Mayhem - black metal bend from Norway
Krunoslav Zazar
MAYHEM is a Norwegian black metal band, formed in 1984. The current lineup is: Attila, Blasphemer, Hellhammer and Necrobutcher. Former band members took following pseudonyms: Blackthorn, Dead, Euronymous, Grishnackh, Kittil, Manheim, Maniac, Messiah, (someone even dared to take such pseudonym), Nordgaren, Occultus, Torben.
One of the bend members Per Yngve Ohlin (Dead) committed suicide in 1991, three years after he joined the band. The other band member, Oystein 'Euronymous' Aarseth, found him with his vanes slit and a gunshot wound in his head. Euronymous quickly drove himself to Oslo to buy a camera and took pictures of the dead colleague (he was definitely not his friend). They used this photo for the cover of their album Dawn of the Black Hearts (the photography is horrible so I wouldnt advise you to see it).
How can someone be so morbid? It is obvious that money is everything to them, and that they will use even such events to earn it.
In the year 1993 they recorded the album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. In the same year one of the band members Grishnackh (Varg Vikernes) murders the other Euronymous (Oystein Aarseth). He stabbed him with a knife twenty-three times, two times in the head, five in the neck, and 16 in the back. All this happened in Aarseth's apartment. There was an argument between them because of the money that band was making. After this horrible crime, Vikernes took his bloody clothes and threw it in the lake near by. When the police arrested him he had an alibi prepared, but during the questioning he admitted the crime and he was sentenced for 21 years in prison. In the planning of this murder he was helped by Snorre Ruch (from the other black metal band Thorns). Ruch drove him to the apartment of the victim, waited in the car while Vikernes was murdering Aarseth and then drove him back home. He was also sentenced to 8 years in prison. It is important to say that Vikernes was not convicted just for this murder, but also for setting fire on three wooden Fantoft Churches in Norway. One of his accomplices in that was fire settings was Jrrn Tunsberg from black metal band Hades Almighty. From all these things that happened is obvious that it was inspired by Satan, whom they worshiped in their songs.
Vikernes made an attempt to escape from prison. He was on a short leave in 2003 but he didn't return to prison. He was found driving a stolen car and he wanted to leave the country. With him he had an automatic rifle, a handgun, a few large knives, camouflage clothing, a laptop, GPS, a gas mask, several maps and a fake passport. It is more then obvious that this escape was planned, but the problem is that he didn't change a bit in prison. With all these weapons he would probably kill again if he wasn't arrested. It is also interesting that after that he asked for parole several times.
The band MAYHEM released few albums:
- Out From The Dark
- De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas The mysteries of the lord Satan
- Chimera, with songs: Dark Night Of The Soul, Rape Humanity With Pride
- Grand Declaration Of War
These are the lyrics of the song Grand Declaration Of War:
Christendom.....Religion of pity.....God of the sick
We have discovered our way.....We know the road
We have found the way out of millenia of labyrinth
Beyond the north.....Beyond the ice.....Beyond death
There was a thunderstorm in our air
The nature which we are grew dark
All that proceeds from weakness we loathe
We declare not peace but WAR
We shall be unleashed now
From darkness we create light
Beware decaying humans
For we shall destroy
We are the way of millenniums to come
You can find similar lyrics in the songs of other bands as well. They are strong , they despise mercy, they found their way but they are worshiping Satan who is the father of lies. They are disgusted by the weakness, but all their albums are disgusting (just go to their web-sites to see how they look on their concerts). They create light from the darkness , but they are actually living in darkness. They are warning decaying humans , but they have decayed for themselves.
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