Black Metal Museum: Øystein Aarseth

Monday, August 15, 2011

Burzum Demo tape belonging to Euronymous: inscription by Varg Vikernes

Donated to the museum by Runhild Gammelsæter, she states:

"The authentic demo tape of Burzum "Burzum" on recordable cassette which Varg recorded himself at home and sent to Øystein Aarseth. (Editors Note: Varg's rather distinctive handwriting can be seen on this. Later I was informed it was sent to Øystein (Euronymous) to see if he would release it on DSP). Øysteins parents let his friends have his possessions when he was killed, and I was dating one of his friends who aquired this. When he was going to break it I salvaged it. It is quite a funny object, because it is a re-used recordable cassette he must have taken from his mother. There is a small sticker on the end which says "Cat Stevens", and "Burzum" is hand written over "Metallica" on the tape. On side B he has filled in the empty space with Darkthrone (probably
to tape over the Cat Stevens...)."

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Euronymous typewritten, signed letter 1993

This is a letter Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth) typed and signed, and sent to Svein Egil Hatlevik from Fluerety (who I sometimes drum with, hence me recieving this gem). The letter roughly reads:

"here's your Burzum and Mayhem records, I'm working on releasing the Emperor/Enslaved split, Helvete shop has closed down for now."

The signature is written in pen, in English it translates as "war and sodomy", and has what looks like a communist star, amongst other fanciful decorations. Sorry about the picture quality but it is framed and I was hesitant to remove it. The letter is from 1993.

A close up of the signature also below, if anyone has any indication as to what the scrawlings are, please feel free to let me know.

Euronymous' house

This is Euronymous' front door. And the murder site. We gained entrance to the courtyard but were unable to get into the infamous stairwell.

About

This is NOT Neseblod records related. They have a far superior collection to mine, although i do have several one of a kind holy grail items nobody else could have;) they have an excellent collection! Mine is different, smaller and more personal. I hope to enlarge it as time goes by and open a small gallery to promote the BM lifestlye as it was meant to be.rare and authentic pieces from the history of Black Metal. All the pictures posted here have been taken by me and are of genuine articles in my own possession.

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