Varg Vikernes

Varg Vikernes Kristian Vikernes is a Norwegian black metal musician In 1991 he founded the oneman music project Burzum which quickly became popular within the early Norwegian black metal scene In 1992 he joined the band Mayhem and adopted the stage name Count Grishnackh Around this time he became affiliated with the Heathen Front and had several writings on Germanic neopaganism published In Metal A Headbangers Journey director Sam Dunn described Vikernes as the most notorious metal musician of all time In 1994 Vikernes was convicted of the murder of his Mayhem bandmate Øystein Aarseth known by his stage name Euronymous Vikernes was further convicted of four counts of arson involving the burnings of historic churches and was sentenced to 21 years in prison Having served almost 16 years of his sentence Vikernes was released on parole in early 2009