Get to know Vikernes better with 10+ real example sentences.
Vikernes in a sentence
Using Vikernes
- In the example corpus, vikernes often appears in combinations such as: and vikernes, vikernes claims, vikernes was.
Context around Vikernes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vikernes
- In this selection, "vikernes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stagnating, org, example, claims, autobiography and varg stand out and add context to how "vikernes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1994 when vikernes was arrested and according to vikernes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vikernes" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vikernes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Around 1996, when many in the scene felt the genre was stagnating, Vikernes, Varg. (14 words)
Many were musically inspired by Burzum but did not necessarily adopt Vikernes's ideas. (14 words)
Recorded in March 1993, Filosofem was the last recording Vikernes made before his imprisonment. (14 words)
According to Vikernes' autobiography on his website, he had intended to record the album in the worst recording quality possible (due to this being a typical trademark of the early Norwegian black metal scene), though still make it sound acceptable. (40 words)
Blackthorn was sentenced to eight years in prison for being an accomplice to the murder.sfn That month saw the release of Mayhem's album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, which featured Euronymous on guitar and Vikernes on bass guitar. (39 words)
However, in a video posted on Vikernes' official YouTube page he stated Burzum will be touring from June 2016 in a joint tour with his former band Mayhem called "The Mythic Fantasy Tour" with 60 dates planned. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Vikernes still wallows in the savagery of his knife attack and in his latest video demonstrated the stabbing motion he used to murder his band mate.
According to Vikernes' autobiography on his website, he had intended to record the album in the worst recording quality possible (due to this being a typical trademark of the early Norwegian black metal scene), though still make it sound acceptable.
Around 1996, when many in the scene felt the genre was stagnating, Vikernes, Varg.
Blackthorn was sentenced to eight years in prison for being an accomplice to the murder.sfn That month saw the release of Mayhem's album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, which featured Euronymous on guitar and Vikernes on bass guitar.
Burzum has never performed live and Vikernes says he has no intention of doing so.
Burzum.org. Vikernes claims he intended to hand Euronymous the signed contract that night and "tell him to fuck off", but that Euronymous panicked and attacked him first.
Burzum remained as a solo project until 1994, when Vikernes was arrested for the murder of Euronymous and the burnings of several churches in Norway.
Burzum's early music shows heavy Tolkien influence; for example, Vikernes' early moniker "Count Grishnackh" is taken from an orc character called Grishnákh in Tolkien's works.
Euronymous's family had asked Mayhem's drummer, Hellhammer, to remove the bass tracks recorded by Vikernes, but Hellhammer said: "I thought it was appropriate that the murderer and victim were on the same record".
However, in a video posted on Vikernes' official YouTube page he stated Burzum will be touring from June 2016 in a joint tour with his former band Mayhem called "The Mythic Fantasy Tour" with 60 dates planned.
In 2003, Vikernes failed to return to Tønsberg prison after being given a short leave.
Many were musically inspired by Burzum but did not necessarily adopt Vikernes's ideas.
Recorded in March 1993, Filosofem was the last recording Vikernes made before his imprisonment.
The song "War" from this album had a guest appearance from Euronymous, playing a guitar solo "just for fun", according to Vikernes.
Two churches were burnt the day he was sentenced, "presumably as a statement of symbolic support".sfn Vikernes smiled when his verdict was read and the picture was widely reprinted in the news media.
Varg Vikernes called himself a Satanist in early interviews but "now downplays his former interest in Satanism", saying he was using Satan as a symbol for Odin as the 'adversary' of the Christian God.
Vikernes claims the intent to create this fantasy world came from dissatisfaction with the real world.
Vikernes had by then lost his interest in playing live concerts, and stated that he "didn't even need session musicians anymore".
Vikernes has described Burzum as a kind of "spell" or recreation of an imaginary world tied in with Pagan history.
Vikernes left Old Funeral in 1991 to concentrate on creating his own musical visions.
Common combinations with vikernes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: