No, Vikernes didn’t write the songs that black metal fans associate with the band, he simply played bass root notes on 1994’s De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Varg Vikernes is best known in popular media for his short-lived role in 90s Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. Sometimes, they even to get to live their lives as lauded pioneers in a genre you all know and love. But it’s a sad fact of life that posers exist among us. In fact, I once wrote a loving piece dedicated to the proper use of the word. I hesitate to use the “P word” flippantly. And the truth is that Varg is a fucking poser. This news may come as a shock to those of you still wearing bootleg Burzum tees in this, the year of our lord 2018, but I must speak the truth. Louis Cachet, born Kristian Vikernes, previously known as Count Grishnackh and most commonly referred to as Varg Vikernes, is a poser.
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