Mayhem's guitarist, Euronymous (who took this photo), took bits of Dead's skull and made them into necklaces for members of the black metal scene, including the band's drummer Hellhammer. He was replaced by Burzum's Varg Vikernes, who murdered Euronymous two years later.
In the movie, Euronymous "becomes fixated on creating true 'Norwegian black metal' music with his band MAYHEM, and creates a phenomenon by using shocking stunts to put the band's name on the map
Mucho se especula sobre si es verdad o no que Varg Vikernes asesinó a Euronymous por defensa personal, hay personas que dicen que eso sucedió por venganza. La banda Mayhem inicialmente tenía un vocalista llamado Per Yngve Ohlin cuyo seudónimo era "Dead", Euronymous y él compartían muchos gustos similares y trataban de encontrar unEuronymous, the guitarist in Mayhem, found Dead in the house they shared. He took pictures, and one was used as the cover art for a Mayhem bootleg. I don't think this is related to Euronymous taking pictures of Dead. But Varg Vikernes and Euronymous had a falling out over a dispute about money because Euronymous owed Varg royalties.Varg was convicted in 1994 and sentenced to Norway's longest prison term of 21 years for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) and for burning down three Varg Vikernes' suspicion that Euronymous did not really want others to play black metal because he feared competition seems to hold a lot of truth. Nevertheless, Euronymous mentored Ivar .