In the summer of 1992 , a series of events were set in motion by the black metal inner circle . Samoth , along with various other black metallers , set out to burn down old churches in Norway . Also in 1992 , Faust lived in Lillehammer , and in the newly constructed Olympic park a man named Magne Andreassen approached him and suggested that they take a walk in the nearby forest . Faust agreed , and , once in the forest , Faust claimed the man began to make strong sexual advances towards him . Faust then stabbed the man to death , kicking him in the head afterward to ensure that he was dead . He was not convicted until two years later . The day after Faust committed the murder , he went with Euronymous of Mayhem and Varg Vikernes of Burzum to burn the Holmenkollen Chapel in Oslo . In the summer of 1993 , the band began working on their first full-length album . Emperor ceased wearing corpse paint ; they stated that it was becoming a trend and losing its original significance and symbolism . In autumn of that year , the police began to investigate the murder of Euronymous of Mayhem , naming Varg Vikernes as a suspect ; this investigation eventually led to the incarceration of Samoth for arson , and of Faust for the murder of Magne Andreassen
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Early Norwegian black metal scene
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