#as a side note... while I have no problem with the hypothetical premature departure of the idiot from Bergen

[euronymous-files]

Here it’s Metalion writing, but I mainly chose this excerpt because of the other names involved... to show where they stood on the matter.

[While writing Slayer X] Metalion: "The grief and anger affected everyone involved in the small Scandinavian metal world at the time. For instance, my first interview with Nifelheim is in this issue, contributed by a person called Shadow, aka Jon Nödtveidt from Dissection. In late 1993, the Nifelheim twins Erik and Per Gustavsson, It from Abruptum, Legion from Marduk, and Jon Nödtveidt all came from Sweden to visit me at my old place in Sarpsborg. They were all upset with Fenriz of Darkthrone, because he had asked Varg to write half the lyrics for Darkthrone's Transilvanian Hunger. To them, it looked like Fenriz stood with Varg after Varg killed Euronymous, like Fenriz approved of the murder. They considered Euronymous a brother, so what Varg did was treachery and then Fenriz working with Varg was a betrayal." [...] "On the second page of this issue's Dissection interview, there's a little handwritten note signed 'Shadow'. This was a message from Jon Nödtveidt to Varg and 'Hank Amarillo', a name Fenriz had used. It read: 'Be forewarned if the light takes you.' [...] and you could say it's almost like a death threat. He and I came up with that together. I didn't really have anything bad to say about Fenriz, but Jon and other people in Sweden were very unhappy with him." [...] "I also printed a short half-page article written by 'Mr. Death', which insults 'Cunt Chicken Christian Vikernes' [see previous post here]. That was mailed to me by someone that I decided should remain anonymous. The letter amounts to the second death threat in Slayer X against Varg Vikernes - yet the issue also contains the Burzum interview completed after the death of Euronymous. I admit that's a bit schizophrenic." "I think that I felt that Burzum was an important part of the scene regardless, because of the music. Most people I knew, though, were nearly unanimous in their hatred. I remember Jon Nödtveidt was concerned about giving space in the magazing to Varg; he didn't approve of that at all. He just shook his head, like: ‘Why would you?’ “

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excerpt from “Metalion - the Slayer Mag Diaries” written by Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen edited by Tara G. Warrior Bazillion Points, 2011