Varg Vikernes

Varg Vikernes or Kristian Vikernes is a Norwegian neonazi black metal musician In 1991 he founded the oneman music project Burzum which quickly became popular within the early Norwegian black metal scene In 1992 he joined the band Mayhem and adopted the stage name Count Grishnackh In 1994 Vikernes was convicted of the murder of his Mayhem bandmate Øystein Aarseth known by his stage name Euronymous Vikernes was further convicted of four counts of arson involving the burnings of historic churches and was sentenced to 21 years in prison Having served almost 16 years of his sentence Vikernes was released on parole in early 2009