Hyperreal Film Club
Helvete Not Euronymous
RECEIVED Fri., Feb. 17, 2006
Dear Editor,
Oystein Aarseth owned the record shop/label you mentioned in this article [“Norwegian Black Metal – Photographs,” Arts, May 6, 2005]. The shop wasn't called Euronymous; Aarseth's stage name was Euronymous in the band Mayhem, which he though meant "Prince of Death" in Greek but was actually a Greek demon from the Satanic Bible written by Anton Szandor LaVey. The shop was called Helvete, which meant "hell" in Norwegian.
Oystein Aarseth owned the record shop/label you mentioned in this article [“Norwegian Black Metal – Photographs,” Arts, May 6, 2005]. The shop wasn't called Euronymous; Aarseth's stage name was Euronymous in the band Mayhem, which he though meant "Prince of Death" in Greek but was actually a Greek demon from the Satanic Bible written by Anton Szandor LaVey. The shop was called Helvete, which meant "hell" in Norwegian.
Kyler Morgan
Boise, Idaho
Boise, Idaho