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Varg Vikernes, whose real name is Kristian Vikernes, is a Norwegian extreme metal musician known for his contributions to the genres of dark metal and Viking metal. Born on February 11, 1973, he is the founder and primary creator of the band Burzum. Vikernes' musical style is characterized by its dark, melancholic, and nationalist elements, with his lyrics and music often exploring Norwegian history and culture.

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“Dwell not in the shadows; it will only darken your mind.”

Mind Darkness Shadows

Book:Reflections on European Mythology and Polytheism

Source: Reflections on European Mythology and Polytheism

“Naturally I never had the intention to offend or alienate Slavs. ... What makes me different from the 'nazis' are basically three things; unlike them I am not socialistic (not even on a national level), I am not materialistic and I believe in (the ancient Scandinavian!) democracy.”

Believe Different Three I Believe Levels Democracy Intention Ancient I Believe In Nazi Three Things Materialistic Scandinavians

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“I'd say the modern world has moved yet further away from me, and I don't think whether or not I am incarcerated has had much to say in this context. Living with your family changes you, for the better, and that would be the reason for the accelerated growth in the post-prison period, so to say.”

Thinking World Reason Would Be Growth Modern Periods Moved Prison Posts Our Family Modern World

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“A man can only grow to a certain point when alone; to grow further you need some "irrational shocks", like a wife and children; a dramatic change to your own life.”

Men Needs Children Certain Grows Wife Dramatic Shock Irrational Dramatic Change

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“My own growth is a part of a group evolution, definitely. It does feel as if the changes in the group are meant to be, and that I am not as much a catalyst, so to say, but rather a result of this.”

Ifs Feels Doe Growth My Own Results Groups Evolution Meant To Be Catalyst

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“My own growth comes not (just) individually, but mainly as part of a greater change for the better.”

Growth My Own Greater Change For The Better

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“The divide between me and the modern world is growing further because I to a larger degree manage to rid myself of my dependence on the modern world. If the modern world collapsed tomorrow I would be fine, and I see so many others who would not be.”

Ifs World Would Be Growing Modern Fine Tomorrow Degrees Manage Divides Dependence Modern World

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“Being a man with a conscience I simply felt that I had to do something - anything! - about the world we live in.”

Men World Felt Conscience

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“Our nations are run by absolute worthless scum, our streets are taken over by sub-humans, the food we eat and the water we drink contains poison, our cultures are systematically replaced by "anti-culture", history is a big lie, et cetera et cetera. Of all the options I chose to start this blog, to spread dissent, to tell others - yes Burzum fans too - that there is an alternative to all of this.”

Humans Bigs Running Lying Culture Nations Water Taken Fans Streets Drink Absolutes Spread Alternatives Poison Replaced Worthless Blogs Dissent Scum

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“My "drop in the ocean" will contribute to the enlightenment of Europe, so to speak.”

Speak Ocean Enlightenment Europe Drops In The Ocean

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“Europe really needs to wake up, cast aside the lies and get rid of the Jewish yoke we live under - once and for all.”

Needs Lying Europe Wake Up Casts Yoke

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“Being sociable is a sacrifice, as I see it. I really don't like to be, but it is necessary and worth it.”

Sacrifice Worth It Sociable

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“Music and improving the world are two sides of the same coin.”

World Two Sides Improving Coins Two Sides

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“Words and ideas can change or influence the mind just like music can - yes, like a spell. Regarding the effect of my "spells" I think it varies; my music communicates with some, and I think it has had a positive influence on the minds of those who like it. I hope it helped them see the world from a different perspective.”

Thinking World Mind Ideas Different Influence Effects Perspective Communicate Spells Vary Different Perspective Positive Influence

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“I do feel we live through what I like to call The 2nd Renaissance, but although I foresee a widespread return to the European religion I don't foresee a return to the past. The world has changed, everything is different today, and so will Paganism be.”

World Feels Different Today Past Changed Return Paganism Renaissance

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“We pick up the lost bits and pieces, from the grass where we left them, and bring them with us into a future that will be made up of so much more as well.”

Wells Made Lost Left Bits Pieces Picks Grass Bits And Pieces

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“I don't need to publish anything to make a living, so to speak, and I think it is much more important to spread information about our European religion than it is to make money from doing so.”

Thinking Needs Important Speak Information Spread Making Money Publish

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“If I had the money I'd pay people to have them read accurate books or posts about our own religion. It is very important not only for their self-image, but also for the future of Europe - as a biological term.”

People Ifs Important Book Self Term Pay Europe Posts Accurate

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“Your music has been a powerful vehicle for your philosophies.”

Has Beens Philosophy Powerful Vehicle

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“Initially it was a fascination for Tolkienesque Fantasy, and role-playing games, with time I realized that it was the mythological elements that fascinated me the most, so I moved more and more in that direction.”

Games Roles Fantasy Elements Moved I Realized Fascinated Fascination Playing Games Role Playing

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“Being a Pagan without knowing much about Paganism is a bit silly, in the sense that you would probably have been a Pagan had you known more, but you could not really be because you only knew so much about it.”

Has Beens Bits Known Knowing Silly Paganism Pagan

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“The more I got to knew about Paganism the more Pagan I became, so to say, but I didn't really know enough until after the creation of Burzum.”

Knows Enough Creation Paganism Pagan

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“I don't make music for any other reason than me enjoying music, and I am also glad that I am able to make a living of this.”

Reason Able Enjoy Glad

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“If I like the music then at least some others will too, and that is all that matters in this context.”

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“To a large degree I don't even like most metal music I hear.”

Degrees Metals Metal Music

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“I like Iron Maiden and a few other bands, but by and large I don't like metal music. Most of it simply put reeks. This meant that it was no great loss for me to drop the metal music altogether.”

Loss Band Iron Metals Maidens Great Loss Iron Maiden Metal Music

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“I grew up with classical music, and to a lesser extent electronic music, and that's where I belong, so to speak.”

Speak Grew Grew Up Classical Music Electronic Music

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“I am too conservative to use another studio than the one I am used to, so I "had" to travel all the way from France to Norway every time I wanted to record an album. That was about 3,500 km each way in a Lada Niva with a cruising speed of 90 kph.”

Way Use Wanted Used Records Conservative Albums Studios Speed France Norway

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“My musical ambitions are not that great. I make music I like, and thankfully - for my ability to make an (fairly...) honest living - at least some others like the music too.”

Ability Honest Ambition Musical Honest Living

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“I think the "dawning of a new era" sounds a bit pretentious, and to me it's simply a step closer to my roots, and thus yes - I do feel liberated by this. I know many dislike this move, and I suspect that it is not really the dawning of a new era, but rather a move to a style which sells less records”

Thinking Knows Feels Moving Bits Sound Steps Records Style Roots Sells Eras Suspects Dislike Liberated Pretentious New Era

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“The problem is that mainly the metal press has an interest in Burzum, and the rest of the world... probably hardly even know Burzum exists, and those who do shy away due to my fairly (:-))”

Knows World Problem Interest Presses Dues Shy Metals

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“Personally I don't understand why the metal press even bother, but I guess it is good they do.”

Presses Bother Metals

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“I have a fairly well known name, so for me to do things my way is not that hard.”

Way Wells Hard Names Known My Way Well Known

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“Unless you already have a name well known in at least one stratum of society, I don't think trying to do things yourself will be easy - if at all possible.”

Ifs Thinking Trying Wells Names Easy Known Well Known

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“I wish I could say differently, but I really don't think so. There are too many musicians already for probably anyone to be noticed without some sort of commercial support. Even the most talented ones drown in a sea of mediocrity, and only the politically correct ones will ever be promoted (willingly...) by the press anyhow.”

Thinking Wish Support Sea Musician Presses Mediocrity Politically Correct

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“The metal press has a certain type of audience, and I think most of them support the magazines' negative focus on me.”

Thinking Certain Support Audience Focus Type Negative Presses Magazines Metals Focus On Me

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“With the risk of being accused of quoting the wrong person I can say that [Adolf] Hitler wrote that "the more the press attacks a person the closer he is to us".”

Persons I Can Risk Presses Accused Quoting Wrong Person Being Accused

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“Being attacked by the press is not something I see as a problem, but rather a confirmation that I am on the right track. It is even better when they ignore me completely, like the Norwegian press does; that means they are really afraid.”

Mean Doe Problem Presses Track Confirmation Right Track Norwegians Ignore Me

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“The only negative thing about murder is that when you kills someone they can no longer suffer”

Suffering Negative Murder Rock N Roll

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“Joining a sub-culture, any sub-culture, for whatever reason, is as I see it never a legitimate self-expression. It is always a result of sheep mentality; a wish to belong somewhere.”

Self Reason Culture Wish Results Expression Mentality Sheep Joining Self Expression

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“Out of pure spite we pretty much always said the opposite of what the other said, no matter what they said, only to mark distance. That's how we ended up calling ourselves Satanists, despite the fact that we absolutely were not. There was not a single Satanist in the whole Black Metal scene in Norway in 1991-92.”

Said Matter Whole Facts Black Calling Scene Pure Opposites Mark No Matter What Distance Despite Spite Metals They Said Norway Satanist Black Metal

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“Killing a person with a 8 cm ling blunt knife is a bloody affair.”

Persons Killing Affair Knives Bloody Blunt

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“Christianity was created by some decadent and degenerated Romans as a tool of oppression, in the late Roman era, and it should be treated accordingly. It is like handcuffs to the mind and spirit and is nothing but destructive to mankind. In fact I don't really see Christianity as a religion. It is more like a spiritual plague, a mass psychosis, and it should first and foremost be treated as a problem to be solved by the medical science. Christianity is a diagnosis. It's like Islam and the other Asian religions, a HIV/AIDS of the spirit and mind.”

“The ‘black metallers’ will probably continue to ‘get loaded,’ ‘get high,’ and in all other manners too behave like the stereotypical Negro; they will probably continue to get foreign tribal tattoos, dress, walk, talk, look and act like homosexuals, and so forth.”

Looks Black Walks Dresses Manners Behave Tattoo Homosexual Loaded Getting High

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“Return to a simpler life, and you will see that behind the expensive cars, the fashionable clothes, the empty celebrities, the fancy houses and the thick layers of make-up life has real meaning. Behind all the lies there is a deep well of wisdom that we can all drink from, and grow wiser, healthier and happier.”

Wells Real Lying House Grows Behinds Car Return Drink Clothes Empty Fancy Expensive Thick Layers Wiser Fashionable Expensive Cars Fashionable Clothes

Author:Varg Vikernes

About the Author

Born: February 11, 1973
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 45

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