Abstract
Abstract This chapter assesses an interview with Øystein “Euronymous” Aarseth, arguably the most important ideologue in the development of the Black Metal variety of Satanism. The primary means of dissemination for said Satanic ideology has been interviews with musicians in fanzines and magazines, and, to a more limited extent, song lyrics and liner notes for albums. Aside from Satanism, the most disturbing part of Black Metal for most was probably its direct connection to violence, murder, and what can only be described as crimes of religious terrorism. Black Metal Satanism takes pride in being destructive for the individual, including the Satanists themselves. In the interview for Close-up Magazine (1992), there is an element of self-contradiction in Aarseth’s expressed enthusiasm for Communism and his harsh condemnation of “socially conscious” Death Metal bands, whom he perceives as having lost the focus on worshipping death that is intrinsic to the genre according to his interpretation of it.
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