sentences:  Faust was not caught for a year, despite his actions being an open secret known to many in the scene.Many have attributed the murder to homophobia; however, Gaahl, a vocalist from the band Gorgoroth, is a now openly gay man who was voted Gay Person of the Year in 2010 in Bergen, and believes that the killing of Andreassen by Faust had nothing to do with Andreassen's sexuality.Likewise, Faust himself, along with bandmate Ihsahn, have claimed that Andreassen's sexuality was accidental, and Faust simply had a murderous impulse.