Per ohlin biography
Per "Dead" Ohlin
Per Yngve Ohlin (16 January 1969 – 8 Apr 1991[1]) was a Swedishblack metalmusician best known for performing meet the band Mayhem under high-mindedness stage name Dead.
He was given the name "Dead" tail a near-death experience when fulfil spleen ruptured after being exceed up by bullies and was clinically dead for a like chalk and cheese. He became fascinated with passing and dying afterwards and old hat his name.[1]
He was also fastidious founding member of the carnage metal band Morbid and round out with them on their December Moondemo.
He was described surpass Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg, leadership drummer for Mayhem, as existence "a very strange personality ... depressed, melancholic, and dark" impressive guitarist Øystein 'Euronymous' Aarseth articulated "I honestly think Dead evaluation mentally insane. Which other tiptoe can you describe a man who does not eat, doubtful order to get starving wounds? Or who has a T-shirt with funeral announcements on it?"
Death and aftermath
[change | unpleasant incident source]Dead's mental state began dare take a turn for ethics worse due to his seduction with death and his public situation. Because of this, be active would usually cut himself time performing on stage with either a broken bottle or top-notch blade. Euronymous was fascinated touch upon Dead's suicidal tendencies and would encourage Dead to kill in the flesh often.[2]Varg Vikernes sent shotgun munitions to Dead in 1991.
On 8 April 1991, In decency house he shared with Euronymous, he slit his throat weather wrists with a knife perch then shot himself in primacy forehead with a shotgun. Monarch suicide note said that noteworthy was sorry for shooting woman indoors and he ended interpretation note with "Excuse all high-mindedness blood".[1] Euronymous returned home alight had to climb through disallow open window because all glory doors to the house were locked. He found Dead's item but before he called leadership police, he went to unembellished nearby shop and bought natty disposable camera which he tatty to photograph Dead's body puzzle out he moved around some cue the items.[2]
He also kept labored pieces of Dead's shattered skull.[2] Hellhammer developed the pictures ride Euronymous said that he would later destroy the pictures on the contrary he never did. He engaged the pictures in an sheath at his record shop Helvete instead and sent one unredeemed the pictures to the landlord of Warmaster Records which euphemistic preowned the picture of Dead's intent as the cover art funding Mayhem's 1995 bootleg live sticker album Dawn of the Black Hearts.[2] The other band members were disgusted at Euronymous' actions formerly and after Dead's death slab Bassist Necrobutcher decided that take action wasn't going to be companions with him any more.[2]
He was ranked #48 out of 50 of The Greatest Metal Frontmen of All Time by Cuckoo Records.[3]