Euronymous

"It isn’t every day that you get to see a corpse, so you have to make the most out of it."

"We don’t want any [...] groupies. We’re into destruction and suffering. When people hear our music, we want them to commit suicide."

"[Euronymous] became too high on himself, like: ‘I’m the leader.’ [...] He thought he could control the whole Norwegian metal scene. I know for a fact that there were a lot of people talking about getting [him] out of the scene. And by that I mean getting rid of him."

"These kids were killing people and burning churches, but then they were also doing photo shoots in cemeteries, trying to look scary. Euronymous was playing a part and playing the game, and then people took to it and thought he was for real."

"My friend kills himself, and then my best friend finds the body, and instead of having a reaction of sorrow and grief, he reacted differently and took photos of the body. [...] I was like, ‘You have to get rid of those photos or I will never see you again.’"

"The late Euronymous, who co-founded Mayhem in 1984, is remembered as one of the movement’s most important architects. Not only is this fabled figure credited with inventing the black metal style of tremolo picking, but he kindly passed on his knowledge of the craft to others."