He is soon released due to lack of evidence. Helvete is constantly on the lookout by authorities which causes Euronymous to shut the store down, and Varg is arrested as prime suspect because of an interview with a Bergen newspaper in which he claimed to be know the one who burned the churches and killed the gay man. Together, they recorded their most famous album titled "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas."Īfter a wave of church burnings begins, A fellow Mayhem band member named Faust brutally kills a gay man, leading police to link black-metallers to the crimes.
He then became the new bassist of Mayhem as well as a wingman of Euronymous despite having a competitive and antagonistic friendship with him) and co-leader in his Inner Circle Black Metal cult. Varg does so by burning down a church which earns him the respect of the Black Circle and other metalheads. Intrigued and jealous of all the attention Varg's getting, Euronymous disses him to earn his respect and prove that he isn't a "poser". After Euronyous listened to a demo tape made by Varg's solo band Burzum, he signs him to his label which makes Varg an instant celebrity amongst metalheads. Eventually, Varg meets Euronymous at his store "Helvette" managed to intrigue him and the rest of the band with his charisma, nihilism and racism. Soon after, at a restaurant, as a fan, he approaches the lead bassist Euronymous who looks down on him due to having a stitched logo of the rock band Scorpion on his jacket. Kristian, currently an aspiring musician who nicknamed himself Varg took interest in the black-metal scene in Norway and attended a concert led by Mayhem. He lived in Iraq during his childhood and took interest in the Swastika symbol and Nazism. Much like Euronymous, he was heavily inspired by metal bands of the 60's, 70's and 80's such as Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Slayer. His father was an electrical engineer while his mother was "working in a large oil company" and his older brother worked as a civil engineer. Kristian Vikernes was born in Bergen, Norway.