Opinion of Varg Vikernes

[politicus]

Since Tweed referenced him.

Norwegian writer and musician (and murderer, but dont vote based on that info alone).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varg_Vikernes

[rejectamenta]

A talented person who's clearly lost his battle with psychosis, preferring to roleplay his way through life as a cartoon viking man who dresses head to toe in animal furs whenever he leaves the house. I don't mind at all when musicians hold and are influenced by ideologies contrary to my own - fascists make some wonderful music, after all - but Varg's intense dedication to his idiotic philosophy sees to it that his post-Filosofem works contain nothing more than Nordiphilia and corny fairytales.

[DemPGH]

"Heathen nationalism"? That's a bit much, methinks. That's overboard. Way overboard. As is the murder he went to jail for in the mid '90s, I believe. HP. The Norse version of Don Quixote, maybe. Funny, quaint, and ridiculous, but if you have to deal with him, probably as threatening and nutty as they come.

A talented person who's clearly lost his battle with psychosis, preferring to roleplay his way through life as a cartoon viking man who dresses head to toe in animal furs whenever he leaves the house. I don't mind at all when musicians hold and are influenced by ideologies contrary to my own - fascists make some wonderful music, after all - but Varg's intense dedication to his idiotic philosophy sees to it that his post-Filosofem works contain nothing more than Nordiphilia and corny fairytales.

If I sat down and tried, I doubt I could have summed it up better.

A broken clock is right twice a day. If a clock breaks down at 7:13, it is right twice a day: at 7:13 a.m. and at 7:13 p.m. Varg made some salient points about Christianity - yes, but beyond that his motives and psychology are all real questionable at best. Not surprised, really, that he made for excellent cult material, in all honesty.

[batmacumba]

Some of the guys in our local metal scene exchanged letters with him, in the late 80s/early 90s, before both scenes had make worldwide impact. He used to write such crazy things, everybody believed it was just a persona he was using.
When Euronymous (who also exchanged letters with BH musicians) death reached the papers (and also the church burning thing, which was left unnoticed until then) it was like 'what? that mo**erf**ker was some kind of real monster? It wasn't just some posture against society?'.
I think the impact was one of the main things that drove the scene away from black metal. Soon after, Sarcófago was experimenting with electronic drumsets and Sepultura went into groove and ethnic stuff.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Great example of someone who needs Christ.