Conversation so far:
what is bergens tidende?
In January 1993, an article in one of Norway's biggest newspapers, Bergens Tidende (BT), brought the black metal scene into the media spotlight.
what was the reason for this?
Two friends of Vikernes interviewed him and brought the interview to the newspaper, hoping they would print it.
In the.
what happened in the interview?
' (Vikernes) claimed to have burnt the churches and killed a man in Lillehammer.
BT journalist Finn Bjorn Tonder set up a meeting with 'Count Grishnackh'.
did the meeting happen?
journalists were summoned to an apartment and reportedly warned that they would be shot if the police were called.
There.
when they met what happened?
Vikernes and his companions told the journalists that they had burnt the churches, or knew who had done it, and said that the attacks would continue.
did the attacks continue?
by the time the article was printed, Vikernes had already been arrested.
was the interview published?
20 January as the front page of the BT.
It was headlined "We Lit The Fires" and included a photo of Vikernes, his face mostly hidden, holding two large knives.
what was the reaction to the article?
According to Vikernes, the anonymous interview was planned by himself and Euronymous.
The goal, he says, was to scare people, promote black metal.
did vikernes say anything else about the article?
"I exaggerated a lot and when the journalist left we [...] had a good laugh, because he didn't seem to understand that I was pulling his leg".
did he say more about it?
Vikernes claims that, after he was arrested, "the journalist edited the interview and [...] published an insane version of it the following day, without even letting me read through it..
were there any consequences as a result of the article?
the interview had "grave consequences" for the rest of the scene and that they did not know he was going to talk to the press, as "he had said nothing".

Question: do they elaborate on the consequences?
Self-contained rewrite: What were the consequences as a result of Vikernes's article with BT?