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Black metal's Nazi problem is bigger than Varg but recent church burnings in the US/NZ show specific connection. Holden Matthews posted about Varg/Norwegian black metal history. Christchurch NZ arsonist was fan of Vikernes' vlog Thulean Perspective & obsessed w/ burning churches.pic.twitter.com/irqF8lnmm0

The name of Varg's blog Thulean Perspective refers to The Thule Society, a German anti-semitic occultist group including founding members of the Nazi Party like Rudolf Hess, who believed the racially pure "Aryan race" arose in Thule, the mythical northernmost land of Hyperborea.pic.twitter.com/wHXyuk2Ri7

Holden Mattews followed "the law" of Norse god Odin/Ásatrú neo-Paganism. Recently exposed Nazis 'Ravensblood Kindred', part of Asatru Folk Assembly/Wotan Network of racialist heathens, are part of NSBM-tied Operation Werewolf & interacted w/ Varg Vikernes. https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1115612542871777280 …pic.twitter.com/Ti4AZmiMij

Atomwaffen Division, the satanic Nazi death cult linked to at least 5 murders in the U.S. whose members worship Hitler & Charles Manson, recommends Hitler's writings, Lord of the Rings, & 3 books by Varg Vikernes who promotes Lord of the Rings-inspired white supremacist paganism.pic.twitter.com/CKZprWh86o

Newly exposed Atomwaffen Division neo-Nazi & US Army soldier Corwyn Storm Carver was raised in an occult community as a son of members of racialist heathen Asatru Folk Assembly. Carver invokes stories of Norse warrior God to incite terror to spark race war https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1116859354634956800 …pic.twitter.com/4obvu8xpcN

Lords of Chaos, a book on black metal, was co-written by fascist Michael Moynihan who was a leading member of Church of Satan before switching to racist Paganism. Neo-Nazi James Mason, author of Siege (published by Moynihan) who's revered by Atomwaffen, is also ex-Church of Satanpic.twitter.com/S42q2HXtoX

Leadership of the murderous Nazi terrorist group Atomwaffen Division is reported to have been taken over by at least 9 members of Tempel of Blood, an offshoot of the apocalyptic Satanic death cult Order of Nine Angles (O9A). Some are US military soldiers. http://www.nate-thayer.com/u-s-soldiers-uncovered-in-atomwaffen-division-satanic-nazi-death-cult-terror-group/ …pic.twitter.com/7JeEwyyS6z

Michael Moynihan is in neo-folk band Blood Axis influenced by fascist Julius Evola (who Moynihan published), runs Storm label distributing Burzum & NSBM, edits Tyr journal distributed by white nationalist Counter-Currents, and was in fascist Abraxas Foundation w/ ex-CoS Boyd Ricepic.twitter.com/SuoEdNilPW

Church-burning murderer/hate crime convict Kristian "Varg" Vikernes of Burzum stated he had neo-Nazi James Mason's book SIEGE & Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in his cell in prison. James Mason has praised Vikernes: "He epitomizes the Man of Action, which the West is in dire need of."pic.twitter.com/mRNVS1EJ26

The church burnings by Holden Matthews in Louisiana & Jacob Lowestein of black metal band Igni in Christchurch,NZ weren't the only ones in recent news. On March 29th, Jillian Nicole Robinson was arrested in Utah after setting fire to 2 churches & writing "Satan Lives" on the doorpic.twitter.com/EV01ddi2e2

Holden Matthews, who burned down 3 historically black churches in Louisiana, had at least two other FB accounts as "Noctis" and "Malice" Matthews, and had been in other black metal bands besides "Vodka Vultures": Merciless Nightmare, solo project Wraithaven, and Pagan Carnage.pic.twitter.com/ox7WEQ7Hi9

4 days before his arrest for the 3 Louisiana Baptist church fires, Holden Matthews responded to a post about "Afrikan Spirituality" saying he "can't stand all these baptists around here, bunch of brainwashed people" who should "look into ancient beliefs of pre Christian Africa".pic.twitter.com/60cpHtuUT8

The day after Holden Matthews burned down St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre, a video was posted on his band Pagan Carnage's youtube page of the song "Diabolical Soul Feast". The lyrics reference church burnings: "The holy church is now destroyed" "Burning down in Odin's name"pic.twitter.com/iUUH876oqV

On the day he burned down the 2nd church, Holden Matthews commented on a meme in a Black Metal FB group showing various photos of Varg Vikernes that says CHOOSE YOUR CLASS w/ the choices of Wizard, Fighter, Sniper, Assassin, Guardian, Warrior: "I'll take the Arson/assassin/bard"pic.twitter.com/LtKpKiv7bE

When the Lords of Chaos movie (named after fascist Michael Moynihan's book) came out, Matthews commented people are against it "because varg told them to be, because "the Jews made it" even tho again it wasn't the Jews, it's Jonas from bathory" (Director was a drummer in Bathory)pic.twitter.com/3NLyxXNvxu

Holden Matthews' FB accounts were active on Pagan & Norse mythology pages. He talks about being visited by the Norse mythology goddess of death Hel after he performed an unspecified "sacrifice", carving Thor's hammer pendant from a bone & showed devotion to Norse god of war Odin.pic.twitter.com/tBXGfZD7sT

On every video posted on one of Holden Matthews' youtube accounts for his solo project Wraithaven, encouraging comments (and the only comments to be found) were left by an account called CryptorsatanArt whose channel is full of various NSBM (National Socialist Black Metal) videospic.twitter.com/wKxRBnG3Vw

Nigel Courville aka Nygyl Bryyn, who runs a metal label Power Back & posts pics of burning churches, says friend Holden Matthews is not racist, that the churches were "victims of circumstances", and jokes about his online metal radio station being "HEAVIER than Holden's matches".pic.twitter.com/quK8IW6LNw

On one of his youtube accounts under the name "Malice" which Holden Matthews used to post videos of his black metal bands Pagan Carnage and Wraithaven, he had created a playlist called Odinism with just Burzum (Varg Vikernes) songs about Norse gods.pic.twitter.com/JqJsCJpNwA

Besides burning down churches, Varg Vikernes, the white supremacist murderer/hate crime convict of Burzum, was plotting to blow up Blitz House, an anarchist/anti-fascist squat/social center in Oslo, when he was arrested in 1993 with 150kg of explosives & 3000 rounds of ammunitionpic.twitter.com/Ypy8mgP99d

Varg Vikernes sparked off a wave of arsons starting with the Fantoft stave church in 1992, and is said to have formed small nationalist racialist pagan cells in the Norwegian black metal scene including members of Mayhem & Emperor, resulting in at least 50 church burnings by 1996pic.twitter.com/skvVKIivjY

Varg Vikernes, who murdered Euronymous of Mayhem in 1993, was a Nazi skinhead before he became a metalhead. Vikernes justified the murder claiming Euronymous was Sámi: "he was half Lappish, a Sami, so that was a bonus" "His Lappish (Mongolian) facial features are very visible"pic.twitter.com/ahihRMQ4HE

Varg Vikernes went to an Iraqi school in Baghdad at 6 (Dad worked for Saddam Hussein) & got away w/ calling a teacher "a monkey" since he was white. Hid dad disliked "all the colored people" in town but was upset Varg had a swastika flag at home. His mom was "very race conscious"pic.twitter.com/dIa3tzCV2I

Øystein Aarseth/Euronymous of Mayhem claimed to be Stalinist because he liked "brutal" communist dictators & was in Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Red Youth who idolized Pol Pot. He also claimed to be a theistic Satanist & fascist & said "almost ALL Norwegian bands are more less nazis".pic.twitter.com/Gat5BXOmZN

In his letter to Anders Odden (Satyricon, ex-Celtic Frost) from 1987, Øystein Aarseth/Euronymous angrily accused Odden's band Slaught of copying the marketing approach of his own band Mayhem. Along w/ violent threats, Euronymous told Odden: "YOU DON’T EVEN DESERVE TO BE NI**ERS"pic.twitter.com/UFutIQKFiA

In Feb 1993, Euronymous told everyone involved w/ black metal to "immediately return to the shadows", anyone w/ something to hide to "do it fast as fuck" & not even consider doing any "fucked up shit" and to convince police & media "that this is only about listening to raw music"pic.twitter.com/7mAfy3Bk0J

In a series of letters written by Varg Vikernes to a UK fan named Paul Watson in the early '90s, the main topic is Nazism. In a letter written right after committing the murder, Varg mentioned Euronymous was dead (days before it made the news) and signed off with "Wotan Mit Uns".pic.twitter.com/GoI6zEkMkI

In a letter Varg Vikernes sent on August 9th 1993, the day he left for Oslo where he killed Øystein Aarseth (Euronymous) the next day, he leads with his usual "Heil Hitler" greeting and mentions "the Nazi-Flags we talked about have to wait for a while" because he's short on cash.pic.twitter.com/NxWvjlaejg

In his letter written a day before he killed Øystein Aarseth/Euronymous on August 10 1993, Varg Vikernes talks weapons, having 500lbs of dynamite & bag full of detonators, continuing "the works of Hitler" & that he views Black Metal "as a media to let the world become More Nazi!"pic.twitter.com/zsfpD41xQW