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oyin arth better known as Urus was a
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questionable man with a very
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questionable past and in fact some of
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his decisions were borderline psychotic
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but when his body was found outside of
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his home in August of 1993 his friends
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family and fans were all shocked but the
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craziest part of this story isn't
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actually about oystein it's about his
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perpetrator and the deluded monster that
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he eventually became this case is a
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strange Journey Through the realm of an
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often misunderstood sub culture and the
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events that was so catastrophic that
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they permanently scarred the black metal
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community's reputation good morning good
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afternoon or good evening folks my name
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is Adrien and welcome back to another
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video by Coffee House crime today we're
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looking at the case of Urus and of
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[Music]
Norway, Oystein Aarseth
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Urus good evening or assimilating Tower
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location today goell our story today
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takes us to a country rarely covered
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here on coffee house crime welcome to
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the beautiful Northern land of Norway
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known for its breathtaking fjords
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beautiful waterfalls and striking
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mountainous Terrain rain Norway's
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natural beauty is both expansive and
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endless now of course we do have to
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mention one of the country's most famous
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features it's one of the best places in
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the world to catch a glimpse of the ever
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dazzling Northern Lights and personally
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speaking another very interesting thing
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about Norway is its doomsday Vault up in
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the isolated region of spard Norway has
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an underground Vault that contains over
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900,000 varieties of seeds from all over
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the world and that's just in case well
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you know what could happen Norway is a
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country that should be on everyone's
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Bucket List It Blends Beauty alongside
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darkness and the land of the Midnight
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Sun is a pretty metal nickname for a
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country too this brings us to the
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subject of today's case we begin our
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story in 1968 and alongside the western
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coast of Norway lies the municipality of
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sdal this is where Helga and iner arth
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would welcome their son oyon arth into
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the world so oyston was born one of two
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children but due to the controversial
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events that you will soon discover his
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brother has been kept Anonymous to this
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very day not too much is known about
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oyon in his earlier years but he was
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known to be quiet and sensitive and did
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rather well throughout his Elementary
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School years this calm temperament
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carried on into high school where he was
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modest mild-tempered and seemed to
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maintain his focus on his studies and
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towards the end of high school oin was
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achieving top grades with relative ease
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but in 1984 when his final exams came
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around he didn't bother to attend them
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deciding that school wasn't for him he
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instead formed a band with two friends
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yor stubid and Kettle Manheim and
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between the three of them they formed
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the band Mayhem at least for iin his
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lifelong dream of forming a black metal
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band simply couldn't wait and so
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unfortunately putting all of his eggs
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and one baskets he left school for good
Creating "Mayhem"
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the band may have only been three young
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men but they worked hard to create an
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image for themselves they would
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advertise themselves as dark strange and
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maab and two years after its creation
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Mayhem would release their first album
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on cassette tape which was named uh pure
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[ __ ] Armageddon to further strengthen
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their deathly facade the band members
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adopted stage names oystein became known
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as Urus while J gave himself the violent
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name of necro butcher as for kle he left
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the band shortly after their first album
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which then prompted the last two
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remaining members to welcome two more to
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the squad new vocalist per anen gave
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himself the rather simple nickname of
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dead and to replace the missing drummer
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Yan Axel blumberg joined with a nickname
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hellhammer all of mayhem's members took
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the alter egos very seriously they soon
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began to talk perform and even behave
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like them now this does hold some very
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grave consequences so moving forward
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I'll be using their stage names to
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address them Urus dead and hellhammer
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were living in a small house up in the
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Woodlands they dubbed this place the hen
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house where they could be as loud and
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Reckless as they wanted for their
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rehearsals when the band was created the
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Norwegian black metal scene was fairly
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small but as mayhem's years making music
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progressed they tried to set a new
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standard of how bands should portray
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themselves you see Urus hated how
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supposedly fake the scene was although
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other bands sang about Satanism hating
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Christianity violence and death none of
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them ever acted on what they sang about
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and it was all just a dark fantasy to
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them so in short they were all
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technically doing the Opposites of
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virtue signaling uronis was a theistic
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Satanist meaning that he believed in
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Satan as a real and existing deity he
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claimed that he believed that pain and
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misery should be spread and to add to
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this he was extremely misanthropic
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meaning that he had a burning hatred for
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the human race race he also despised
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Christianity which was strange but not
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unusual and although he was raised as a
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Christian by his parents they did let
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him leave the church when he was 15
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years old so there was no real reason
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for him to feel this way his
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particularly edgy and dark attitude
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often got on the nerves of those around
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him as well this included other members
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of the band as the hen house had its
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fair share of tensions after moving in
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both Urus and dead would often clash and
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one night dead would even leave the
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house to sleep alone in the woods so he
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could get away from Urus and his overly
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loud music sadly there were much bigger
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problems dead unfortunately suffered
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from mental health issues which included
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depression and sadly this would lead to
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his tragic death in April of
Euronymous' Disturbing Decisions
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1991 it was during that month that
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jeronimus had returned home after
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running some errands and after opening
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the front door he noticed blood
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throughout the property following the
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trail it led to Dead's bedroom and sadly
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it is here that he found the body of his
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own friend who tragically had had taken
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his own life he had cut himself open
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before taking a shotgun slug to the Head
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however instead of grieving over the
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loss of a close friend or even calling
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the police or an ambulance Urus embarked
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on a very dark path he left the house
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and bought a camera returning to the
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house he then rearranged Dead's body and
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placed items around him to create a
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rather dramatic looking scene he then
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took photographs to save himself later
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and trust me it gets even worse Urus
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then excitedly called the remaining
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housemate hellhammer to tell him
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happened he found it very cool that dead
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was now dead but hellhammer was of
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course distraught and Furious Urus then
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collected parts of his friend skull and
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turned them into necklaces and over the
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following years he gave these necklaces
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to anyone he deemed worthy however the
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worst part to all of this is that
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shockingly he had used one of the photos
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he had taken as an album cover to his
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new record to this day it is still used
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for their album cover the dawn of Black
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Arts and it's heavily cited as one of
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the darkest album covers in history now
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I wish I could say that this was the end
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of our story but in truth we are only
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getting started as eventually our rather
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Brash and violent euronymous would
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actually become the
Transforming Mayhem, Helvette, and Black Metal
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victim y jbud who was also known as necr
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butcher believes that Uranus's actions
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were a way of coping after seeing the
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death of his friend to add to this he
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also believes that this is when Urus had
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changed and fully became the Persona
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that he portrayed with his vile actions
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Urus drove a strong Rift between many of
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his current friends and in the process
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he would also lose necro butcher to the
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band from here on out the black metal
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scene in Norway became more maab and
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more about Satanism misanthropy and evil
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Urus started encouraging and
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sensationalizing the topics in which the
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band sang about and this in turn would
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also partially change the black metal
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scene forever in the year of 1991 and to
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further his own vision for black metal
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he opened a record store named helvette
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which if you're wondering is the
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Norwegian word for hell you can probably
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guess what it looked like but the
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internal walls were painted in Black
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adorned with medieval weapons pentagrams
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and other items perceived to be macp the
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shop also had a large basement where
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members of the community could hang out
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the basement actually became a very
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popular meeting place and quickly gained
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popularity in the scene the shop can
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still be visited to this day and in fact
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many fans make the pilgrimage to take
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pictures in the basement so anyway
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during his first year of owning helvette
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Urus also created his own record label
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which was named deathlike silence
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Productions he would take many bands
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under his wing often promoting them if
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they had the same vision as his own and
Rivalry with Varg Vikernes
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one of these artists who by the way is
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crucial to this case is v vicanes v was
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5 years younger than uronis he fits in
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very well with the scene and alongside
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his own music V became the new bass
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guitarist for Mayhem the band tended to
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cycle through members quite frequently
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and was rather turbulent with its lineup
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and although the relationship between V
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gonus was amicable at first this sadly
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wouldn't last soon after this it
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developed into some kind of rivalry all
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about who could be the most shocking and
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provocative now Urus did not like this
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at all he enjoyed having the spotlight
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all to himself and he was obsessed with
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the attention and Showmanship of it all
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in fact their rivalry would put the
9:20
black metal Community right into the
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public light in June of 1992 when the
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phanto stage Church near Bergen suddenly
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caught on fire being built in the 12th
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century the whole church was made of
9:31
wood and therefore was not fireproof and
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initially it was suspected to have been
9:35
a lightning strike but later in the
9:37
investigation it was concluded to have
9:39
been an act of arson an action that was
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later revealed to have been vag and his
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motive to support the black metal
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ideologies of Satanism later on a photo
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of the burnt remains of the chapel
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eventually became the cover of one of V
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solo albums the album was named asuke
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which fittingly translates to ashes and
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of course the media stereotyped this
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stigmatizing all black metlers as
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violent Satan worshippers when actually
10:05
these acts are only done by an extreme
10:07
Fringe of the community the burning of
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phanto stage Church sparked a spree of
10:11
church burnings across the country all
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of which were done to promote the image
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of black metal V was present at many of
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these burnings and as for euronymous we
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know he attended at least one of them
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shortly after these burnings both V and
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Urus organized an interview with a
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Christian news reporter where V then
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attempted to to paint the black metal
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Community as the enemy of Christianity V
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would even go on to claim that he'd
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killed a man a few years prior in the
10:36
laama however even to this day it is
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still yet to be proven obvious to say
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but their goal for this interview was to
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both shock and scare people as much as
10:45
possible in order to attract more
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customers to helvet they dishonestly
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spread violent rumors about black metal
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and although it is arguably obvious that
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some of their claims and statements were
10:55
exaggerated and fake the media always
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ran with any sensation like stories that
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they could print after all shock value
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is rather appealing to The Wider Market
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this outwardly violent and satanic image
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of black metal divided the community and
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many of those in the scene preferred it
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when it was smaller and out of the
11:13
public eye however very little did they
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know that shortly after this the black
11:18
metal Community would once again be
11:20
thrust into the public Spotlight for all
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the wrong
A concerning rumour...
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reasons by all August of 1993 the fire
11:31
between Urus and V had burned to a
11:33
newfound heat V solo albums had started
11:36
to sell relatively well and yonus who
11:39
was his record label owed him quite a
11:41
lot of money and royalties to add to
11:43
this financial tension the competitive
11:45
Behavior between both men had heightened
11:48
and after V's previous Church burning
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Antics Urus knew it was going to be hard
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to top him it was at this moment that V
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learned of a rather concerning rumor a
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mutual friend who was also close to
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yonus had warned him that he was in
12:02
danger and apparently Urus was planning
12:04
to do something horrific to V he was
12:07
told that yonus planned to stun him with
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a stun gun tie him up and then drag him
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out to the middle of the woods where he
12:13
would then torture vag to death and
12:16
allegedly this would be done to create
12:18
the black metal scene's first documented
12:19
snuff film now V wasn't going to believe
12:23
this at face value as verbally speaking
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uronis liked to blow a lot of smoke but
12:27
there was rarely any fire he was all
12:29
about image and playing his character
12:32
however if Uranus's plans were actually
12:34
true then obviously this would hold
12:36
massive consequence for V so moving
12:38
forward he leaned on the safe side of
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cautious and then on the 10th of August
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1993 came a rather suspicious request
12:47
Urus asked V if he could drop off some
12:49
unsigned contracts at his place possibly
12:52
so he could finally get V the royalties
12:54
and money that he was owed V became
12:56
extremely suspicious over this as us all
12:59
formalities would be done in the shop so
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why was he asking to meet in private and
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why out of hours to add to this Urus was
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apparently acting rather strangely too
13:11
maybe perhaps he had heard that V was
13:12
scheming something either way on that
13:14
night it seemed that the pair knew that
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one of them was not going to walk away
13:19
alive pulling up outside of Uranus's
August 10th, 1993
13:22
apartment lighting a cigarette
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Blackthorne stayed outside of the
13:25
apartment while V with contracts in hand
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made his way way up to Uranus's front
13:30
door upon entering a stoic conversation
13:33
between the two began but when V raised
13:35
his arm to hand Urus the contract
13:38
euronymous panicked and in return kicked
13:40
him Square in the chest turning on his
13:43
foot Urus ran towards the kitchen to
13:45
grab a knife but somewhere along the way
13:48
a struggle between the two ensued the
13:50
pair were evenly matched and with both
13:52
men prepared to kill each other it was
13:54
anyone's guess who was going to come out
13:56
Victorious wrestling over a knife V
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eventually snatched it out of Uranus's
14:01
hands and now in control he began to
14:04
repeatedly strike him with it Urus tried
14:07
to run away but with each step taken he
14:09
was met with another puncture wound to
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his body but by the time he had reached
14:13
his apartment's public stairwell he
14:16
tragically moved no more oyin arth
14:19
better known as yonus was dead at the
14:21
age of 25 he had taken two stab wounds
14:25
to the Head five to the neck and 16 to
14:28
the back as expected V fled the scene
14:31
where he then traveled back to Bergen to
14:33
his apartment and lay low and all in the
14:35
meanwhile it did not take long for o
14:37
Stein's body to be found as we all know
14:39
it was left in a public stairwell now at
14:42
first investigating officers had no idea
14:44
who killed oystein but after speaking to
14:46
friends and family and even some fans
14:49
they learned of the thick tension
14:50
between him and V and you can probably
14:52
guess where this is going because only 9
14:55
days later V vianes was finally arrested
14:57
for the murder of O Stein
14:59
upon his arrest police found over 150 kg
15:02
of explosives in his flat that he shared
15:04
with two other people and of course one
Legal Proceedings, time in prison
15:07
of them was Blackthorn during his trial
15:09
which began on May the 2nd 1994 V argued
15:13
he argued that he was acting in
15:15
self-defense and that oystein had
15:17
attacked him first but V's defense was
15:19
wholly rejected by the jury and
15:21
testimonies from those close to V
15:23
claimed it was methodically planned
15:25
murder According to some close contacts
15:27
V and Blackthorn went doin's apartment
15:30
with the sole intention of Killing Him
15:32
investigating officers also highlighted
15:35
that their roommates stayed in the
15:36
Bergen apartment to provide the other
15:38
two with a solid Alibi we know this
15:40
because this roommate rented movies and
15:42
withdrew cash from V's credit card
15:44
during the time of Uranus's death and so
15:47
no surprise on the 19th of May 1994
15:51
after just 17 days of trial V vicinus
15:54
was found guilty of murder Arsen theft
15:57
and the possession of explosives
15:59
as a result he was sentenced to 21 years
16:02
in prison which is the maximum penalty
16:04
one can serve in Norway during this time
16:06
in prison V worked on a number of
16:08
projects which included the continuation
16:10
of making music and writing a couple of
16:12
books and these books portrayed his
16:15
religious and political views which are
16:18
very
16:18
questionable one was titled V speech
16:21
which told his side of the story and
16:23
ultimately talked about his own World
16:25
Views the other book was titled tonic
16:27
mythology and world views V was also
16:30
obsessed with being tonic which
16:32
essentially is another word for Germanic
16:35
the word is often used by Nazis as an
16:37
alternative to Aryan and so you won't be
16:39
surprised to learn that vog was actually
16:41
a Bonafide neonazi through and through
16:44
hiding his dark behaviors and ideologies
16:46
behind the front of paganism and odinism
Life After Prison
16:48
when V was released from prison in 2009
16:51
he began to spread these ideologies
16:53
which of course were both extremely
16:55
xenophobic and racist so much so that in
16:58
the year 20 4 he was charged by French
17:00
authorities for inciting racial hatred
17:02
against Muslims and Jews all of which
17:05
were written through articles on his
17:06
blog and blogs weren't the only place
17:09
that V vented online he once had a
17:11
YouTube channel which amassed over
17:13
250,000 subscribers before being banned
17:16
in 2019 and looking at some of his
17:18
videos it is quite clear to see
17:22
why dear ladies and gentlemen I promote
17:26
traditionalism but have I always been
17:30
traditional was I traditional in my
17:33
teens let's find out the funny thing is
17:36
that yes I was I didn't drink myself
17:41
into a stup as a teenager I didn't chase
17:45
skirts I was traditional even when I was
17:49
a teenager so you were a girl with
17:52
piercings uh I lost all interest in you
17:55
so you were girl with tattoos uh I lost
17:59
all interest in you so you were a girl
18:01
who slept with one of my friends to get
18:04
to know me bad move I have no interest
18:07
in you so you were a girl who got
18:12
drunk in some context sorry not
18:15
interested so you were a girl who looked
18:17
like a traditional mtle hat sorry I lost
18:20
all interest in you oh you were a girl
18:22
with a ring on your freaking thumb no I
18:26
lost all interest in you even there I'm
18:29
not going to claim that I was the ideal
18:31
teen because I had some other issues
18:35
Authority issues you could say and uh
18:37
some rebellious Tendencies but not in
18:40
that context I was very traditional even
18:45
as a teen bad guys bad guys what you
18:48
going to do what you going to do when
18:51
they come for you let's find out it
18:55
seems that after his YouTube channel was
18:56
terminated he declared he was offici
18:59
done with the internet which makes sense
19:01
as the man is very adamant to withhold
19:03
his Traditional Values all the more
19:05
benefit to us I suppose strangely enough
19:08
vog also created his own tabletop board
19:11
game which was a fantasy role-playing
19:13
game named myog this has some extremely
19:16
questionable content and I won't even
19:18
bother going into this one and all in
19:21
the meanwhile while V is now out in the
19:23
real world we can't forget that he took
Remembering Oystein Aarseth
19:25
the life of oyin arth a fellow band
19:27
member a son a brother and a friend
19:31
while oyin was without a doubt not a
19:33
good person he was just a teenager when
19:36
he began to act differently to those
19:38
around him during this time he was in a
19:40
particularly sensitive stage of his life
19:42
for development and no one is sure what
19:44
quite went wrong he disrespected his
19:47
friends and peers to the extreme and
19:49
although it's never cool to be a douche
19:51
he did not deserve to have his life
19:52
taken oin wasn't always euronymous and
19:56
there were times where he would just be
19:57
his plain self his family remember him
20:00
as a sweet well-mannered person oin
20:02
would often say to them that the Press
20:04
writes what they want you and I know who
20:06
I am it was painful for his closest
20:09
friends and family to read the
20:11
newspapers after his passing and only
20:13
for them to see his fabricated evil
20:15
Persona not the man they knew and loved
20:18
this day there are still those that hail
20:20
oin or yonus as one of the most
20:22
influential people to have ever existed
20:24
in the Realms of metal music and in fact
20:27
many look up to ous as a forefather of
20:29
everything black metal while many don't
20:32
necessarily miss him or what he did in
20:34
the past he is sorely missed by his
20:36
family friends peers and of course his
20:41
fans so amending this one slightly
Outro
20:43
different to my usual as in this
20:45
instance both the victim and the
20:47
perpetrator were not necessarily good
20:49
people but what are your thoughts on
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Urus to add to this what are your
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Cold murder please of course let me know
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