Tonight's Music

From the evil mirror universe where everyone has a beard.



You may also consider this another chapter in the post-modern music appreciation club.

This is Burzum's one and only music video. It is called Dunkelheit.

Burzum is a Norwegian death metal group which is the brain child of Varg Vikernes. Varg was originally part of the death metal group Mayhem but went solo. He took his satanic image seriously and burned down several of Norway's historic wooden churches. He also murdered Mayhem founder Euronymous by driving a bayonet into his skull.

The man may be evil, but you have to give him credit for keeping it real.

Pictured is the front and back covers from Burzum's 1993 EP Aske. The front cover art calls to mind Varg's church arson.

Vikernes is currently serving a prison sentence for murder and arson. When arrested he was found to be in possession of over 200 pounds of dynamite and is believed to have been planning to blow up additional churches. In 2004 he failed to return from a week long release from prison (first degree murderers and arsonists get vacation from prison in Norway) and was found in a stolen car with an assault rifle (a real military select fire assault rifle), a handgun, several knives, camouflage clothing, a laptop, a compass, a gas mask, a GPS system, various maps and a fake passport. It is believed that he was given these things by a fan in the Norwegian military.

Vikernes was sentenced to an additional 13 months in prison for his attempted escape.

While in prison Vikernes is allowed to continue to record CD's. He is scheduled to be released from prison sometime this year.

Varg says that he has disavowed satanism and is now a pagan/Odalist. Varg considers satan to be "too Christian" and "too capitalistic".