[DaFuq???]

Originally Posted by BITEmeFANBOY ↗

As a Metalhead Form Germany, I knew the Story and the Pictures very well.
But this Thread is a very nice reminder and made me look at the Black Metall Genre again

Thanks

You might want to check out the 25 minute documentary on Pelle, it's fairly new and has some good story telling to it.
Rock on, bro!

[soonerbob81972]

Originally Posted by DaFuq??? ↗

...As the band grew in popularity, tensions between Oystien and Pelle grew more strained. It was said that they would frequently quarrel and do little things in an attempt to piss one another off.
Pelle, speaking very little Norwegian, spent most of his time alone in the band house reading, journaling, writing lyrics and creating artwork for the band.
On August 10, 1991 Oystien and another band mate went out to the band house only to find the front door locked and everything quiet.
Lacking a key to the door, Oystien, being of smaller stature, climbed through the window.
What he found was the dead body of Pelle-left arm cut to the bone, throat slit, and a massive shotgun wound to the head.
Oystien did not call the police. Instead, he did the unthinkable: he ran to the store abd bought a disposable canera.
This is the only known photo of Pelle in exsistence today:

So, in the headshot suicide photo, how did the knife get on TOP of the shotgun??? Did he cut his arm AFTER he blew his own head off?

[DaFuq???]

Excellent eye, Soonerbob! I was waiting to see if anyone would catch it.
The rest is up for you...


Pelle Ohlin-Suicide or Murder?

If anyone takes a close look at the photo, they will start to see several discrepancies, and the story of "suicide" becomes a bit harder to believe.
As the police investigation reports, this is what went down-
Supposedly Pelle sliced his right (earlier I said "left"-my bad) wrist and upper arm nearly to the bone, then cut his throat.
He then got up and walked around the small house for a bit, and wrote a suicide letter (he was right handed), and then sat down and shot himself with the shotgun.
The wound goes from left (slightly under the chin) to upper right.

The Descrepancies:
1-The Jacket
His blue jean jacket is still over his left shoulder and arm-who walks around with slit arm, slit throat, and a jacket hanging half on and half off?

2-The knife
Look at the knife. Why is it ON TOP of the shotgun? And except for expected blood spatter from the shotgun, why is the blade so clean?

3-The Shotgun
Pelle is shot from left to right-how did the shotgun end up ON HIS RIGHT UNDER THE KNIFE???

4-The Suicide note
HOW did Pelle write the suicide note AFTER slicing up his right arm (he was right handed)? And how come the origonal note had no blood on it?

5-Oystien and the police
Why didn't Oystien call the police? They were not called until the next day when another band member found out that Pelle was dead.

THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO MURDER.

A Scenario That Makes Sense:
Pelle came in and sat down. He was in the process of removing his jacket when person or persons unknown came up and shot him from his left side.
Setting the shotgun down, they got the knife and slashed his arm and neck up, then laid the knife on top of the gun and wrote the suicide note. Pelle could not speak Norweigen, the language the note was in.
As a side note, other members recall Pelle complaining a day before that he was out of shotgun shells and could not afford them (birds annoyed him while he slept and he would frequently go outside to fire off the shotgun). So where did the shotgun shells come from?

VERDICT:
Murder by person or persons unknown.

MOTIVE:
Unknown

MAIN SUSPECT:
Oystien Aarseth

WHY I CARE:
It's common knowledge on this site that I am a Christian (albeit a weird one).
Christians and Norwegian black metal normally don't mix real well, so why do I care?
Because in the story that is Mayhem I posthumously met a very young, oddly charismatic and fascinating young man named Per "Pelle" Yngvay Ohlin.
I believe he was murdered and I believe that, even 23 years after the fact, he deserves justice...

[rapeWhistle]

Originally Posted by soonerbob81972 ↗

So, in the headshot suicide photo, how did the knife get on TOP of the shotgun??? Did he cut his arm AFTER he blew his own head off?

Øystein re-positioned things after he returned with the camera.

[DaFuq???]

Originally Posted by rapeWhistle ↗

Øystein re-positioned things after he returned with the camera.

Greart theory! And yes, I have heard this and it is widely accepted.
But what about when you add the rest of the evidence into the equation?
I've seen tons of shotgun suicides, and it's been under the chin 99% of the time.
I've never seen a right handed person shoot themselves left handed from side to side.

[Sypher209]

Fucking black metal elitists.... so KVLT.....

THRASH OR DIE CUNTS

[Bunny]

Groundbreakers, Forefathers, Innovators all.

[rapeWhistle]

Originally Posted by DaFuq??? ↗

Greart theory! And yes, I have heard this and it is widely accepted.
But what about when you add the rest of the evidence into the equation?
I've seen tons of shotgun suicides, and it's been under the chin 99% of the time.
I've never seen a right handed person shoot themselves left handed from side to side.

He has admitted to 'positioning' the weapons for the picture.

I've never heard the rest of the facts you present in this thread though: the position of the gunshot wound, bloodless note not in his spoken language, the additional slice-wound to the UPPER arm, jacket half-on...all of this point to an ambush/foul play.
...and the fact that he shot himself indoors, when he was at a house in the middle of the woods. Most normal people would do the deed outside, especially a black metal musician obsessed with death and nature...he'd want to be outside in the cold surrounded by literally ANYTHING besides a common hallway.

I guess karma eventually caught up with Euronymous.

[el_topo]

I dig Varg Vickerness's solo project Burzum! "Darkness" in black speech. Intresting thread. Hopefully someday they'll close the case on what really happened to one of the pioneers of shred guitar.

[DaFuq???]

Originally Posted by ralucagymnast ↗

Very nice documentary here; VICE talking to Gaahl from Gorgoroth; beautiful background music from Gaahls band Wardruna

I thought that it was really courageous of Gaahl to come out of the closet and admit that he's gay.
I wonder if this will open more doors for people in the black metal scene?