Black Metal’s Medieval King: The Apotheosis of Euronymous Through Album Dedications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
Since his death in 1993, Euronymous, guitarist of Mayhem and head of the underground label Deathlike Silence Productions, has emerged as a kind of ‘patron saint’ of black metal. Moreover, the iconography of invocations to Euronymous in album dedications aligns the ‘fallen warrior’ with the emergence of a new Dark Age precipitated by the music itself. This essay traces the development of the trope of Euronymous as a medievalised king in second wave black metal, a now-global genre that grew out of the early nineties scene in Oslo.
Recommended Citation
Swinford, Dean, "Black Metal’s Medieval King: The Apotheosis of Euronymous Through Album Dedications" (2019). College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 50.
https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/college_humanities_social_sciences/50