"[Euronymous] had the belief, the more extreme the better, the more unbelievable the better. [...] Then you have someone like Vikernes who comes in and starts taking it at face value, saying, āWe canāt just talk about this stuff. Weāve got to do it.ā It was the combination of the two of them meeting that pushed things over the edge."
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