From: d90-two@dront.nada.kth.se (Thomas Wolmer)
Subject: Re: Therion and the evil Norwegians, the story continues
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 10:26:40 GMT

In article <LAVONIUS.93Jan4173539@plootu.Helsinki.FI> lavonius@plootu.Helsinki.FI (Ville Lavonius) writes:
>In article <1i9jb2INNbco@mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE> sharaeec@w228zrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Aditya Sharma) writes:
>
>   In article <1993Jan4.111431.16059@kth.se> d90-two@dront.nada.kth.se (Thomas Wolmer) writes:
>
>   >The Circle is a kind of association of mostly Norwegian Black/Death bands,
>   >with Hieronymus (sp?) from Mayhem as their leader. 
>		  (details deleted)
>   >The Circle, or at least the band Mayhem, has a record label
>   >"Deathlike Silence Production" and a record store in Oslo called Helvete (i
>   >means Hell).
>
>   ...hmmm...I'm interested in knowing more about this as well - Euronymus
>   (sp?...again!) gets a mention on a couple of releases I've seen,
>   including DARKTHRONE's  "A Blaze in the Nothern Sky"...another
>   name I've come across more than once (a band this time) is NECROMANTIA
>   ...anything on this?...
>
>Well, Euronymous (sp? - this is getting chronic) is the one remaining member
>of the Mayhem, who - the last I heard was in jail after stabbing someone.
>Mayhem's ex-vocalist Pelle (Pekka) Dead committed suicide by slashing his
>wrists AND blowing his brains out with a gun <this is at least how I 
>remember it, happened some 18 mo's ago>. 
>
Euronym??? something is it... where did I get the Hier- part from?
Anyway, "the one remaining member"? I have an interview made with him from
last year where he said that the band was still "alive" (dead 8-/), but
they didn't have a new vocalist, no-one was worthy.
When the interview was made Euronym??? had recently been released from jail
- is he there again?

>[I butchered Thomas's lines by accident so the following 
>_will_ be confusing :-( ]
>
>How is Burzum related to Tolkien ? I don't recall the name from LotR.
>As a band they're pretty adept at copying old Bathory...
>
The inscription on the Ring - "burzum" is supposed to mean dark or black or
something. (also Lugburz - the dark tower). Followup to alt.fan.tolkien

One significant think about these "true" Black/Death bands is that they all
soung more or less like old Bathory... (I haven't heard Burzum, but both
Mayhem and Darkthrone (on the latest album) does)
>
>And as to create a lighter shade of black to my message I'd just like
>to say that the 'new' Tiamat "Claws" seems to be a real classic. 
>/* Just 2 tracks into my ears so far */

Er, it's called "Clouds". But yes, it's a real classic. 


BTW, Leonid asked me if Dark Throne were involved in the churchburning;
In case anyone else is interested: I don't think so, from what I've heard
it was Mayhem and Burzum who did it.
He also asked about a list of the bands belonging to the Circle;
I don't have any, but except from the bands I've mentioned earlier
Euronym??? said something about Immortal and Malfeitor (both Norwegian)
in that interview.

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