sentences:  In August 1993, Vikernes, with Snorre Ruch from Thorns and Mayhem as an accomplice, killed his bandmate Euronymous and was arrested shortly after.Vikernes was convicted in the spring of 1994 for arson, murder, and illegal possession of weapons.Vikernes insists that he killed Euronymous in self-defense, although while in prison claimed that it was also because Euronymous was gay and Communist.