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Greetings. Today I am going to talk a little bit about what's in the first part of this book. The first part was written about black metal. And what I talk about there is first, how did I get involved with the death metal scene in Norway. I said death metal scene because there didn't exist any black metal scene. So we get a little bit about how I came into contact with the guys in Amputation and Old Funeral. And then I write a little bit about how we grew disappointed in the genre. How we saw other bands just trying to copy other bands and how this affected us. Then a little bit how we came into contact with the guys in Mayhem. The guys in Amputation already were in contact with him, but we visited them once and therefore talked to them. Then a little bit about what Euronymous thought about the death metal scene. Because he too was disappointed in it in a way. That is, he saw other bands become popular. And his band wasn't very popular. Wasn't very successful at the time. His vocalist was just sitting in a room being... I don't know what he did there, but that was his doings. The drummer was in Oslo all the time and the bassist wasn't very active. So his band wasn't very successful in that sense. They didn't even rehearse. So he was frustrated. A little bit about thrash metal, because thrash metal is the origins of both death metal and black metal. That's like Bathory and Venom and Kreator and so forth. Then we move on to the conflict. Why did we clash in the end? Thought about that. People were disappointed in Euronymous and I explained why here. I became disappointed in him, and I explain why here. Then we move on to how his shop started out and how it was kind of a failure, too, and how I did something to try help him. And I did a, you know, a fake interview in with a Norwegian newspaper to, you know, create some hype. And his reaction, it's described here, that was very disappointing. So that didn't work out either way it should. He could have turned it around and made it a success. But instead he closed the shop because it was uncomfortable. So everything about that here. And then we move on to how I started a record company, Cymophane Productions, because I was so disappointed in the Euronymous and his efforts. So I figured, you know, if he's gonna not print my albums when there is demand for them, I might as well start my own company and do it myself. A little bit more about the background for the conflict, because he didn't like that at all. He saw it as treason. Because I didn't just wait patiently for him not to print more albums and so forth. You have everything about that here. And then you have the escalation of the conflict and, of course, the solution to the conflict. I like to call it a solution, because it kind of solved the problem, didn't it? But of course, the authorities didn't appreciate that solution. And there is everything about that here. And how they reacted to this solution by kind of pinning everything on me. I was the evil dude, the bad guy. And there's a lot of information here about how the black metal community played ball with the cops and the authorities and not least the mainstream media. And the interesting thing is that this period is when black metal became well known. And this is also the period when the... what shall I say... the image of black metal was carved in stone. And how I explain here how this image is kind of faulty. It's not very accurate, is it? Then the trial, everything here. A chapter dedicated to the police investigator in the case. Because his methods weren't exactly legal. And he was degraded within the police because of his methods. At a later point in another case. But of course, he used the same methods in my case, but they kind of pretend that never happened. But in the other case, he was kind of caught. Using illegal methods and degraded. And he came to a tragic end because of it. And everything about that is here. Sorry about that. I just have some daughters who have picked flowers to their mother. Very black metal. And what else? Mainstream media. A little bit about how the mainstream media kind of ruined black metal and its intentions. I think that is... there's more about that here. A little bit about how they character murdered me. What else can you expect from pigs but grunting, right? So not a big surprise. Oh yes. A little bit about how the police manipulated the black metal guys and how they kind of behave like a bunch of worthless sissies. And that's not even an exaggeration. And you will understand when you read this here. I mean, it's amazing. Yes, what else? We're still in Chapter 1 here, so it's a thick book. There's a lot to say about this. Because there has been said so many things that are incorrect. So I have to tell what is correct. Yeah. A little bit of the system in Norway here. Why I played music. A little bit about BURZUM. And the "inner circle" and all this nonsense. What else to say? Yes, yes, yes. A little bit about Dead, you know, the vocalist of Mayhem. How the intentions of the black metal scene became its doom. Because it doesn't work that way. If you have something that is based on not being mainstream, and of course, when it becomes mainstream, it's broken. It doesn't work anymore. It is a book about black metal. Black metal scene. This part is about. Only about black metal. And that is only the part I was going to talk about today. I'll make another video about the next part another day. The book is available from Amazon. And I wrote it because I wanted to destroy the lies, the myths, and the a slander. And I just want to set things straight. It's not going to be very popular because most people don't like to have things set straight. People prefer a comfortable lie to the truth always. Because people are useless. Thank you for watching.