The suicide caused a rift between Euronymous and some of his friends , who were disgusted by his attitude towards Dead before the suicide , and his behavior afterwards . Necrobutcher ended his friendship with Euronymous and left Mayhem . Manheim later speculated that Euronymous had wilfully left Dead alone in the house so that he would have a chance to kill himself . Dead 's suicide was said to cause " a change in mentality " in the black metal scene and was the first in a string of infamous events carried out by its members
a string of infamous events
Early Norwegian black metal scene
Dead (musician)