Mayhem vocalist Per "Dead' Ohlin committed suicide on April 8, 1991, but not before several conflicts with guitarist Euronymous, who reportedly encouraged Dead's suicidal tendencies and once sent him ...

“A tragic thing happened to my band — one of my best friends [Dead] killed himself. As I’m trying to cope with this, Euronymous tells me that he has taken photos of his dead body. I got very upset by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Talking exclusively to Metal Hammer, the Cradle singer reveals that he has “three or four letters” from the original guitarist of ...

NORWEGIAN black metal band Mayhem was formed in 1984. But tragedy struck the group when founder Euronymous was murdered by Varg Vikernes. He is a Norweigan author and retired musician known for his ...

As trve fans of Norwegian black metal know (or anybody who has watched the documentary “Until The Light Takes Us,” which by the way is streaming on Amazon Prime), legendary Mayhem frontman Per Yngve ...

This is actually a really real thing: to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their company, Norwegian Air is asking customers to vote on which famous Norwegian historical figure should be painted on the ...

Poor Euronymous. It’s like one day, you’re just this innocent kid, making rock n’ roll with your buds, running a record store, and preaching violent, militant bigotry, and the next day, your ...

The post Mayhem’s Necrobutcher: I was on my way to kill Euronymous myself appeared first on Consequence of Sound. The early history of black metal pioneers Mayhem was one of turmoil and tragedy.

It's a story that has gone down in infamy amongst metalheads – the grisly, bloody murder of Mayhem guitarist Øystein Aarseth aka Euronymous. The 25-year-old was killed by Burzum mainman and Mayhem ...