i actually copied that to my computer. There is a lot of myth surrounding Varg's supposed intelligence and genius that you disspelled in that.
I think it is telling that Varg credits jail as making him more extreme, while Samoth said this recently when asked on his antics and the subsequent jail time:
"It’s so long ago. It’s something I hardly ever think about. But I’m forced to think about it, because people keep asking about it. It’s not at all relevant. With the popularity of the black metal movement, I’m not surprised people are interested. But I’ve been in the scene for so many years, and it was so many years ago. There’s not even much to talk about. It’s irrelevant to who I am now. I’m much more grounded."
In fact, Varg all but credits Samoth (and everyone else involved in black metal pretty much) with him going to jail (It had nothing with him being a bigoted, self righteous evil prick):
"The bloody fingerprints was a desperate attempt by the investigators to make all the others involved convinced that I had done it, and it was only when the guys like Bård Eithun, Tomas Haugen (Samoth) and the others were convinced that I had for no apparent reason killed Aarseth that they began to give testimony against me - and in the process against each other. This was a very intelligent move by the police, but it was a scam! There were no fingerprints. They had the fingerprints of the guy who founded the body, but they never had mine. In court the fingerprints were never mentioned, neither by the prosecutor nor by my councilor. Had they been real, had the police really had my fingerprints in blood, I am pretty sure that would have been an issue during the trial!"
"Tomas Haugen (Samoth) was the sole reason I was convicted for burning down Skjold church - because he was there himself and said I was too. Jørn-Inge Tunsberg was the sole reason I was convicted for burning down Åsane church - because he was there himself and said I was too. None of the other witnesses were even brought into court - and of course the prosecutor never needed anything more that this. There was no other evidence suggestion I was guilty. Snorre Ruch and Andreas Nagel was the sole reason I was convicted for the killing of Aarseth. There were no other evidence."
here's more of his wit and wisdom:
http://www.burzum.org/eng/library/
Scroll to the bottom for his multitude of articles on his take on mythology, norse history and whatnot...
in searching for things about this subject, I came upon this item in a Stephen O'Malley interview:
"RBMA: Who surprised you the most out of all of these people that you sort of had idolised, in the metal world?
Stephen O'Malley: Emperor. They're farmers. They're like weird old guys living on a farm but they're making this incredible music. Meeting Samoth, the guitar player, it was like, "Wow, this guy's really mellow and humble." You know, he burned down a church and went to jail and stuff like that. He's got a daughter and has good hygiene. (laughs) Certainly not disappointing, just very interesting. Of course, people are very complex and different, each person, also a lot of the Norwegian black metal people I met, because I interviewed a lot of black metal bands at that time in the early ’90s..."
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