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Varg Vikernes
$\"Varg$ Vikernes in prison, 2008
Born	Kristian Vikernes (1973-02-11) 11 February 1973 (age 52) Fana, Bergen, Norway
Other names	\n Count Grishnackh \n Greifi Grishnackh \n The Count \n Greven \n Gandalf The White \n Louis Cachet \n Varg Quisling Larss\u00f8n Vikernes \n ThuleanPerspective \n
Occupations	Musician writer
Years active	1988\u2013present
Known for	Early Norwegian black metal scene church arson murder of Euronymous
Spouse	\n Marie Cachet (m. 2007)
Children	8
Musical career
Genres	Black metal dark ambient folk
Instruments	Guitar bass drums synthesizer keyboards vocals
Member of	Burzum
Formerly of	Kalashnikov Uruk-Hai Old Funeral Satanel Mayhem
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Criminal information

Criminal charge	First-degree murder, arson, and possession of 150 kg of explosives (1994) inciting racial hatred (2013)
Penalty	21 years in prison (1994) 6 months probation and a \u20ac8,000 fine (2013)
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Website	thuleanperspective.com burzum.org
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Louis Cachet (born Kristian Vikernes;^[a] 11 February 1973), better known as Varg Vikernes (Norwegian: [\u02c8v\u0251r\u0261 \u02c8v\u00ec\u02d0k\u0259\u0273e\u02d0s]), is a Norwegian musician and author best known for his early black metal albums and later for his crimes. His first five records, released under the name Burzum from 1992 to 1996, made him one of the most influential figures in the early Norwegian black metal scene.^[3]^[4]^[5] He was convicted of murder and arson in 1994 and sentenced to 21 years in prison, being released after serving 15 years.^[6]\n

A native of Fana in Bergen Municipality, Vikernes began playing guitar at the age of 14 and formed his first band, Kalashnikov (later known as Uruk-Hai), by 1989.^[7] He went on to join the band Old Funeral, in which he played guitar from 1989 until his departure in 1991. He recorded multiple tracks with the band, which were featured on the Devoured Carcass EP, as well as various compilation albums released years later. In 1992, Vikernes, along with other members of the scene, was suspected of burning down four Christian churches in Norway. Vikernes denied committing the arsons, though he supported them. In 1992\u20131993, he also recorded bass for Mayhem's debut studio album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994).\n

In August 1993, Vikernes fatally stabbed Mayhem guitarist Euronymous during an altercation at the latter's apartment, and was arrested shortly after. In May 1994, Vikernes was convicted of first-degree murder, church arson and possession of explosives. Vikernes has always maintained the killing was self-defense, and unsuccessfully argued for the charge to be reduced to voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to 21 years in prison, the maximum penalty under Norwegian law. During his incarceration, Vikernes launched the neo-Nazi organisation Norwegian Heathen Front,^[8] had two books published, and released two ambient albums as Burzum.^[9] In 2009, he was released on parole,^[10]^[11] after which he moved to France with his wife and children, where he has continued to write and make music. He was also an active video blogger on his YouTube channel ThuleanPerspective, before the channel was banned by the platform.^[12]\n

Described by Sam Dunn as \"the most notorious metal musician of all time\",^[13] Vikernes remains controversial for his crimes as well as his political and religious views. He promoted views which combined Odinism and Esoteric Nazism, and openly embraced Nazism during the mid-to-late 1990s. He has since disavowed the ideology and its associated movements, although critics continue to label his views as far-right.^[14] Vikernes calls his beliefs \"Odalism\" and defends a \"pre-industrial European pagan society\" that opposes the Abrahamic religions and systems such as capitalism, communism, materialism, and socialism.^[15]\n

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v t e Burzum
\n Varg Vikernes \n
Studio albums	\n Burzum \n Det som engang var \n Hvis lyset tar oss \n Filosofem \n Dau\u00f0i Baldrs \n Hli\u00f0skj\u00e1lf \n Belus \n Fallen \n Umskiptar \n S\u00f4l austan, M\u00e2ni vestan \n The Ways of Yore \n Thul\u00eaan Mysteries \n
EPs	\n Aske \n
Compilations	\n From the Depths of Darkness \n
Related	\n Mayhem \n Samoth \n Euronymous\n Murder of Euronymous \n Lords of Chaos\n film \n

v t e Mayhem
\n Necrobutcher \n Hellhammer \n Attila Csihar \n Teloch \n Ghul \n Euronymous \n Maniac \n Dead \n Count Grishnackh \n Blackthorn \n Blasphemer \n Morfeus \n
Studio albums	\n De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas \n Grand Declaration of War \n Chimera \n Ordo Ad Chao \n Esoteric Warfare \n Daemon \n
Live albums	\n Live in Leipzig \n Mediolanum Capta Est \n Live in Marseille 2000 \n Live in Zeitz \n De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive \n Live in Jessheim \n Live in Sarpsborg \n Daemonic Rites \n
EPs	\n Deathcrush \n Wolf's Lair Abyss \n Life Eternal \n Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando \n
Split albums	\n Jihad / Freezing Moon (with The Meads of Asphodel) \n
Demos and singles	\n Pure Fucking Armageddon \n Out from the Dark \n
Compilation albums	\n European Legions \n
Related articles	\n Discography \n Members \n Early Norwegian black metal scene \n Burzum \n Originators of the Northern Darkness \u2013 A Tribute to Mayhem \n Pure Fucking Mayhem \n Lords of Chaos\n film \n

v t e Simple living
Practices	\n Barter \n Cord-cutting \n DIY ethic \n Downshifting \n Dry toilet \n Fasting \n Forest gardening \n Freeganism \n Frugality \n Gift economy \n Intentional community \n Local currency \n Low-impact development \n No frills \n Off-the-grid \n Permaculture \n Regift \n Sattvic diet \n Self-sufficiency \n Slow living \n Slow movement (culture) \n Subsistence agriculture \n Sustainable living \n Sustainable sanitation \n Veganism \n Vegetarianism \n War tax resistance \n WWOOF \n
Religious and spiritual	\n Amish \n Aparigraha \n Asceticism \n Detachment \n Distributism \n Jesus movement \n Mendicant \n Mindfulness \n Monasticism \n New Monasticism \n Plain dress \n Plain people \n Quakers \n Rastafari \n Temperance \n Testimony of simplicity \n Tolstoyan movement \n Twelve Tribes communities \n
Secular movements	\n Back-to-the-land \n Car-free \n Environmental \n Hippie \n Open Source Ecology \n Slow \n Small house \n Tiny house \n Transition town \n
Notable writers	\n Wendell Berry \n Ernest Callenbach \n G. K. Chesterton \n Duane Elgin \n Mahatma Gandhi \n Richard Gregg \n Tom Hodgkinson \n Harlan Hubbard \n Satish Kumar \n Helen Nearing \n Scott Nearing \n Peace Pilgrim \n Nick Rosen \n Dugald Semple \n E. F. Schumacher \n George Skene Keith \n Henry David Thoreau \n Leo Tolstoy \n Valluvar \n
Modern-day adherents	\n Mark Boyle \n Robin Greenfield \n Ted Kaczynski \n Pentti Linkola \n Jim Merkel \n Peace Pilgrim \n Suelo \n Thomas \n
Media	\n \"Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral\" \n Escape from Affluenza \n The Good Life \n The Moon and the Sledgehammer \n Mother Earth News \n The Power of Half \n Small Is Beautiful \n Walden \n
Related	\n Affluenza \n Agrarianism \n Amateurism \n Anarcho-primitivism \n Anti-consumerism \n Appropriate technology \n Bohemianism \n Consumerism \n Critique of work \n Deep ecology \n Degrowth \n Ecological footprint \n Food miles \n Front Porch Republic \n Green anarchism \n The good life \n Global warming \n Hedonophobia \n Intentional living\n commune \n Rainbow Gathering \n Itinerant \n Low-technology \n Nonviolence \n Peak oil \n Sustainability \n Work\u2013life interface \n

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Biography

Background and childhood

Early musical career

Arson of churches

Bergens Tidende article

Murder of Euronymous

Trial

Imprisonment

Life after prison

Writing

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Personal life

Lords of Chaos

Works

Discography

As Burzum

Other appearances

Bibliography

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