacked the car at gunpoint. About 19 hours later, police stopped the car in Romerike and arrested him.[59] The car contained knives, a gas mask, camouflage clothing, a portable GPS navigator, maps, a compass, a laptop and a mobile phone.[58] Police also found a handgun and an AG3 automatic rifle in a cabin in Rollag, where Vikernes had hidden during his escape.[60] They concluded that his escape "was well planned and involved assistance from several people on the outside".[58] Before the escape, Vikernes gave his mother a letter. In it, he wrote that he had received death threats and another inmate had tried to strangle him shortly after the newspaper article was published.[59] For his actions, thirteen months were added to Vikernes's sentence and he was moved to a prison in Ringerike. In July 2004 he was moved to a maximum-security prison in Trondheim. The last three years of his sentence were spent in Tromsø Prison.

When Vikernes was convicted, it was possible to be released on parole after serving 12 years of a 21-year sentence, but in 2002, before he became eligible, the Norwegian Parliament had extended this to 14 years. In June 2006, after serving 12 years, Vikernes was denied parole by the Department of Criminal Justice for this reason.[61] His lawyer, John Christian Elden, has complained that the policy change is a form of retroactive legislation. Article 97 of the Norwegian constitution forbids any law being given retroactive force. Vikernes was denied parole again in June 2008, although he was allowed to leave Tromsø Prison for short periods to visit his family. His full sentence would run for another seven years.[61][62][63] In March 2009, however, his parole was announced. He had then served 15 years of his 21-year sentence.[64] On 22 May 2009, he confirmed that he had been released from prison on probation.[65]

After prison[edit]
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In his last years in prison, Vikernes revealed that he had a daughter, who was born in 1992. He also has a son, who was born in 2007.[66] In a 2008 interview, he said he and his wife, Marie Cachet, were expecting a third child.[61] After his release, he and his family settled on a small farm in Bø, Telemark. They later moved to Limousin in France.[67]

Vikernes continued with Burzum after his release. He released a further three black metal albums: Belus (2010), Fallen (2011) and Umskiptar (2012) and a compilation of re-recorded songs (From the Depths of Darkness). On 27 April 2013, Vikernes posted a song on his official YouTube channel, titled "Back to the Shadows", which Vikernes has stated to be the last metal track to be released by Burzum.[68][69] In May 2013 he released another ambient album, Sôl austan, Mâni vestan.

Vikernes also continued writing, both on his Burzum website and on his personal blog Thulean Perspective, which was set up in January 2013. The website Ancestral Cult was created by him and his wife.[70]

2013 arrest and 2014 conviction[edit]
On 16 July 2013 Vikernes and his wife, a French national, were arrested in Corrèze, France, on suspicion of planning acts of terrorism after his wife purchased four rifles.[71][72][73][74] Officials later stated that Vikernes' wife had a legal firearms permit prior to purchasing the rifles.[74] The two were later released with no charges after police failed to identify any terrorist plans or targets.[75]

Vikernes was instead charged by French authorities with inciting racial hatred against Jews and Muslims.[76] On 8 July 2014, Vikernes was convicted of inciting racial hatred and sentenced to six months of probation and a fine of €8,000.[77]

Personal beliefs and views[edit]
According to Goodrick-Clarke, "while in jail, Vikernes began to formulate his nationalist heathen ideology using material from Norse mythology combined with racism and occult National Socialism."[4] Goodrick-Clarke bases this account of Vikernes' beliefs on some articles that Vikernes had written for the short-lived "neo-Nazi magazine" Filosofem, published by Vidar von Herske. Goodrick-Clarke also uses the book Lords of Chaos, and a manifesto called Vargsmål ('Speech of the Wolf'), which Vikernes began to write after his imprisonment. According to Lords of Chaos, Vargsmål became available on the internet for some time in 1996, but not in a printed form.[78] In 1997, a Norwegian publisher released a paperback edition of the book; its publication was financed by Vikernes' mother, Helene Bore.[79] Vikernes has denounced the English translation of his book in an article on his website. He has also stated on the website that "Vargsmål was written in anger, while I was young and in isolation, and the book is marked by this".[80]

In Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, director Sam Dunn described Vikernes as "the most notorious metal musician of all time".[81] Religious studies scholar Egil Asprem characterised him as "an idol for skinheads with an inclination towards Paganism and for contemporary Pagans with an inclination towards National Socialism."[82]

Political affiliation[edit]
After his conviction, Vikernes began identifying himself as a neo-Nazi.[10] The Encyclopedia of White Power describes him as "busy promoting his Odinist and National Socialist philosophy from behind bars."[20]

In a July 2005 statement on his website entitled "The Nazi Ghost",[83] Vikernes states that although he "occasionally used the term 'nazism' to describe [his] ideological foundation", he no longer describes himself as a 'Nazi'.

The reason I have been drawn to and occasionally have expressed support for "nazism" is mainly because many of the Norwegian (and German) "nazis" embraced our Pagan religion as our blood-religion and they rejected Judeo-Christianity as Jewish heresy[83]

Vikernes expresses a desire to not be associated with anti-Slavic sentiments. He identifies three things which distinguish him from the "Nazis": "unlike them I am not socialistic (not even on a national level), I am not materialistic and I believe in (the ancient Scandinavian!) democracy".[83]

In the late 1990s, "to avoid confusion" and "to find a term more suitable and accurate", Vikernes coined the term "odalism" based on the Odal rune. "[F]rom Norse óðal (homeland, allodium, allodial law, nobility, noble, inherited goods, fatherland, land property, distinguished family, distinguished, splendid, kin and the nation)."[83] He explains, "In it lies Paganism, traditional nationalism, racialism and environmentalism." Vikernes contrasts it with "modern 'civilization'" which he equates with "capitalism, materialism, Judeo-Christianity, pollution, urbanization, race-mixing, Americanization, socialism, globalization, et cetera". He places importance on the fact that odalism "is not a term tainted by history"; in contrast with nazism:

The 'nazi ghost' has scared millions of Europeans from caring about their blood and homeland for sixty years now, and it is about time we banish this ghost and again start to think and care about the things that (whether we like it or not) are important to us.[83]

In other texts on his website, he embraces Nordicism, racism[84] and eugenics ("race hygiene").[85] However, he makes the point that following one's own culture is an equally valid and beneficial choice for all peoples.[83] Vikernes states that although he is a racist, he hates no one and that "hatred is irrational".[46]

In a response to a question from a fan, Vikernes expressed his contempt for the European Union, describing it as being "thoroughly corrupt, extremely bureaucratic, predominantly catholic and utterly chaotic".[86]

Involvement in the Heathen Front[edit]
According to several sources,[who?] during his time in prison, Vikernes became a central figure in the Neo-völkisch Heathen Front. The Heathen Front started as a group in Norway, Norsk Hedensk Front (Norwegian Heathen Front) or NHF, and grew into the international Allgermanische Heidnische Front (Pan-Germanic Heathen Front) or AHF. At the time of their publication, the article on Vikernes in the Encyclopedia of White Power[87] and Gods of the Blood by the Swedish scholar Matthias Gardell[88] considered Vikernes to be the leader (and the founder) of the Norwegian Heathen Front. Goodrick-Clarke mentions that Vikernes underlined "his role as chieftain of his Norwegian Heathen Front" with the writing of Vargsmål.[89]

In a 2009 interview with Vikernes, the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet pointed out that he has been linked to neo-Nazi and racist groups during his time in prison.[46] Vikernes replied: "I have never formed or been a member of such organizations. The only organization I am a member of is Riksmålsforbundet" (The Society for the Preservation of Traditional Standard Norwegian).[46]

When he was asked about his involvement in the AHF in a 2004 interview published on burzum.org, Vikernes pointed out that it was Antifa groups who "repeatedly wrote" that the NHF was a Neo-Nazi group and that he was their leader, claims which he describes as "persecution".[14] He also said that "the [Norwegian] secret police claimed adamantly" that he was the leader of the Heathen Front.[14] Vikernes then continued by stating that, as a result of these claims, he left the Heathen Front, to see what "the Antifa/Monitor morons and the secret police would do". In practice, Vikernes stated, he never was a member of the group, since, being in prison, he could not participate in their activities and he had never "met half of them".[14] If he would want to write articles for their magazine, he could do that, regardless of whether he was a member or not.[14]

Religion[edit]
In a 2010 interview with Vampiria Magazine Spain (18-03-2010) Vikernes was asked about Odinism playing a major role in his life, to which he responded:

"Well, I am not religious in any way, but I have a Pagan ideology and Pagan values. I believe in blood, soil and honour; family, homeland and hamingja; strength, traditions and courage. And I believe in a Europe waking up."[90]

Vikernes has written lyrics for several songs by Darkthrone that make use of themes from old Germanic folklore. In these, Satan is referenced as an aspect of the Germanic god Odin in the context of an "eye" that is a source of light (i.e. the sun); there are also mentions of a "spear" and a "hall of battle", which are also masked references to Odin. This was done with the double meaning of Odin as the "adversary" of Jewish and Christian tradition. Many have thus inferred that Vikernes is or was a Satanist, though he has stated many times that he is opposed to Satanism as he considers it to be a reactionary form of Christianity.

According to Vikernes:

Christianity was created by some decadent and degenerated Romans as a tool of oppression, in the late Roman era, and it should be treated accordingly. It is like "handcuff's" to the mind and spirit and is nothing but destructive to mankind. In fact I don't really see Christianity as a religion. It is more like a spiritual plague, a mass psychosis, and it should first and foremost be treated as a problem to be solved by the medical science. Christianity is a diagnosis. It's like Islam and the other Asian "religions" a HIV/AIDS of the spirit and mind.[91]

Vikernes now embraces a "modern scientific worldview resting on a foundation made up of the Pagan values and ideals: loyalty, wisdom, courage, love, discipline, honesty, intelligence, beauty, responsibility, health and strength."[92] He draws a direct connection between both race and intelligence and intelligence and religion, denouncing theism as "mental enslavement" fit only for "inferior races".[92] Vikernes goes on to say "If it is supposed to serve a purpose Paganism needs to be an ideology, not a religion".[92] Despite accusing mainstream theists of holding onto "Stone Age misconceptions", Vikernes still holds that religious myths should be turned to in areas where science has not yet achieved a complete understanding of the natural world — such as the origin of life and where we go after death, if anywhere at all.[92]

Later in 2009, he posted an article on his website, writing "I obviously live in a different world, where one can discuss ones perception of reality without any fear of harassment; a world of tolerance and respect, a world of intellectual debate and honesty. Some of You apparently don't, so when I speak I must be careful."[Burzum.org 1]

In addition to Vargsmål, works by Vikernes on his personal world view include Irminsûl and Germansk Mytologi og Verdensanskuelse (Germanic Mythology and Worldview).[93]

In 2011, Vikernes published his first book in English, Sorcery and Religion in Ancient Scandinavia, a revised version of Germansk Mytologi about the religious practices of Scandinavian peoples, particularly during the Stone Age and Bronze Age.[94] Rejecting most contemporary academic theories, he takes inspiration from Sir James Frazer's work The Golden Bough in interpreting the myths as representing aspects of yearly rituals related to death, burial and ruling.[95] It includes a new translation of the Völuspá with notes about what each stanza means according to Vikernes.[96]

In 2013, he and his wife Marie Cachet released a film called ForeBears based on ancient Norwegian pagan rituals.

Influence of Vidkun Quisling[edit]
Vidkun Quisling, Nazi collaborator minister-president of occupied Norway between 1942 and 1945 and involuntary originator of the term quisling-regime, had developed an extremely obscure esoteric doctrine labeled 'Universism'. An online article[97] about him mentions that the only "modest intellectual influence" he ever had with this doctrine was "on certain extreme strains of Norwegian black metal music". This impression is indeed given in Lords of Chaos. In the interview there, Varg Vikernes is faced with the question whether Quisling's religion was pagan or Christian.[98] Moynihan & Søderlind write: "Vikernes has discovered his predecessor in Vidkun Quisling."[99] At one point, he temporarily took the artist name 'Kvisling',[100] but he explained this choice in Vargsmål:

One of my foremothers was called Susanne Malene Quisling. She was born 06-02-1811 and dies [sic] 10-05-1891. Quisling means "that which stems from a division of kingly descendants" [...]

Vikernes stated in an interview, "They [the Norwegian government at the beginning of World War II] ran like chickens, leaving Norway, with absolutely NO authorities, and when Vidkun Quisling tried to bring order back, he was thanked with a bullet in his heart after the war."[101] This is the only known instance of Vikernes mentioning Vidkun Quisling, besides Lords of Chaos; on his own website, Vikernes does not mention Vidkun Quisling at all.[102]

The Lord of the Rings[edit]
From an early age, Vikernes was fascinated with the fictional realm of Middle-earth created by J. R. R. Tolkien. His stage name Grishnackh is taken from that of an orc in The Two Towers. The name Burzum, meaning darkness, was taken from the Black Speech inscribed on the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings. The inscription read "Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul" or in English "One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." Additionally, before joining Old Funeral, he was in a band called Uruk-Hai, also derived from The Lord of the Rings text.

Vikernes interpreted The Lord of the Rings on his website, pointing out the connections to paganism in the books, but also recognizing the Judeo-Christian context of Tolkien's Catholic beliefs.[103]

MYFAROG[edit]
Varg has created and continues to develop his Mythical Fantasy Role-playing Game, "MYFAROG", which is described on its website as being "a role-playing game based on European values, geography, (pre-)history, mythology, traditions and morals, and will offer you the opportunity to play a game in accordance with your own European nature".[104] The game has been released in a number of versions thus-far. Each release has included a stand-alone map of the land in which MYFAROG takes place. Two companion books, "Spells & Favours" and "Curses & Gifts", were released in early 2016 to go along with the newest version of the main book, 2.4.

Publicity[edit]
Satan rir media[edit]
Torstein Grude created a Norwegian documentary entitled Satan rir media (Satan Rides the Media), to which Vikernes has given a more positive review. As its title implies, the movie focuses on the often hysterical media coverage of the church-burning cases and the black metal scene in general. In the film, Vikernes accuses a journalist who writes for Bergens Tidende of deliberately informing the police about his identity after he had completed an anonymous interview. Vikernes was arrested only hours after the interview, one day before it was published, and was released after a week in prison due to lack of proof. In the film, the head of criminal investigations, Bergen Police District evades the question whether the journalist preserved Vikernes' anonymity by stating "It was all OK and legal".

According to Satan rir media, it was also the BT who gave Vikernes the name "Greven" (The Count). However, Vikernes has said in Vargsmål that "the reason I chose this name was not to have a tough name. The word 'count (greven)' comes from the Latin word 'comites', that means partner or companion. I am the true Germanic folk's 'partner' and 'companion' and with that I chose this title". However, in the documentary (ca. 12:20–12:30) he gives this answer to a question as to why he uses the name: "I mean, it is a relatively arrogant name, that means, it sets me above all other human beings. Like "Do this and that", and then they do it"

Satan rir media claims that by emphasizing the Satanist angle, the Norwegian news media unwittingly created a mass following for Burzum and Vikernes, both in Norway and internationally.

Until the Light Takes Us[edit]
Vikernes is one of the central figures in the 2009 documentary film Until The Light Takes Us. Interviewed in prison by American directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell, Vikernes explains, in great detail, the circumstances surrounding both the creation of black metal and the murder of Euronymous.

Influence on other church arsons[edit]

Vikernes's actions allegedly inspired the burning of Porvoo Cathedral in Finland.
Novak Majstorovic, then-19-year-old guitarist of the metal band Schwarzreich, was charged with arson and burglary in relation to the burning of a 100+-year-old Uniting Church in Ascot Vale, Australia in August 2004. He was convicted and sentenced to three years in Youth Detention. In all media depictions of the event, he is said to have been heavily influenced by Burzum. However, he has stated on several message boards across the internet that the influence does not stretch beyond the superficial, and that the media has overblown his statements to the police to suit their own ends. He claims that the arson had very little in common with Vikernes' attacks. Majstorovic was released in August 2006. His current whereabouts are unknown.[105] The façade of the church (which remained intact) still stands, but it has not been rebuilt. A community centre was built behind the façade.
Kalle Holm, an 18-year-old Finn known to have played drums in several Finnish metal bands, has stated on his website that he was influenced by Burzum. He set fire to the Porvoo Cathedral in Finland in May 2006: the roof of the church burned, but the ceiling, vaults and interiors survived undamaged. The attorney's claims that the motives behind the arson were related to a "hatred towards Christianity" were overruled in court. He was sentenced to three years and two months of imprisonment without parole.[106] The sentence was later doubled to six years and six months by the Court of Appeal.[107]
The Winnipeg Sun reported that three people were convicted on 27 June 2006 of arson in a fire that destroyed the Minnedosa United Church in Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada on 12 February 2006. One was sentenced to three years in prison, the second to two years and the third to two years less a day. All three were ordered to pay CAD $1.2 million in restitution. Justice officials said the church was set on fire on 11 February, Vikernes' birthday.[108]

Discography[edit]
As Burzum:

1992 – Burzum (recorded January 1992)
1993 – Aske (recorded August 1992)
1993 – Det som engang var (recorded April 1992)
1994 – Hvis lyset tar oss (recorded September 1992)
1996 – Filosofem (recorded March 1993)
1997 – Dauði Baldrs (recorded in prison 1994–1995)
1999 – Hliðskjálf (recorded in prison 1998)
2010 – Belus (recorded in 2009)
2011 – Fallen (recorded November 2010)
2011 – From the Depths of Darkness (recorded March 2010)
2012 – Umskiptar (recorded September 2011)
2013 – Sôl austan, Mâni vestan (recorded throughout 2012)
2014 – The Ways of Yore (recorded throughout 2013)
Other appearances:

1994 – Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger (wrote lyrics for four songs)
1995 – Darkthrone – Panzerfaust (wrote lyrics for one song)
1994 – Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (performed bass guitar)
1993 – Mayhem – Life Eternal (EP, performed bass guitar)
1991 – Old Funeral – Devoured Carcass (EP, performed electric guitar)
1999 – Old Funeral – Join the Funeral Procession (compilation album, performed electric guitar)
1999 – Old Funeral – The Older Ones (compilation album, performed electric guitar)
2002 – Old Funeral – Grim Reaping Norway (live album, performed electric guitar)
Bibliography[edit]
1997 – Vargsmål
1999 – EihwaR
2000 – Germansk Mytologi og Verdensanskuelse
2001 – Guide to the Norse Gods and Their Names
2002 – Irminsûl
2004 – The Cult of Hel (unreleased)
2004 – The Mysteries and Mythology of Ancient Scandinavia
2006 – Речи Варга II (Russian language-only compilation of articles, the title means "Vargsmål II")
2011 – Sorcery and Religion in Ancient Scandinavia
2014 – MYFAROG (Mythic Fantasy Roleplaying Game)[109]
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^ Jump up to: a b c LoC 1998: 149
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Jump up ^ Michael Moynihan, Lords of Chaos, p. 88; quoted in: M. Gardell, Gods of the Blood, p.306;
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Jump up ^ "A Burzum Story: Part IX – The Tomorrow". Burzum.org. 24 February 2006. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
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^ Jump up to: a b c "Newspaper: VARG VIKERNES Carried Military Equipment At The Time Of His Arrest". Blabbermouth.net. 28 October 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c "UPDATE: VARG Held Family At Gunpoint, Fled Prison Because He Feared Attempt On His Life". Blabbermouth.net. 27 October 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
Jump up ^ "VARG VIKERNES Refuses To Name Accomplices, Faces Additional Prison Time". Blabbermouth.net. 30 October 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c Rune Midtskogen, "Jeg er klar for samfunnet" Dagbladet 6 June 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2009
Jump up ^ Aftenposten, English edition, 11 June 2008:Too dangerous for parole
Jump up ^ "Burzum and Varg Vikernes news and updates". Burzum.org. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
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Jump up ^ "The mental hygiene and race hygiene practiced by the ancient Europeans also was disrupted by the introduction of Christianity." Paganism: Part VI – Hygiene In The Pagan Era
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Burzum
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Burzum
Varg Vikernes.jpg
Varg Vikernes in 2009
Background information
Also known as Kalashnikov, Uruk-Hai
Origin Bergen, Norway
Genres
Black metal dark ambient[1] neo-medieval music[2]
Years active 1991–1999, 2009–present
Labels
Deathlike Silence Cymophane Misanthropy Byelobog
Associated acts
Mayhem Old Funeral Darkthrone
Website burzum.org
Members Varg Vikernes
Burzum (/ˈbɜːrzəm/; Norwegian: [ˈbʉrtsʉm]) is a musical project of Norwegian musician and writer Varg Vikernes. Vikernes began making music in 1988, but it was not until 1991 that he recorded his first demos as Burzum. The word "burzum" means "darkness" in the Black Speech, a fictional language crafted by Lord of the Rings writer J. R. R. Tolkien.[3] The project became a part of the early Norwegian black metal scene and one of the most influential acts in black metal.[4]

Vikernes recorded the first four Burzum albums between January 1992 and March 1993. However, the releases were spread out, with many months between the recording and the release of each album. In May 1994, Vikernes was sentenced to 21 years in prison for the murder of Mayhem guitarist Øystein 'Euronymous' Aarseth and the arson of three churches.

While imprisoned, Vikernes recorded two dark ambient albums using only synthesizers, as he did not have access to drums, guitar or bass. Since his release from prison in 2009, he has recorded three further black metal albums and several ambient/electronic albums.

Although Vikernes is known for his political views, he does not use Burzum to promote those views. Burzum has never played live and Vikernes says he has no intention of doing so.

Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Early years (1988–1992)
1.2 Imprisonment (1993–2009)
1.3 Post-imprisonment (2009–present)
2 Musical style
3 Discography
4 Members
5 References
6 External links
History[edit]
Early years (1988–1992)[edit]

The Burzum logo used in 1991
Vikernes began making music in 1988 with the band Kalashnikov.[3] The following year, the name was changed to Uruk-Hai, after the creatures from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.[3] In 1990 and 1991, Vikernes played guitar for the death metal band Old Funeral, which also consisted of members who would later form the band Immortal. He appears on the Old Funeral EP Devoured Carcass. Vikernes left Old Funeral in 1991 to concentrate on creating his own musical visions. He had a short lived project called Satanel, along Abbath Doom Occulta. He then began a solo project under the name Burzum. The word "burzum" means "darkness" in the Black Speech; a language crafted by Tolkien. Soon after recording two demo tapes, he became part of the Norwegian black metal scene. With his demo tapes, he had attracted attention from Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth of Mayhem, who had just recently formed Deathlike Silence Productions. Aarseth then signed Burzum to the label, and shortly after, Vikernes ―under the pseudonym of Count Grishnackh―, began to record Burzum’s self-titled debut album. According to Vikernes' autobiography on his website, he had intended to record the album in the worst recording quality possible (due to this being a typical trademark of the early Norwegian black metal scene), though still make it sound acceptable. Burzum's eponymous debut album was released in 1992, being the second album released on Deathlike Silence Productions. The song "War" from this album had a guest appearance from Euronymous, playing a guitar solo "just for fun", according to Vikernes.


The Burzum logo used between 1991 and 1993
Vikernes has stated that he had never played any live shows with Burzum, though at one point was interested in it, so Samoth of Emperor joined the band as their bassist, though only appearing on the Aske EP. Additionally, Erik Lancelot was hired to be the band's drummer, though did not record on any Burzum material, and along with Samoth did not play a live show. Vikernes had by then lost his interest in playing live concerts, and stated that he "didn't even need session musicians anymore". Therefore, Samoth and Lancelot had parted ways with Burzum. Det som engang var was released as Burzum's second album in 1993, recorded in 1992.

Imprisonment (1993–2009)[edit]

The Burzum logo used between 1994 and 2009
15 May 1994 saw the release of Hvis lyset tar oss, a new album of previously recorded material from 1992. Burzum remained as a solo project until 1994, when Vikernes was arrested for the murder of Euronymous and the burnings of several churches in Norway. During his time in prison, Vikernes released his next album, titled Filosofem, on 1 January 1996. Recorded in March 1993, Filosofem was the last recording Vikernes made before his imprisonment. Burzum / Aske, a compilation comprising the Burzum album and Aske EP, was released in 1995. While imprisoned, Vikernes managed to record two other albums in a dark ambient style. They were released as Dauði Baldrs (1997) and Hliðskjálf (1999).

In 1998, all Burzum albums released up to that point were re-released as vinyl picture discs in a special box set called 1992–1997; however the Filosofem album didn't contain "Rundtgåing av den transcendentale egenhetens støtte" due to its length. The regular vinyl issue of Filosofem on Misanthropy had tracks 1–4 plus "Decrepitude II" on side 1 and "Rundtgåing av den transcendentale egenhetens støtte" on side 2.

Post-imprisonment (2009–present)[edit]

The Burzum logo used on the 2010 album Belus, set in the typeface Ruritania
Soon after being released, Vikernes started writing new tracks (nine metal tracks and an ambient intro and outro) for an upcoming Burzum album. According to Vikernes' recounts, several record companies were interested in releasing his first album in eleven years. He stated about the new album, "I want to take my time, and make it the way I want it. It will be metal, and the fans can expect genuine Burzum."

The album was going to be originally titled Den hvite guden ("The White God"),[5] but he later decided to change it to Belus, which was released by Byelobog Productions (byelobog is the transliteration of "белобог" in Slavic languages, meaning "white god") on 8 March 2010.[6][7] It was also announced that a movie would be released in 2010, based on Varg Vikernes' life in the early 1990s. The movie would mainly draw inspiration from the book Lords of Chaos, with the film being of the same name. Vikernes expressed his contempt towards both the movie and the book upon which it is based.[8]

A second new album of original Burzum material, Fallen, was released on 7 March 2011,[9] followed by a compilation album, From the Depths of Darkness, containing re-recordings of tracks from Burzum's self-titled album and Det som engang var, on 28 November 2011.[10] A third new studio album of original material, titled Umskiptar, was released in May 2012.[11] Sôl austan, Mâni vestan ("East of the Sun, West of the Moon"), Burzum's first electronic album since 1999, was released in May 2013.[12] On April 27, 2013, a song was posted on the official YouTube channel of Vikernes, titled "Back to the Shadows."[13] In a blog post, Vikernes stated that "Back to the Shadows" will be the last metal track released by Burzum.[14]

The album The Ways of Yore was released on June 2, 2014.[15]

Nothing is currently known about the progress of the next Burzum album.

Musical style[edit]
Burzum's music features characteristics common in black metal, including distorted, tremolo-picked guitar riffs, harsh vocals and the use of double bass blast beat techniques in the drumming. Earlier Burzum albums feature very low production quality, which has improved in albums created after Vikernes' release from prison. Burzum's early music shows heavy Tolkien influence; for example, Vikernes' early moniker "Count Grishnackh" is taken from an orc character called Grishnákh in Tolkien's works.[3] The choice of the name for the project reflects both this influence and the desire for anonymity: Burzum is a word of the Black Speech of Mordor meaning "darkness" (though Vikernes views what Christians consider "darkness" as "light"),[3] and is one of those found on the Ring-inscription of the One Ring (the final part of the Ring inscription being "...agh burzum-ishi krimpatul", or "...and in the 'darkness bind them").[16]

Musically, Burzum has progressed from black metal to classical-influenced ambient music characterised by minimalist tendencies and dark atmospheres. Vikernes' music is characterised by hypnotic repetition and simple yet profound song structures; this trademark sound has been present on Burzum's black metal and electronic albums alike. Vikernes has described Burzum as a kind of "spell" or recreation of an imaginary world tied in with Pagan history.[3] Each album, he claims, was designed as a kind of "spell" in itself, with each beginning song intending to make the listener more susceptible to "magic", the following songs to inspire a "trance-like state of mind", and the last song to carry the listener into a "world of fantasy" (dreams, for the listener would fall asleep—Burzum was supposed to have been evening music).[3] Vikernes claims the intent to create this fantasy world came from dissatisfaction with the real world.[3] He has stated the "message" of Burzum can be found in the lyrics of the first song of the first album ("Feeble Screams from Forests Unknown").[3]

Discography[edit]
Main releases
Title Recorded Released Notes
Burzum January 1992 March 1992
Det som engang var April 1992 August 1993
Hvis lyset tar oss September 1992 April 1994
Filosofem March 1993 January 1996
Dauði Baldrs 1994–1995 (in prison) October 1997 Dark ambient album
Hliðskjálf 1998 (in prison) April 1999 Neofolk/ambient album
Belus 2009–2010 March 2010[6]
Fallen 2010 March 2011[17]
Umskiptar September 2011 May 2012[11]
Sôl austan, Mâni vestan 2012 May 2013[18] Dark ambient album
The Ways of Yore 2013–2014 June 2014 Dark ambient album
EPs
Aske (1993)
Singles
Mythic Dawn (2015)
Forgotten Realms (2015)
Thulean Mysteries (2015)
Demos/promos
Reh/Demo '91 (1991)
Burzum Promo (1992)
Music videos
Dunkelheit (1996)
Compilation albums
Burzum / Aske (1995)
1992–1997 (1998)
Anthology (2002) (bootleg)
Draugen – Rarities (2005) (bootleg)
Anthology (2008)
From the Depths of Darkness (2011)
Other appearances
Presumed Guilty (1998) (contributed "Et hvitt lys over skogen")
Gummo soundtrack (1998) (contributed "Rundtgång Av Den Transcendentale Egenhetens Støtte")
Fenriz Presents... The Best of Old-School Black Metal (2004) (contributed "Ea, Lord of the Depths")
Tributes to Burzum
Visions: A Tribute to Burzum (2002)
A Man, a Band, a Symbol (2003)
Wotan mit uns! (2003)
The Tribute (2005)
Burzum Tribute Attakk (2005)
Triumph und Wille (2006)
Lost Freedom (2007)
A Hungarian Tribute to Burzum: Life Has New Meaning (2008)
Tribute to Burzum: When the Night Falls – Bethlehem Struluckt (2009)
A Tribute to Varg Vikernes: Born to Be White (2010)
Forsvunnet Filosofem: A Tribute to Burzum (2012)

Don't simply demonise death metal
September 29, 2005
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This music may have inspired violence, but it also preaches tolerance, writes Chris Johnston.

The burning of churches - such as the sad case of Melbourne teenager Novak Majstorovic, who was sentenced this week for razing a Uniting Church in Moonee Ponds last year - obviously can't be condoned. The damage bill was $3 million; the church was 135 years old. It has not been rebuilt. Parishioners have had to find somewhere else to worship. Luckily, the fire didn't spread and, luckily, no one was killed.

Majstorovic has been painted as an unhinged fan of "black metal" or "death metal" music from Scandanavia, particularly the one-man Norwegian band Burzum, who no longer operate because the sole operative, Varg Vikernes, is in jail for murdering a musical rival and the arson of three churches in 1993. Vikernes is clearly a dangerous, despotic individual; he peddled neo-Nazi literature to his impressionable young fans, inciting violence and rabid hate. The man he killed, over some petty business-related dispute to do with a CD Vikernes had made, was stabbed 23 times. Police also found enough explosives to blow up Oslo in his apartment.

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Majstorovic, however, who the court heard was the sole carer of his schizophrenic mother, had no such demonic agenda. The court also heard he had renounced Burzum; he had stopped listening to its music. Indeed, black or death-metal bands worldwide renounced church-burning as a worthwhile activity after the Vikernes case 12 years ago. And the truth of the matter is that most of these bands, who operate in a claustrophobic niche market way too far away from the mainstream for the mainstream to ever bother with them, would never advocate such a thing anyway, not literally. When they do, it's either bluff, bluster or boast, in the same way that a hip-hop performer such as 50 Cent can appear to advocate violence.

Majstorovic is not a neo-Nazi, as continual headlines in the Herald Sun read; he's just a kid who made a mistake, for which he will now pay by way of three years in youth detention. He was in fact a musician himself (although some would debate that definition), the guitarist in a band called Schwarzreich, that toy with Nazi imagery in a vague and undefined way, not because they believe in an Aryan race, but rather as an immature way of identifying themselves as outsiders. It's a dangerous ploy, for sure, this rebel stance, and one that can easily be misread, but it's only a ploy all the same. Like the guns and trigger-fingers in hip-hop, which is mainstream, thanks to 50 Cent and Eminem, it's pure make-believe. In Majstorovic's case, his action was prompted by half a bottle of bourbon more than sheer hatred.

And while I'm not a fan of this music, there's certainly more to it than most people realise. It's too easy to demonise an art form which, superficially, appears to celebrate the demonic. But within the context of black metal and death metal - "black" being the more theatrical, showy offshoot of the pair - Satanism does not mean worshipping the devil. It more often refers to anarchistic beliefs, based on paganism and Norse myth. They believe that Satan is a Christian construct, and as they reject Christianity, they also reject Satanism. In a recent posting on an internet forum, where his actions were being discussed, Majstorovic, using the pseudonym Desolitary, says: ". . . in my inebriated state, the choice of burning down a church was more than likely influenced by the AESTHETIC of black metal. The ultimate meaning at the base of this AESTHETIC is not unique to black metal, it is a superficial choice, I could have gotten the same message across by burning down a McDonald's, or an educational facility, or even the headquarters of The Age."

The poor kid. It got out of hand. It gets out of hand. If anything, he thinks too much. That's the danger with the nether-regions of these heavy metal subcultures - there's too much room for misinterpretation, too much risk of vulnerable minds getting carried away. It can be a kind of fundamentalism, a set of rigid strictures, spread like propaganda. Most followers are smart enough to know it's mostly nonsense, and, like all extreme art forms, it shouldn't be taken literally.

Some years ago I was researching a story on the Australian death metal and black metals scenes and was struck by the intelligence of most fans and musicians. While they might consume horror, gore and fantasy, they don't swallow the devil-talk. They merely use it as a way of expressing their distaste for what they see as a shallow consumerist society. I spoke to a Canberra metal musician, Rod Holder, who organises the biggest annual death metal festival in the southern hemisphere, at the Australian National University, every November. He gives all his proceeds - $10,000 - to the National Brain Injury Foundation and the family of a local fan, Alec Hurley, who was bashed by drunks for looking "different" in 1990. The bands play for free. Holder explained death metal as a "horror story with a soundtrack - we're dealing with the sadder, darker side of humanity".

Hurley is brain-damaged; he can't feed himself or speak. His mother Liz told me: "The scene isn't as bad as it appears. Just because they're weird-looking with their hairdos and gross T-shirts."

There are always exceptions - extreme metal CDs are regularly banned from sale in Australia for offensive lyrics and gratuitous, ultra-violent, stupid artwork. But plenty more actually promote peace and understanding through their music. Most, if you bother to actually look behind the shock headlines, promote tolerance; a case of "let me be who I am and I'll let you be who you are".

Unfortunately, in these intense teen subcultures, where there is so much at stake and young emotions can run at fever pitch, some can be led astray.

Chris Johnston is a staff writer.

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Aske
Burzum aske.jpg
EP by Burzum
Released March 1993
Recorded August 1992 at the Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway ("Dominus Sathanas" recorded April 1992)
Genre Black metal
Length 20:02
Label Deathlike Silence
Producer Count Grishnackh, Pytten
Burzum chronology
Burzum
(1992) Aske
(1993) Det som engang var
(1993)
Aske (Norwegian for "ashes") is an EP by Norwegian black metal solo project Burzum. Though recorded in April and August 1992, after Det som engang var, it was released before that album in March 1993, through Deathlike Silence Productions.

Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Release
3 Track listing
4 Personnel
5 References
6 External links
Background[edit]
The cover is a photograph of the Fantoft Stave Church after its arson on 6 June 1992. Varg Vikernes was strongly suspected of burning the church, and the photograph is widely believed to have been taken by Vikernes himself.[1][2]

Bass guitar on the EP is performed by Samoth of the band Emperor.[1]

A tape version featuring the old title of the release "Inn I Drømmens Slott" (Into the castle of dreams) were made by Varg and spread by him and Samoth, the album was initially intended to be released on Varg's personal label called "Burz-Nazg Prod" (later Cymophane) before the Deathlike Silence Prod. pressing.[3]

Release[edit]
The first 1000 copies of Aske were packaged with a lighter bearing the same image.[4]

Aske was later re-released as Burzum / Aske alongside the songs from Burzum's debut album.

Track listing[edit]
All songs written and composed by Count Grishnackh.

No. Title Length
1. "Stemmen fra tårnet" ("The Voice from the Tower") 6:09
2. "Dominus Sathanas" ("Master Satan") 3:02
3. "A Lost Forgotten Sad Spirit" 10:51
Total length:
20:02
Personnel[edit]
Count Grishnackh – vocals, guitar, drums, bass (track 2), production
Samoth – bass (tracks 1, 3)
Pytten – production
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Christe, Ian (2003). Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. New York City, New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc. p. 277.
Jump up ^ Campion, Chris (20 February 2005). "In the Face of Death". The Observer (Guardian Unlimited). Retrieved 13 August 2012.
Jump up ^ http://www.discogs.com/Burzum-Inn-I-Dr%C3%B8mmens-Slott/release/6286466
Jump up ^ "Burzum - Discography - Official Releases - 'Aske' (mini-LP) 1993". burzum.org. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
External links[edit]
Burzum "Aske" (mini-LP) 1993 at burzum.org
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Varg Vikernes
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Burzum Det som engang var Hvis lyset tar oss Filosofem Dauði Baldrs Hliðskjálf Belus Fallen Umskiptar Sôl austan, Mâni vestan The Ways of Yore
EPs
Aske

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Burzum
Varg Vikernes nel 2009
Varg Vikernes nel 2009
Paese d'origine Norvegia Norvegia
Genere Black metal[1]
Dark ambient[1]
Periodo di attività 1988-1999
2009-in attività
Album pubblicati 16
Studio 11
Raccolte 5
Sito web burzum.org
BurzumLogo.png
Burzum è una one man band dark ambient e black metal norvegese[1] avente come unico membro fisso e fondatore Varg Vikernes (originariamente con lo pseudonimo di Count Grishnákh), personaggio di spicco del genere.

Fondata nel 1988[2][3] con il nome Kalashnikov da Count Grishnakh e da altri due amici[4], venne poi ribattezzata Uruk-Hai nel 1989[5]. Nel 1991 Varg, dopo aver suonato per un periodo negli Old Funeral, rinominò la precedente band in Burzum, continuando la sua produzione musicale in qualità di solista[4]; essa divenne velocemente una delle band di rilievo nella scena black metal norvegese. Durante il 1992 e il 1993 Burzum registrò quattro album, ma nell'agosto dello stesso anno Vikernes fu condannato e imprigionato per l'assassinio di Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth e l'incendio doloso di numerose chiese cristiane. Durante la reclusione, Vikernes ha registrato due album in stile dark ambient, utilizzando soltanto sintetizzatori, poiché non aveva il permesso di utilizzare batterie, chitarre e bassi. Dopo la scarcerazione avvenuta nel 2009 Burzum è tornato a comporre nuovo materiale tornando ad utilizzare anche gli altri strumenti.

Indice [nascondi]
1 Storia del gruppo
2 Formazione
3 Discografia
3.1 Album in studio
3.2 Demo
3.3 Raccolte
3.4 Apparizioni
4 Videografia
4.1 Album video
5 Note
6 Altri progetti
7 Collegamenti esterni
Storia del gruppo[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
L'origine di Burzum risale al 1988, il progetto venne ideato da Kristian Vikernes (nome poi legalmente cambiato nel celeberrimo Varg). Tra il 1988 ed il 1989, Vikernes formò un gruppo chiamato Kalashnikov, in seguito ribattezzato Uruk-Hai, dal nome di un'omonima razza di orchi della Terra di Mezzo ideata da J. R. R. Tolkien; il termine deriva dal linguaggio nero di Mordor. Nel 1989, Vikernes chiuse l'esperienza degli Uruk-Hai per entrare a far parte del gruppo death metal Old Funeral. Secondo lui infatti, il bassista ed il batterista del suo gruppo non erano musicisti seri ed erano privi di qualsiasi talento musicale. Vikernes rimase con gli Old Funeral per due anni, decidendo nel 1991 di ritornare al suo progetto, questa volta però in chiave solista in maniera tale da poter creare e suonare una musica più originale e personale; alcuni considerano Burzum la continuazione degli Uruk-Hai, per via dell'utilizzo di riff molto simili nello stile, a tal proposito Vikernes stesso ha ammesso che ne riprese effettivamente alcuni[4].

Le prime composizioni di Burzum mostrano una moderata influenza da Tolkien; per esempio, lo pseudonimo adottato da Vikernes, Count Grishnackh, deriva da un orco creato dallo scrittore inglese. La scelta del nome Burzum riflette sia questa influenza, sia il desiderio di rimanere anonimo: "Burzum" infatti, è una parola del linguaggio nero di Mordor che significa "oscurità". Una delle prime canzoni di Burzum si chiamava, ad esempio, "En Ring Til Å Herske" ("Un Anello Per Dominarli"); comunque Vikernes dichiarò che le sue influenze provenivano più dalla mitologia nordica che dall'universo tolkeniano, che secondo lui era estremamente debitore della tradizione scandinava. Col passare del tempo, la passione di Vikernes per la mitologia nordica e per il paganesimo si fece sempre più evidente, specialmente nelle recenti composizioni ambient: Dauði Baldrs, ad esempio, è un concept sulla leggenda della morte di Baldr, mentre Hliðskjálf racconta la morte di Odino.

Vikernes ha descritto il suo stesso progetto come un incantesimo atto a ricreare un mondo immaginario condensato con la storia pagana.[1] Ogni album, secondo lui, viene progettato come una vera propria magia, in cui la prima canzone rende l'ascoltatore più sensibile a quell'universo, la seconda lo fa entrare in una trance psicologica e così via. Secondo lui il vero motivo di questa creazione è distrarre l'ascoltatore dallo stress del mondo reale. Infine, Varg ha dichiarato che il vero messaggio di Burzum può essere trovato nel testo della prima canzone del primo disco (Feeble Screams From Forests Unknown); tutti gli altri testi sono semplicemente delle annotazioni aggiuntive.

Musicalmente, Burzum si è evoluto dal primitivo e violento black metal fino ad una musica ambient ispirata dalla classica europea, caratterizzata comunque da tendenze minimaliste ed atmosfere cupe. Una caratteristica della sua musica è l'ipnotica ripetitività di ogni composizione (spesso molto lunghe), e la struttura semplice e allo stesso tempo profonda. Va anche detto però che la scelta ambient è stata forzata: gli album Dauði Baldrs e Hliðskjálf sono stati registrati da Vikernes in carcere (dove è stato detenuto dal 1993 al 2009 per l'omicidio del chitarrista dei Mayhem Euronymous[6]) al cui interno l'unico strumento musicale permessogli era il Sintetizzatore.

Dopo questi due capitoli ambient (l'idea originaria prevedeva una trilogia) Vikernes ha dichiarato di aver perso qualsiasi interesse nella musica e soprattutto nel black metal e nel metal in generale arrivando addirittura ad affermare che "le radici di questo genere sono nella musica negroide"[7]. Inaspettatamente, però, in una intervista ha fatto intendere che la prossima uscita di Burzum (una volta scarcerato) sarebbe potuta tornare allo stile dei primi dischi. Egli continuò comunque sempre a sostenere il suo poco rispetto per la cultura heavy metal e la sua avversione verso l'atteggiamento "sex, drugs, and rock n' roll". Molti degli album di Burzum contengono illustrazioni dell'artista norvegese del XIX secolo Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914).

Dopo la definitiva scarcerazione avvenuta il 24 maggio 2009, Varg Vikernes si è ritirato nella sua fattoria, insieme alla sua compagna e ai figli, nella città di Bø nella contea di Telemark (Norvegia) e nel 2010 ha pubblicato l'album Belus che segna un ritorno alle sonorità che contraddistinsero il periodo antecedente all'incarcerazione, un lento black metal con influenze ambient e depressive. Lo stesso Vikernes dichiarò che si trattò di canzoni inedite alcune, ed altre scritte alla fine degli anni 80 e riarrangiate per l'occasione.

Nel marzo 2011 esce un altro lavoro del musicista norvegese, Fallen.

Nel maggio 2012 è uscito il nono album di Burzum, dal titolo Umskiptar. Sempre nel maggio dell'anno seguente, tramite Byelobog Production viene pubblicato Sôl austan, Mâni vestan, decimo album di Burzum, che questa volta però si allontana dalle sonorità del lavoro precedente per riprenderne altre più Dark ambient ed elettroniche. Infatti, il 27 aprile 2013 Vikernes aveva pubblicato un nuovo brano intitolato Back To The Shadows, affermando che esso sarebbe stato l'ultimo brano prodotto da Burzum in stile black metal[8]. Il 16 luglio 2013, dopo l'acquisto di 4 fucili da parte della moglie, viene arrestato a Corrèze, in Francia. Secondo le dichiarazioni della polizia francese, il musicista aveva in mente di commettere un attentato. Viene poi rilasciato qualche giorno dopo in quanto le accuse vengono ritenute infondate dal giudice.

Il 16 marzo 2014 annuncia tramite il sito ufficiale il nuovo album The Ways of Yore, che viene pubblicato il 2 giugno dello stesso anno dall'etichetta Byelobog Production[9].

Formazione[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Count Grishnackh (Varg Vikernes) – voce, chitarra, tastiere, sintetizzatori, basso, batteria
Discografia[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Album in studio[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
1992 - Burzum
1991 - Aske (EP)
1993 - Det som engang var
1994 - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
1996 - Filosofem
1997 - Dauði Baldrs
1999 - Hliðskjálf
2010 - Belus
2011 - Fallen
2012 - Umskiptar
2013 - Sôl austan, Mâni vestan
2014 - The Ways of Yore
Demo[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
1991 - Burzum (Demo I)
1991 - Burzum (Demo II)
1992 - Burzum (Promo ‘92)
Raccolte[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
1995 - Burzum/Aske
1998 - Burzum 1992-1997 (LP box-set)
2002 - Anthology (contiene 2 brani dal Bootleg Album del 2000: "Ragnarok (A New Beginning)")
2005 - Draugen - Rarities (nel lato DVD il video del 1996: "Dunkelheit")
2008 - Burzum Anthology (include il video del 1996: "Dunkelheit")
2011 - From the Depths of Darkness (tracce risuonate dai primi 2 album)
Apparizioni[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
1998 - Presumed Guilty
1998 - Gummo
2004 - Fenriz Presents... The Best Of Old-School Black Metal
Videografia[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Album video[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
1996 - Dunkelheit (VHS)
Note[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
^ a b c d (EN) Burzum, su AllMusic, All Media Network. URL consultato il 21 giugno 2014.
^ Biografia di Burzum – Scopri musica, video, concerti, statistiche e immagini su Last.fm
^ Burzum reviews, music, news - sputnikmusic
^ a b c Biografia
^ http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Burzum-l-en.html
^ Morte a 33 giri. Quando la musica si tinge di rosso
^ [Recensione di Hlidskjàlf su http://www.shapelesszine.com]
^ Shadows of the Mind | Thulean Perspective
^ (EN) Burzum News, burzum.org, 16 marzo 2014. URL consultato il 20 aprile 2014.
Altri progetti[modifica | modifica wikitesto]

Varg Vikernes
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Count Grishnackh
Fotografia di Count Grishnackh
Nazionalità Norvegia Norvegia
Genere Black metal
Dark ambient
Death metal
Periodo di attività 1988- 1998
2009 -in attività
Strumento voce
chitarra
tastiere
sintetizzatori
basso
batteria
Gruppo attuale Burzum
Gruppi precedenti Mayhem
Old Funeral
Uruk-Hai
Satanel
Album pubblicati 11
Studio 11 + 1 EP
Sito web burzum.org
Varg Vikernes (pronuncia norvegese [ˈʋɑrɡ ˈʋiːkəɳeːs]; Bergen, 11 febbraio 1973) è un cantautore, polistrumentista e compositore norvegese.

È il fondatore ed unico membro del progetto musicale black metal/dark ambient denominato Burzum. È anche conosciuto con lo pseudonimo di Count Grishnackh, nome mutuato da un orco del libro Il Signore degli Anelli. Il suo nome di battesimo originario è Kristian, da lui fatto cambiare dapprima in Varg (sostenendo che questa parola in norreno significhi lupo[1]).

È balzato agli onori della cronaca nera per aver incendiato alcune chiese cristiane norvegesi ed essersi reso protagonista dell'omicidio di Euronymous, chitarrista dei Mayhem, band nella quale Varg militava in quel periodo.[2]

Indice [nascondi]
1 Biografia
1.1 I primi anni
1.2 L'inizio musicale
1.3 Il periodo dell'Inner Circle
1.4 La popolarità
1.5 L'omicidio di Euronymous
1.6 In prigione
1.7 Scarcerazione e eventi recenti
2 Discografia
2.1 Burzum
2.2 Mayhem
2.3 Old Funeral
3 Filmografia
4 Opere
4.1 Libri e opuscoli
4.2 Articoli e altre opere
5 Note
6 Voci correlate
7 Altri progetti
8 Collegamenti esterni
Biografia[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
I primi anni[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Kristian Vikernes nacque l'11 febbraio 1973 a Bergen, sulla costa atlantica della Norvegia, secondo figlio di Lars Vikernes, un ingegnere elettronico, e Lene Bore; trascorse un'infanzia normale inframmezzata da una breve parentesi irachena, dove il padre si recò a lavorare per un anno per il locale governo, portando con sé la famiglia. In un'intervista Vikernes ha smentito le voci riguardo a maltrattamenti subiti da piccolo dal padre, asserendo che i loro rapporti, sebbene egli fosse una persona autoritaria, sono sempre stati normali e proseguirono anche nel periodo della sua detenzione.

Durante l'adolescenza intraprese la lettura dell'opera Il Signore degli Anelli di J. R. R. Tolkien, che lo influenzò molto nella sua successiva produzione musicale, a partire dal nome del suo progetto: Burzum, infatti, è una parola del linguaggio nero usato dagli adepti di Sauron ed è iscritta all'interno dell'Unico Anello; in italiano è comunemente tradotta con il termine "oscurità". Il fantasy ebbe una certa importanza anche nel suo immaginario personale: Kristian infatti, nonostante le molte amicizie, preferiva la solitudine e trascorreva le giornate passeggiando nei boschi vicino casa, fuori Bergen, che la sua immaginazione provvedeva a popolare di orchi, troll e altre creature tipiche del folklore scandinavo come dell'universo tolkeniano[3].

Tra gli interessi del giovane Kristian rientravano anche la lettura delle favole scandinave e i giochi di ruolo (tra cui Advanced Dungeons & Dragons); talvolta, assieme ai compagni di gioco, si recava nei boschi o presso le rovine di un monastero a "combattere" con armi di legno.[4]

Sempre durante l'adolescenza i suoi genitori si separarono, evento che non lo sconvolse più di tanto in quanto i rapporti tra i coniugi erano divenuti sempre più tesi; la circostanza strinse maggiormente il legame con la madre e il fratello. Fu proprio suo fratello a trasmettergli la passione per J.R.R. Tolkien, oltre a quella decisamente più prosaica per le armi: infatti il fratello, a quei tempi uno skinhead, spesso lo portava nei boschi a sparare con la pistola.

L'inizio musicale[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Fu il desiderio di tradurre in musica l'immaginario tolkeniano che spinse Kristian a creare un gruppo, dapprima chiamato Kalashnikov e poi rinominato Uruk-Hai (dal nome della particolare razza di goblin agli ordini di Saruman), che sarà l'embrione di Burzum. Gli ascolti di Kristian vertevano soprattutto sul thrash e sul death metal e logicamente ne influenzavano la musica, analogamente a quanto era accaduto ai conterranei Mayhem. La sua natura eclettica si esplicitava anche negli ascolti musicali: Kristian infatti, oltre ai generi sopracitati, ascoltava anche musica classica, folk e techno[5].

A differenza di Burzum, gli Uruk-Hai non erano una one-man band: assieme a Kristian (alla chitarra) suonavano due ragazzi che però, diversamente da lui, consideravano la musica (secondo quanto dice Vikernes) un fine per far colpo sulle ragazze ed erano, secondo Vikernes, tecnicamente scarsi. L'incontro nel 1989 con gli Old Funeral, un gruppo dedito a un death metal d'oltreoceano (allora la scena statunitense faceva da modello, con gruppi come i Morbid Angel), lo convinse a porre fine al suo progetto musicale. Questo incontro non era avvenuto per caso: Kristian era stato chiamato per una sostituzione da un suo vicino di casa, Olve Eikemo, più tardi universalmente conosciuto come Abbath, chitarrista e cantante degli Immortal, che fondò dopo aver lasciato gli Old Funeral.

Gli Old Funeral fecero alcuni concerti e incisero due demo: la loro fu la prima esperienza del giovane Vikernes (all'epoca diciassettenne) con un gruppo "serio", circostanza che gli diede l'occasione di migliorarsi come chitarrista. L'amicizia con Abbath lo portò a suonare anche contemporaneamente (seppur in veste di ospite) nei Satanel.

Ad un certo punto, Kristian decise di dedicarsi prioritariamente al suo vecchio progetto Uruk-Hai, che non aveva mai abbandonato completamente (almeno teoricamente), ribattezzandolo Burzum. Questa scelta, apparentemente azzardata (gli Old Funeral, sebbene underground, si erano fatti conoscere in giro ed erano un gruppo avviato), era dettata dalla necessità di poter dare fondo alla sua ispirazione senza doversi consultare o accordare con altri musicisti.

Conscio che le battute salienti della scena estrema si stavano svolgendo a Oslo, Varg si mise in contatto con il leader dei Mayhem Øystein Aarseth, meglio conosciuto come Euronymous.

Il periodo dell'Inner Circle[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Euronymous godeva a quei tempi della nomea di individuo malvagio, dedito all'occultismo e al satanismo, tant'è che moltissimi teenager norvegesi erano affascinati dalla sua persona. Kristian iniziò una fitta corrispondenza con lui, spinto anche dal fatto che l'artista possedesse una propria etichetta discografica indipendente specializzata in musica estrema, la Deathlike Silence Productions; all'inizio del 1991 Kristian aveva già pronti due demo e glieli spedì.

Entusiasta del lavoro, il leader dei Mayhem invitò il giovanissimo Vikernes a Oslo proponendogli un contratto. Di lì a poco il personaggio di Euronymous fece presa su Kristian, che rimase impressionato dalla sua personalità e dai suoi proclami apocalittici riguardo alla guerra contro i cristiani. Il fondatore dei Mayhem, però, era considerato da Vikernes tanto bravo a parole quanto incapace a fatti; questo portò successivamente il ragazzo a riconsiderare la sua opinione nei confronti di Euronymous, una svolta determinante per capire l'evoluzione degli eventi.

Bergen e Oslo (dove risiedeva Euronymous e dove era concentrata la scena black metal norvegese) erano separate da troppe ore di viaggio, per cui Kristian decise di soggiornare saltuariamente nel retrobottega del negozio che Euronymous aveva appena aperto, l'"Helvete" (che significa "inferno" in norvegese). Il periodo passato in quel luogo, dove divideva la stanza con Tomas Haugen, futuro membro degli Emperor, segnò l'inizio dei presunti misfatti compiuti dai frequentatori del negozio, che si battezzarono con il nome di Inner Circle (in norvegese, svarte sirkel), sebbene lo stesso Vikernes abbia smentito l'esistenza di questa setta.

Tra di essi, che si riunivano nei locali sul retro della struttura, Vikernes era il fautore principale degli atti che vennero poi identificati dalla stampa (anche internazionale) come "Black Metal Mafia", e che consistevano principalmente in roghi di chiese e dissacrazioni di cimiteri. In particolare il rogo delle chiese, viste come luoghi odiati dai satanisti della setta, divenne per Vikernes un atto perfettamente legittimo, poiché a sua detta esse erano state erette dopo la distruzione degli antichi templi pagani ed erano il simbolo del cristianesimo che aveva estirpato l'antica religione dei vichinghi.

È da citare il fatto che Vikernes, a differenza degli altri adepti dell'Inner Circle, oltre a non fare uso di droghe o alcolici[6], non era un satanista[7] e si dichiarava tale esclusivamente per motivi "scenici": in verità la sua fede religiosa era orientata verso il culto odalista[8], interessi che proprio in questo periodo emersero e che si rifletterono sulla sua produzione musicale (come nell'album Hvis Lyset Tar Oss). Risale a questi giorni il cambiamento legale del nome da Kristian a Varg.

In prigione[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
L'incarceramento di Varg Vikernes non portò alla fine di Burzum: al momento del suo arresto, infatti, Vikernes aveva già inciso abbastanza materiale, ma il problema risiedeva nel fatto che nessuno era disponibile a pubblicare il disco di un assassino.[senza fonte] A peggiorare le cose, Varg aveva rilasciato anche delle dichiarazioni considerate molto vicine al nazismo, precludendosi in questa maniera l'appoggio di altre etichette; inoltre a causa dei processi era impossibilitato ad ovviare al problema pubblicando i propri lavori con la sua etichetta personale, la Cymophane.

In suo aiuto accorse l'allora giornalista musicale tedesca di origine italiana Tiziana Stupia che, volendo evitare che la musica di Burzum cadesse nel dimenticatoio, fondò appositamente per lui[senza fonte] la Misanthropy Records che prese i diritti dei suoi lavori futuri. In questa maniera, usando materiale precedente all'imprigionamento di Vikernes, vennero pubblicati i due album Hvis Lyset Tar Oss nel 1994 e Filosofem nel 1996; quest'ultimo entrò addirittura nelle classifiche nel Regno Unito.

Nel frattempo, durante la reclusione, Vikernes si diede allo studio di tematiche come la mitologia nordica e il nazionalismo; preoccupatosi di diffondere le sue idee pubblicò persino un libro, il Vargsmål, dove divulgò le sue idee sulla sua vita, la separazione razziale, il paganesimo, la politica. Sfortunatamente per lui, però, le autorità norvegesi, probabilmente impensierite dalle sue intenzioni ben poco politicamente corrette (all'inizio della detenzione aveva pensato di creare un movimento politico di matrice nazionalista chiamato Norsk Hedensk Undemokratisk Front, sullo stile di quello tedesco chiamato Germanic Heathen Front), decisero a un certo punto di proibirgli l'uso del computer e il libro dovette essere concluso sbrigativamente, rendendo gli ultimi capitoli piuttosto frettolosi e abbozzati rispetto al resto del tomo; in tutti i casi il Vargsmål, una volta pubblicato, andò incontro a seri problemi di distribuzione.

Nel 1996 venne intervistato da Michael Moynihan che in seguito pubblicherà il libro Lords of Chaos, dal quale verrà poi tratto un documentario: Varg, che proprio in questo periodo aveva aggiunto al suo nome Qisling Larssøn, li sconfessò entrambi[14].

La svolta politica di Vikernes si rifletterà nei suoi due ultimi lavori: gli album ambient Dauði Baldrs (1997) e Hliðskjálf (1999). Il terzo disco, che avrebbe dovuto chiudere la trilogia preconizzata da Vikernes, non ci fu mai: dopo la pubblicazione di Hliðskjálf infatti Varg si dichiarò annoiato della scena musicale e dirottò tutti i suoi interessi sulla politica, la scrittura e lo studio della mitologia; a sostegno delle sue dichiarazioni chiuse il sito ufficiale di Burzum e ripubblicò il Vargsmål, oltre a pubblicare ex novo il libro Germansk Mytologi og Verdemsanskuelse e due opuscoli: Guide to the Norse Gods and their Names e Irminsul.

Il 26 luglio 2003 Varg Vikernes non si presentò in carcere dopo un permesso e venne catturato il giorno seguente in autostrada nei pressi di Oslo, alla guida di un'auto sequestrata sotto minaccia armata ad una famiglia. Secondo alcune indiscrezioni, nell'automobile Vikernes aveva allestito un vero e proprio arsenale contenente un fucile a pompa, travestimenti, una maschera antigas, alcuni coltelli, un computer, un navigatore satellitare e alcune carte di credito[15]. Non è da escludere che il cosiddetto arsenale sia stato ingigantito dai media, visto che inoltre Vikernes negò di aver minacciato i possessori dell'auto con un'arma; sta di fatto che sicuramente qualcuno dovette aiutarlo a procurarsi certi oggetti, qualunque ne fosse la quantità.

Vikernes dichiarò di aver voluto dirigersi in Svezia (alcune voci parlano addirittura di una sua intenzione di arruolarsi nella legione straniera)[16], e di essere fuggito dal carcere perché qualcuno tramava di ucciderlo; tuttavia al momento della cattura era sulla strada del ritorno in quanto convinto a desistere da sua madre. Dopo questo tentativo di fuga la sua scarcerazione, prevista per il 2006, venne procrastinata al 2008.

Scarcerazione e eventi recenti[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Il 24 maggio 2009, dopo quattro istanze per il rilascio su libertà condizionata rifiutate[17] Varg Vikernes è stato scarcerato in libertà vigilata.[18] L'8 marzo 2010 è stato pubblicato il nuovo album intitolato Belus, che segna il ritorno alle sonorità che hanno caratterizzato le prime produzioni. Tramite il suo sito ufficiale pubblica interviste, recensioni di promozione al nuovo album, accolto molto positivamente da pubblico e critica. Nel frattempo continua a scrivere nuovo materiale che vede luce in Fallen, pubblicazione resa disponibile a partire dal 7 marzo 2011 e che vede il ritorno alle origini del compositore norvegese, senza escludere l'ambient ed il dark che lo ha condizionato negli ultimi lavori.

Recentemente ha commentato gli attentati del 22 luglio 2011 in Norvegia compiuti da Anders Breivik con un discorso pubblicato sul suo sito ufficiale.[19][20].

Nello stesso anno ha registrato il nono album in studio sotto il nome di Burzum, intitolato Umskiptar, che è stato pubblicato nel maggio 2012[21][22][23][24].

Il 16 luglio 2013 viene nuovamente arrestato insieme alla moglie a Salon-la-Tour in Francia, dove si era trasferito, con l'accusa di star preparando una strage, dopo che la moglie del musicista aveva acquistato 4 fucili da caccia. La donna, francese con regolare porto d'armi, fa parte del locale club di tiro a segno, ma la polizia temeva che le armi fossero state acquistate per un'altra ragione.[25] Dopo i vari controlli la polizia francese ha scagionato Vikernes dalle accuse che ha comunque dovuto presentarsi in Tribunale a Parigi il 17 ottobre, giornata in cui si presentarono nel luogo molti supporter a suo favore, per chiarire la sua posizione riguardo certe sue pubblicazioni sul suo sito. Il processo viene rimandato a giugno 2014. A differenza di ciò che i media dicono e scrivono su di lui, paragonandolo ad un satanista, Vikernes è contro la chiesa cristiana e a favore della religione precristiana, è un sostenitore dell'Odalismo, una dottrina che esorta il riconoscimento parallelo della differenza ed equità di tutte le culture, è contro le tecnologie moderne, a favore della natura, delle foreste e del cibo genuino. Il suo motto è "piantate un albero ovunque voi vi troviate".

Il 2 giugno 2014 è uscito l'undicesimo album in studio sotto il nome di Burzum, "The Ways Of Yore".

Il 3 giugno 2014, Varg ha affrontato un processo a Parigi, accusato per incitamento di razzismo e antisemitismo[26], secondo alcuni post pubblicati nel suo blog "Thulean Perspective". Vikernes ha riposto all'accusa sostenendo di non aver scritto lui gli articoli. La giustizia francese ha dichiarato il compositore di Bergen colpevole, condannandolo a sei mesi di reclusione e ad una multa di 8000€[27].

Discografia[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Burzum[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Burzum - (1992)
Aske [EP] - (1993)
Det som engang var - (1993)
Hvis Lyset Tar Oss - (1994)
Filosofem - (1996)
Dauði Baldrs - (1997)
Hliðskjálf - (1999)
Belus - (2010)
Fallen - (2011)
Umskiptar - (2012)
Sôl austan, Mâni vestan - (2013)

Нахуй иди в общем.

>>123967843
Тащемта годная группа была,подписался где то в 2013.

>>123968907
Так мы живы до сих пор,перекатились просто

>>123964727 (OP)
да ты же хуесос который много о себе думает(

Лол блядь зачем вы толстоту кормите.

>>123964727 (OP)
ОП пидар. И да тапки - это охуенно.

>>123964727 (OP)
> когда поднялся на второй этаж
Что за новый мемс?

>>123967834
двачую, я просто в ахуе ЧТО ТВОРИТСЯ ТО

>>123976193
>у вас в классе
Шкальнек тебе завтра вставать рано. Уебывай навсегда

>>123965308
>кекают
>фуу зашкварнеки!

>>123965308 Добрая половина подписчиков пабликов
типа 4ч, 2ч и т.д. даже не задумывалась о происхождении их названий, гарантирую это.

>>123968068 Possal on ya, bitch

>>123964727 (OP)
Так ты ведь такой же, что за лицемерие? Я знать не знаю про ту хуйню что ты написал, просто игнорирую и не посещаю мест где вся эта хуйня находится.

>>123964727 (OP)
Ты точно такой же, только с высокой самооценкой о себе. Хочешь выёбыватся что ты не такой как все/адекват итд- то иди со своими школьниками бухай, и им всё это рассказывай. Если бы хотед от них отделится, а не выебнутся- то давно бы уже это сделал бы

Анон, 10 класс, в точности такая же хуйня. Иди в объятья утешения.

>>123964727 (OP)
>когда поднялся на второй этаж
и что, а если на третий?
>Гошу Рубчинского
новый футболист какой то что ли?

>>123979312
А у меня одноклассники пока только разгядывают смищнявочки с канберс, 4сн и прочих богомерзких раковален.

>>123964727 (OP)
>битарды
>антикафе
Да ты такой же пидор, как твои одноклассники.

>>123964727 (OP)
Толстячок-биомусорёнок.

>>123964727 (OP)
> Я замечаю, что я лучше их
Нет, не лучше. Иди пей винишко вместе с ними пока можешь и не еби себе мозг илитностью.
/thread

>>123964727 (OP)
Забей. Через пять лет их манямирки вдребезги разлетятся о реальную жизнь. и твой, кстати, тоже

>>123964727 (OP)
>Я замечаю, что я лучше их
Это только так кажется.

>>123979982
Твои уже разбились?

>>123980020
А то

>>123964727 (OP)
Пока ты не 4 курс вуза ты школьник. Запомни это.

>>123966506
Ахахаха))))

>>123964727 (OP)
>Я замечаю, что я лучше их.
О, юноша, здесь мы движемся

>>123964727 (OP)
Отлично. Держите нас в курсе.

>>123967301
Кек, я тоже тогда /b/тард

>>123964727 (OP)
Чуть-чуть тоньше и было бы как раз

>>123967843
Приветствую, впш подписчик еще до переката

>>123964727 (OP)
Соси хуй быдло.

>>123966930
Смузи без маффина - не хикка ты

>>123964727 (OP)
Если это толстота, то лучше не шутить так, ОП-хуй, а если нет, то я тебя зарепорчу, тварь

>>123964727 (OP)
>как абстрагироваться от таких людей?
Проиграл с мастера слова.

Забить хуй не пробовал?

>>123980120
А если 4 курс шараги?

Адики и правда говно. В дизайн не умеют нихуя, мало хорошо выглядящей обуви, бренд для привоза какого-то.

>>123964727 (OP)
школо-проблемы

>>123981290
Быдло

>>123964727 (OP)
Рачок бугуртит от таких же рачков-даунов, лол. Впрочем, что ещё взять с тупой школоты.

>>123986123
Сажу забыл.

>>123964727 (OP)