Euronymous
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Øystein Aarseth (22 March 1968 – 10 August 1993), better known by his stage name Euronymous, was a Norwegian musician and a founder of and central figure in the early Norwegian black metal scene. He was a co-founder and guitarist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem and was the only constant member from the band's formation in 1984 until his death in 1993. He was also founder and owner of the extreme metal record label Deathlike Silence Productions and record shop Helvete.
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Øystein Aarseth, known by the pseudonym Euronymous, was a Norwegian male guitarist, record producer, and entrepreneur. Born in Surnadal Municipality on March 22, 1968, he began his work period in 1984. He was a member of the band Mayhem and played the guitar, specifically a Gibson Les Paul. His musical genres included black metal and thrash metal.
Aseth died in Oslo on August 10, 1993, from a stab wound inflicted by Varg Vikernes. He was associated with record labels such as Deathlike Silence Productions, Avantgarde Music, and Century Media Records. He spoke Norwegian. While some sources list tags for death metal or Singaporean origins, these appear to be unrelated metadata errors, as his citizenship and birth place are explicitly Norwegian.
Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, MusicBrainz, Last.fm. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Singapore
- Active from
- 1968
- Active to
- 1993
Member of
- Mayhem1984–1993
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 314
- Total plays
- 1,942
Tags
Euronymous were a Death Metal band from Singapore. They realeased a four track demo in 1991 entitled Surrender Unto Evil and split up shortly after. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Euronymous">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Euronymous
- Musical artist.image
- Dead and Euronymous.jpg
- Musical artist.landscape
- yes
- Musical artist.caption
- Euronymous (right) with Dead
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Øystein Aarseth
- Musical artist.alias
- Destructor
- Musical artist.birth_date
- 22 March 1968
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Surnadal Municipality, Norway
- Musical artist.death_place
- Oslo, Norway
- Musical artist.death_cause
- Murder (stab wounds)
- Musical artist.genre
- Black metal
- Musical artist.occupation
- Guitarist
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1984–1993
- Musical artist.label
- Deathlike Silence Productions
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Øystein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Surnadal Municipality
- Place of death
- Oslo
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Genre
- thrash metal
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Century Media Records
Show 10 more facts
- date of death
- 1993-08-09
- date of birth
- 1968-03-22
- killed by
- Varg Vikernes
- manner of death
- homicide
- name in native language
- Øystein Aarseth
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- cause of death
- stab wound
- pseudonym
- Euronymous
- end of work period
- 1993-00-00
- member of
- Mayhem
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Biography
- 1984–1991
- 1991–1993
- Murder
- Aftermath
- Beliefs and personality
- Religion
- Black metal and death metal
- Politics
- Instruments
- Influences
- Legacy
- Discography
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Øystein Aarseth (22 March 1968 – 10 August 1993), better known by his stage name Euronymous, was a Norwegian musician and a founder of and central figure in the early Norwegian black metal scene. He was a co-founder and guitarist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem and was the only constant member from the band's formation in 1984 until his death in 1993. He was also founder and owner of the extreme metal record label Deathlike Silence Productions and record shop Helvete.
Euronymous professed to being a theistic Satanist and was known for making extreme misanthropic statements. He presented himself as leading a militant cult-like group known as the "Black Metal Inner Circle".
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