Here we go again
Here we go again. Varg’s legacy has cast a long shadow which continues to this day:
A fire that destroyed a 105-year-old church in Minnedosa last winter was not an isolated act of arson, but part of an international movement with links to a Norwegian “death metal” musician, say justice officials.
The disturbing revelation was made at a recent court hearing for one of three people accused of torching the Minnedosa United Church last February.
Deanna Lynn Mathews, 19, pleaded guilty in Brandon court April 13 to one count of arson. She will be sentenced May 25.
Court heard the Minnedosa church was set ablaze on the birthday of Varg Vikernes, a 30-year-old death metal musician now serving time in prison in Norway for murdering a bandmate and burning several churches.
In this case the media, understandably, uses the catch-all term ‘goth’ to apply to anybody who dresses in black and listens to ’scary’ music. The movement which is supposed to have inspired this church burning is the National Socialist Black Metal scene in Norway, of which, Varg had been part of.