Murder, Satanism and Church Burnings; the True Story Behind the Origin of Norwegian Black Metal

The End of an Era

Varg’s confession was the first domino to fall. Euronymous was forced to close down Helvete, and the Black Circle went into hiding. Euronymous was conflicted, while his identity, everything he built, collapsed around him. Whilst cleaning out Helvete, he made an empty threat to murder Varg, stating that he would “paralyze Varg with a taser, take him into the woods and torture him to death, all while filming it to make a snuff film.”