Origin
Varg Vikernes of Burzum is generally seen as the main person to have brought Nazism into the black metal scene. According to an interview in Blood & Honour magazine, he got in touch with neo-Nazi organisation Zorn 88’s (later called Norges Nasjonalsocialistiske Bevegelse ) magazine Gjallarhorn in 1992 and joined White Aryan Resistance before he murdered Øystein Aarseth. Although his lyrics do not express Nazi ideology and his music is therefore not seen as NSBM by the scene (but by external sources, like Mattias Gardell) his writings are part of its ideological fundament. Furthermore, he has applauded NSBM bands for having "the guts to be different and politically incorrect, unlike the spineless poser-bands in the 'Black Metal' scene". He has posted some arguably racist essays on the Burzum website. However, Vikernes has since tried to distance himself from Nazism and the NSBM scene, preferring to refer to himself as an odalist instead of a "socialistic", "materialistic" Nazi. He still maintains his support of what he labels "race hygiene" for the European peoples.
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