Burzum - Varg Virkenes Denied Parole
Former Burzum leader and convicted murderer and arsonist Varg Vikernes, who has served 12 years out of a 21-year jail sentence, will not be released from prison just yet. The Norwegian prison authorities have denied Vikernes' parole application, according to the newspaper Dagbladet. Varg's attorney John Christian Elden says Vikernes' release is long overdue. "He is disappointed by the decision because he feels he is ready to come back into the general community," says Elden.
Vikernes was convicted for the murder of MAYHEM frontman Øystein Aarseth and three counts of church burnings. He has served 12 years out of the 21-year jail sentence, and in accordance with the previous legislation, he is due for parole. But during the years Vikernes spent behind bars, the government passed laws to increase the number of years required in time served before one can be considered for parole to 14 years for 21-year sentences, which is the most severe time-based punishment in Norway. Elden says it is unreasonable that these new regulations are retroactive. "We are baffled the Department of Justice chooses to use laws that came into effect nine years after he stared serving his sentence," says Elden.
Vikernes was convicted for the murder of MAYHEM frontman Øystein Aarseth and three counts of church burnings. He has served 12 years out of the 21-year jail sentence, and in accordance with the previous legislation, he is due for parole. But during the years Vikernes spent behind bars, the government passed laws to increase the number of years required in time served before one can be considered for parole to 14 years for 21-year sentences, which is the most severe time-based punishment in Norway. Elden says it is unreasonable that these new regulations are retroactive. "We are baffled the Department of Justice chooses to use laws that came into effect nine years after he stared serving his sentence," says Elden.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
I think it is a good thing parole was denied. Probably also on the grounds that Varg tried to escape the last time he was on weekend leave. And guns were found in his car then as well.
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| Black_Handed A village idiot Posts: 386  |
Written by dancingdecember on 04.07.2006 at 12:02 twice please  ). btw...interesting name his attorney has : John Christian Elden. fits varg lol.
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| Xtreme Jax Psycroptipath Posts: 2322  |
Written by Black_Handed on 04.07.2006 at 14:57 Haha i found that funny.
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Account deleted Written by Black_Handed on 04.07.2006 at 14:57 Um... Do you actually think Varg's first name is actually Varg? His legal name is Christian Vikernes. Black metal musicians changed their names because they were Judeo-Christian (And having your name derrived from Christ himself doesnt make an exception.) [edited by Eddie on July 5th]
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084  |
"He is disappointed by the decision because he feels he is ready to come back into the general community" ...and burn some more churches  anyway he is an EXTREME psycho.there is nothing in him that would encourage me to offer him parole,if i was a judge
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| Urizen367 Posts: 1620  |
i personally think the parole officers heard and disliked the last burzum release. therefore, varg must suffer more!
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| Cryogenic_Death Posts: 96  |
stupid Norwegian authorities trying their best to supress metal (as usual)..... The Sytem Has Failed.......AGAIN!
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
@Cryogenic_Death. Yeah sure. They'll probably change the fucking laws just have some unknown Varg-guy spend more time in jail. If that's what they want, they better release him because he will either get killed, or he will do something stupid which gives them the opportunity to lock him up longer.
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| Eddie Retired Mod. Elite Posts: 2617  |
Its kind of lame, and in most countries illegal, that they used that law retro-actively, but I dont care with this, let him stay in jail for as long as possible.
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| ItalktotheWind Wood Troll Posts: 1235  |
Why do people hate Varg so much, it seems very silly to say "Let him rot" when you really have no idea about the man. Retro-active use of laws is ridiculous in any democratic state, no matter the person convicted.
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| thanatos_7 Posts: 27  |
Written by Guest on 04.07.2006 at 18:01 yes, he was he was mayhem and inner circle leader
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427 |
Frontman is usually refering to vocalist, which he was not. But I always thought of him as the 'leader' of Mayhem, yes.
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| fade Son of Sweden Staff Posts: 3771  |
yay!!
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427 |
Varg is so popular around here...
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Account deleted Written by Guest on 04.07.2006 at 17:53 um...don't you know nothing? it is Varg. He was born Christian but changed it cuz "it didn't fit his personality". every burzumist knows that
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| lordz IzZo Posts: 406  |
I think the guy did enough time cuz he didnt kill a child or an old lady.... plus if you heared his story euoranmous or what ever that guys name was... tried to fuck up varg and it started in self defence but the situation escladed and when shit hits the fan... shit happens.. I say let him out if he is going to give us good music but if not ... I dont care
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| Damnated Churchburner Posts: 4943  |
The music is one thing, but Varg is another. I don't think if he get's out, he will run right in the studio, and never come out for the rest of his life. No, he will go kill Shagrath or Dani Filth then burn a few churches, release a record, then go for jail again.
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427 |
Written by Damnated on 14.07.2006 at 14:23 If he has the time to. I'm really worried he'll get killed by some crazy Mayhem fan, and that fan will be killed by a Burzum fan, and we would get an 'east coast vs. west coast' story.
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| Damnated Churchburner Posts: 4943 |
Written by Lucas on 19.07.2006 at 18:18 Yes, this is another thing. I actually read it somewhere, now that you mention, that Varg fears for his life, but I overlooked it. So I guess this thing is pretty serious...
---- Blessed is he that murders Christ in himself and in his fellow men. Written by TheBigRossowski on 10.02.2009 at 16:01
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427 |
Written by Damnated on 19.07.2006 at 19:14 Yeah, it is. I wonder what worries me more, the imagine of metal with such a 'war' or the death of Vikerness.. probably the war.. 
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| Damnated Churchburner Posts: 4943 |
I don;t think Varg will die. I mean then he would be the martyr of black metal. Forget Dead and Euronymous! He was in prison for 12 years, then brutally murdered, by a fan (that would be funnt, a John Lennon of BM  )
---- Blessed is he that murders Christ in himself and in his fellow men. Written by TheBigRossowski on 10.02.2009 at 16:01
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427 |
Hmm, probably. I don't really care, I think. Varg should do what he wants to do, he isn't going to take Det Som Engang Var away from, so I don't care.
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Written by Guest on 20.07.2006 at 00:04 Something like his early works, similar to Filosofem I think. Anyways, it might just be awsome
---- Blessed is he that murders Christ in himself and in his fellow men. Written by TheBigRossowski on 10.02.2009 at 16:01
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