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It is never reassuring to hear that a man who calls himself Count Grishnackh is to be released from prison. And yet that is what is happening to the Norwegian black-metal icon Varg Vikernes, who murdered Mayhem's guitarist and set three churches on fire.

It was just 16 years ago that Vikernes was sitting in an Oslo court, smiling as he received a maximum sentence. Best known as the leader of Burzum – whose first album begins with a song called Feeble Screams from Forests Unknown – Vikernes was also a far-right political activist and, er, grim dude.

Though he was refused four times for parole – most recently in September 2008 – Vikernes is now set to walk free, he told Daglabet magazine.

"I'm ready for society — and I have been for many years," Vikernes emphasised in an interview last July. "I have learned from my mistakes and become older. Now I just want to be together with my family ... I have barely seen my son since he came into the world. Even though I hear his voice on the phone almost every day, it is very tough to not be present while he is growing up."

For the past couple of years, Vikernes has been allowed to leave the prison and make visits to his family, according to Blabbermouth. His mother, wife, 18-month-old son and 16-year-old daughter all live in Tromsø near the prison. "I look forward the day that I [can] work on my farm, create music, write books and be with the wife and kids around the clock — and live a normal life," he said.

Though Vikernes will no longer be bound by prison schedules, he will have to regularly report to a parole officer, intially for every two weeks and then once a month. Count Grishnackh plans to move to a small farm near Bø and says he no longer has any ties with far-right Norwegian groups.

"My mind has never been in prison," he said. "I think all the time about what I should do on the day that I am released."

May we suggest that he cuddle some kittens?

:::guardian.co.uk:::

[Who?]

Suicide
At some point in 1990, the members of Mayhem moved to "an old house in the forest" near Oslo. Hellhammer claimed that Ohlin "just sat in his room and became more and more depressed" and that there was a lot of arguing between Ohlin and Aarseth.
On 8 April 1991, Ohlin committed suicide in the house owned by the band. He was found by Aarseth with slit wrists and a shotgun wound to the head. The shotgun was allegedly owned by Aarseth. Ohlin's suicide note read "Excuse all the blood" and included an apology for firing the weapon indoors. Instead of calling the police, Aarseth went to a nearby store and bought a disposable camera to photograph the corpse, after re-arranging some items. Necrobutcher claimed that "I think Øystein was shocked by Dead's suicide, and taking the photographs was the only way he could cope with it." One of these photographs was later used as the cover of a bootleg live album entitled Dawn of the Black Hearts.

-Wikipedia

[InnocenceIsLost]

Repost but I still find it fucked up that they took a picture of him then used it for an album cover.

Two guys died from that band due to suicide and murder, those guys must have not been bullshit goths and metals to be so grim. They must have been fucking metal.

[Sharon]

That's metal for ya

[Stephaniee]

MAYHEM! :love:

[i05fr3d]

i hate my dad too :(

[brutaldeath]

One of the greatest bands ever

[juggalotus]

i think they also made necklaces out of fragments of his skull!!

[structive]

Originally Posted by FredN19 ↗

the picture ended up being the cover art for "Dawn of the Black Hearts" (1995)

Thats kinda recycling own gore material for cover art designs.
Interesting concept.

If Nirvana would still play, I can imagine how the cover of their following album after Corbain's suicide would have looked like...

[pyromancer555]

for the guy who said varg was the leader of burzum....he was burzum. it was a one man thing.