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ENDNOTES

INTRODUCTION

1 Tarjei Vesaas, Land of Hidden Fires, pg. 121.
2 Quoted in John Marsden, Fury of the Northmen, pg. xiii.
3 John Marsden, Fury of the Northmen, pg. 61.
4 Ibid., pg. 42.
5 Francis Owen, The Germanic People: Their Origin, Expansion and Culture, pg. 204.

CHAPTER ONE

1 Arthur Lyons, The Second Coming: Satanism in America, pg. 124.
2 Quoted in Stanley Booth, Dance With the Devil: The Rolling Stones and Their Times, pg. 26.
3 Stephen Davis, Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, pg. 229.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid., pg. 175.
6 Seconds Magazine, Issue 29, 1994, pg. 61.
7 Seconds Magazine, Issue 39, 1996, pg. 64.
8 Coven, Witchcraft, Mercury Records, SR 61239.
9 Descent Magazine, Issue III, 1996.
10 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1993.
11 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1994.
12 Ibid.
13 Interviewed by Elden M., 1997. Tape supplied to the authors.
14 Ibid.
15 Ibid.
16 Venom, Black Metal, Combat Records, MX 8030.
17 Interviewed by Elden M., 1997.
18 Kerrang! , Issue 94, 1985.
19 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1993.
20 Mercyful Fate, Don’t Break the Oath, Roadrunner Records, RCD 9835
21 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1993.
22 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1993.
23 Ibid.
24 Ibid.
25 Bathory, Blood Fire Death, Kraze Records, ML 1063.
26 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1993.
27 Ibid.

CHAPTER TWO

1 Slayer, Hell Awaits. Lyrical transcriptions at: http://www.slaytanic.com.
2 Interviewed by Elden M., 1997.
3 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1994.
4 Interviewed by Elden M., 1997.

CHAPTER THREE

1 Translation by the authors.
2 Letter to M. Moynihan, 1997.
3 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid.
10 Rock Furore, February 1993.

CHAPTER FOUR

1 Georges Bataille, Death and Sensuality: A Study of Eroticism and the Taboo, pg. 46.
2 Slayer Magazine, Vol. 3/4, 986, pg. 41.
3 C. O. T. I. M. Magazine, #5, 1985.
4 Found at: http://www.intercom.no/~kulde/dead.html
5 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
6 Interviewed by Kurt Hubert in Pit Magazine, 1994.
7 Ibid.
8 Orcustus. Issue 2, 1992, pg. 36.
9 Reproduced on Dawn of the Black Hearts: Live in Sarpsborg bootleg CD. Quote is credited “Euronymous, April 1991, two weeks after Dead’s suicide.”
10 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1995.
11 C. O. T. I. M. Magazine, #5, 1985.
12 Spin, February 1996, pg. 65.

CHAPTER FIVE

1 George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman. New York: Brentano’s, 1975, pg. 99.
2 Orcustus, Issue 2, 1992, pg. 36.
3 Ibid.
4 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
5 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
6 Ibid.
7 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1995.
8 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
9 C. O. T. I. M. Magazine, #3.
10 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
11 Ibid.
12 Excerpt from original Vargsmål manuscript given to the authors by Vikernes, translated by D. Søderlind. This passage appears to have been excised from the published version.
13 C. O. T. I. M. Magazine, #3.
14 Orcustus. Issue 2, 1992, pg. 39.

CHAPTER SIX

1 Filosofem, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1994. The lyric was here misleadingly credited to Vikernes.
2 David M. Walsten, Stave Churches of the World, pg. 28.
3 John Kennedy, Fire and Arson Investigation, pg. 61.
4 Nolan D. C. Lewis, and Helen Yarnell. Pathological Firesetting (Pyromania), pg. 4.
5 Ibid., pg. 63.
6 Ibid., pg. 342.
7 Ibid., pg. 89.
8 Ibid., pg. 273.
9 Ibid., pg. 274.
10 Wilhelm Stekel, Peculiarities of Behavior, Vol. 2, pg. 125.
11 Ibid., pg. 135 ff.
12 Quoted on official Burzum biography sheet issued by Misanthropy Records, UK.
13 Wilhelm Stekel, Peculiarities of Behavior, Vol. 2, pg. 131.
14 Ibid., pg. 139.
15 Ibid., pg. 229.
16 David M. Walsten, Stave Churches of the World, pg. 30.
17 Quoted in Sounds of Death Magazine, Issue 4, 1994.
18 Ibid.
19 Ibid.
20 Bergens Tidende, 1/20/93. See Appendix I.
21 Ibid.
22 Kerrang!, No. 436. March 27, 1993.
23 Ibid., pg. 42.
24 Ibid.
25 Ibid.
26 Ibid.
27 Ibid., pg. 42 ff.
28 Ibid., pg. 43.
29 Ibid.
30 Ibid.
31 Ibid., pg. 44.
32 Ibid., pg. 43.
33 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
34 An Phoblacht, Sraith Nua Iml 16, Uimhir 28 (April, 1997).

CHAPTER SEVEN

1 Snorre Sturlason, Heimskringla, translated by Lee M. Hollander, pg. 124.
2 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1995.
3 Unpublished Bolt Magazine interview by Geir Larsen.
4 Spin, February 1996, pg. 70.
5 Quoted in liner notes to Nordic Metal, Necropolis Records, NR-009.
6 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1997.
7 Quoted in Sounds of Death Magazine, Issue 4, 1994.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid.
10 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1995.
11 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
12 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
13 Varg Vikernes, Vargsmål, pg. 52. Translated by D. Søderlind.
14 Slayer Magazine, Vol. X, pg. 25.
15 Filosofem, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 1994.
16 Ultrakill! Magazine, No. 1, 1994.
17 Slayer Magazine, Vol. X, pg. 25.
18 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1997.
19 Excerpt from original Vargsmål manuscript, translated by D. Søderlind. This passage appears to have been excised from the published version.

CHAPTER EIGHT

1 The Poetic Edda, translated by Ursula Dronke. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1969. Stanza 8.
2 Interviewed by Roberto C. Sanchez in Terrorizer magazine, Issue 28, 1996.
3 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
4 Ibid.
5 Ultrakill! Magazine, No. 1, 1994.
6 Interviewed by Roberto C. Sanchez in Terrorizer magazine, Issue 28, 1996.
7 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid.
10 Excerpt from original Vargsmål manuscript, translated by D. Søderlind. This passage appears to have been excised from the published version.
11 Oddvar K. Hoidal, Quisling: A Study in Treason, pg. 58.
12 American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. Pg. 898.
13 Oddvar K. Hoidal, Quisling: A Study in Treason, pg. 213.
14 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
15 Excerpt from original Vargsmål manuscript, translated by D. Søderlind. This passage appears to have been excised from the published version.
16 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.

CHAPTER NINE

1 Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged Edition. New York: Random House, 1967. Pgs. 1223, 93.
2 C.G. Jung, Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Vol. 10, pg. 189.
3 “Morituri Te Salutant” by “Hofding Warge” [Varg Vikernes], Filosofem, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 1994.
4 Aschehoug og Gyldendals store norske leksikon, Second Edition, Volume 10, pg. 562. English translation found at: http//oskoreia.studby.uio.no/english/oskoreia.html.
5 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1997.
6 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
7 Descent Magazine, Vol. One, May 1994.
8 C. G. Jung, Two Essays on Analytical Psychology, pg. 75 ff.
9 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1991.
10 Interviewed by Roberto C. Sanchez in Terrorizer magazine, Issue 28, 1996.
11 C. G. Jung, Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Vol. 10, pg. 180.
12 Ibid., pg. 192.
13 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
14 Ibid.
15 Kjetil A. Flatin, Tussar og trolldom, pg. 76. English translation found at: http://faeryland.etsu.edu/~earendil/faerie/story/oskorei.html
16 Mary R. Gerstein, “Germanic Warg: The Outlaw as Werewolf.” Myth in Indo-European Antiquity, pg. 137.
17 Ibid., pg. 139.
18 Quoted in Sabine Baring-Gould, The Book of Werewolves, pg. 49.
19 Ibid., pg. 48 ff.
20 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1997.
21 Sabine Baring-Gould, The Book of Werewolves, pg. 40.
22 The Poetic Edda, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, pg. 11.
23 Georges Dumézil, Gods of the Ancient Northmen, pg. 30.
24 Mary R. Gerstein, “Germanic Warg: The Outlaw as Werewolf.” Myth in Indo-European Antiquity, pg. 143.
25 Snorri Sturlason, Heimskringla, translated by Lee M. Hollander, pg. 11.
26 Mary R. Gerstein, “Germanic Warg: The Outlaw as Werewolf.” Myth in Indo-European Antiquity, pg. 143.
27 Ibid.
28 F. B. Gummere, Germanic Origins, pg. 425.

CHAPTER TEN

1 Paul Carus, The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil, pg. 482.
2 Interviewed by D. Søderlind, 1997.
3 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1997.
4 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1997.
5 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1997.
6 Asbjørn Dyrendal, “Media Constructions of ‘Satanism’ in Norway (1988-1997)” Friend of a Friend (FOAF) Tale News, Summer/Fall 1997 Issue.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

1 C. O. T. I. M. Magazine, Issue 4.
2 Der Spiegel, Issue 41, 1994, pg. 91 ff.
3 Ibid.
4 Ibid.
5 Liane von Billerbeck and Frank Nordhausen, Satanskinder, pg. 63.
6 Ibid., pg. 66.
7 Ibid., pg. 106.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid., pg. 36.
10 Ibid., pg. 280.
11 Ibid., pg. 293.
12 Ibid., pg. 232.
13 Ibid., pg. 234.
14 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
15 Absurd, Facta Loquuntur, No Colours Records/Silencelike Death, NC 007/SDP 3001.
16 Letter to M. Moynihan, 1997.
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid.
19 Ibid.
20 Absurd, Facta Loquuntur, No Colours Records/Silencelike Death, NC 007/SDP 3001.
21 A sarcastic acronym for “Zionist Occupational Government,” often employed in radical political circles to describe any of the present-day Western democratic states.

CHAPTER TWELVE

1 Quoted in Gwyn Jones, A History of the Vikings, pg. 195.
2 From a facsimile of the Animal Militia letter provided by Roadrunner Records.
3 Slayer Magazine, Issue X, pg. 52.
4 L’Express, 18/7/96, pg. 43.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid.
7 L’Express, 7/11/96.
8 France-Soir, 7/2/97, pg. 5.
9 Ibid.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Ibid.
14 Kerrang!, No. 514, October 1, 1994, pg. 16.
15 “This Music Must be Banned” Kent Messenger, UK daily paper, circa October, 1994.
16 Ibid.
17 Kerrang!, No. 514, October 1, 1994, pg. 16.
18 “This Music Must be Banned” Kent Messenger, UK daily paper, circa October, 1994.
19 Kerrang!, No. 514, October 1, 1994, pg. 17.
20 Kerrang!, No. 514, October 1, 1994, pg. 16.
21 Ibid.
22 “This Music Must be Banned” Kent Messenger, UK daily paper, circa October, 1994.
23 Ibid.
24 Interviewed by M. Moynihan, 1997.
25 Terrorizer, Issue 29, April, 1996. pg. 28.
26 Ibid.
27 Wall Street Journal, 2/18/93, pg. A1.
28 Penthouse, September, 1993, pgs. 121, 186.
29 Ibid., pg. 121.
30 Ibid., pg. 120.
31 Ibid., pg. 186.
32 Penthouse, September, 1993, pg. 116.
33 Wall Street Journal, 2/18/93, pg. A1.
34 Penthouse, September, 1993, pg. 190.
35 Ibid.
36 Ibid., pg. 116.
37 Resistance Magazine, Issue 7, pg. 53.
38 Ibid., pg. 54.
39 Ibid., pg. 55.
40 Petrified Zine, 1994.
41 Ibid.
42 From press release material supplied by Roadrunner Records.
43 The Rocket biweekly newspaper, November 5-19, 1997, Issue #265, pg. 21ff.
44 New Times weekly newspaper, May 23- 30, 1996 issue, pg. 22.
45 The Electric Hellfire Club, Burn, Baby, Burn, Cleopatra Records, 1993, CLEO 7269-2.
46 Quoted from transcript of interview which appeared in Seconds Magazine, Issue 43, 1997.
47 Ibid.
48 San Francisco Chronicle, 5/10/96, pg. A14.
49 Ibid.
50 Fort Myers News-Press, 6/22/96.
51 Ibid.
52 Ibid.
53 Ibid.
54 Ibid.
55 San Francisco Chronicle, 5/10/96, pg. A14.
56 From an essay on Tom Ascoll’s Internet Site circa July, 1997, titled “Lords of Chaos: Where Do They Come From? Reflections on Sin and Evil.”
57 20/20 TV news program, second week of October, 1997.
58 Ibid.
59 Ibid.
60 People Magazine, October 1, 1997, downloaded from People website.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

1 John Stanley Martin, Ragnarok, pg. 3.
2 Fenriz quote from Thy Kingdom Come Magazine, Issue 4, 1995.
3 Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Metalheads, pg. 7.
4 Quoted in Fortean Times, Issue 80, pg. 34.
5 Quoted on Peaceville Records press release.
6 Quoted on follow-up Peaceville Records press release.
7 “The Devil Made Me Do It” by Malcolm Dome, Metal CD Magazine.
8 Interviewed by the authors, 1995.
9 From an introductory pamphlet for the “The Black Order.”
10 Norwegian TV2 interview with Varg Vikernes, aired April 14, 1997.
11 TV2 interview with Eiternes aired in documentary on political extremism April 21, 1997. Interview itself conducted by Gerhard Helskog on March 18th, before Eiternes escaped from jail.
12 Ibid.
13 Interviewed by D. Søderlind, 1997.
14 Ibid.
15 Ibid.
16 Varg Vikernes, Vargsmål, pg. 3.
17 Ibid.
18 The Poetic Edda, translated by Lee M. Hollander, pg. 9. Punctuation slightly altered from original.
19 Herakleitos and Diogenes, translated by Guy Davenport, pg. 16.
20 Gaston Bachelard, The Psychoanalysis of Fire, pg. 7.
21 Tarjei Vesaas, Land of Many Fires, pg. 113.