To Hell & Back Again: Part II: My Childhood Story

by Varg Vikernes

🔍 Learn about the childhood of the most notorious figure in Black Metal!

📚 Discover the roots of his personal beliefs and what shaped him into what he later on became.

🔥 Experience his rebellious spirit and uncover untold stories and intimate details about his life from birth to adulthood.

📖 Grab a copy of this book and embark on a gripping journey through the tumultuous childhood of a character who would become a symbol of rebellion and controversy in metal music. Get ready to be immersed in the captivating tale of Varg Vikernes, like never before.

124 pages, Paperback

Published February 3, 2024

About the author

Varg Vikernes is a Norwegian musician. In 1991 Vikernes conceived the one-man music project Burzum, which quickly became popular within the early Norwegian black metal scene. In Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, director Sam Dunn described Vikernes as "the most notorious metal musician of all time".

"After creating in the course of four early albums an impressive body of art that essentially ended black metal as it was by raising the bar beyond what others could easily participate in, Vikernes was imprisoned for sixteen years for his alleged role in church arson and murder. During the time he was in prison, he put out two more impressive keyboard-based albums and several books’ worth of writings before falling silent around the turn of the millennium." (source: www.deathmetal.org)

Since then and after his release in 2009, he has authored several writings on Nordic/Germanic neopaganism and European nationalism from a primitivist and naturalist stance focused on cultural values in the community and family.

Reviews

[Patrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

If the game shop was never closed due to the owner being a drug dealer, the world may never have been blessed with the masterpiece that is Dauði Baldrs.
When one door closes, another opens. Well...there were several jail cells in between them, but that's not the point of this book. Sometimes it's nice to forget about the murder, and remember the innocence and youthfulness of a christ-hating child.

[Cthulhu · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the start, I couldn't put it down. I read it cover to cover as soon as it was delivered. Reading this and being able to get a glimpse at Varg's childhood experiences kind of makes the reader feel as if they're getting to know him at a deeper level and reads almost like catching up with an old friend. I look forward to reading the next installment.

[Adam Jäger · Rating 2 out of 5]

Better than the first book in the series since it structurally makes more sense but still suffers from many of the same flaws.

[central Jersey forever · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good quick read.

Varg grew up with a dreamlike childhood for any ADHD boy lmao.

He seems to resent his parents to some extent which I cannot understand.

Most of his problems in life were self inflicted

[Steve M · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll start off by saying this "chapter" was better, in my mind.
It came off more informative, it was a fresh breath in comparison to chapter 1 whereas most stories had been told and re-told and re-re-told.

The Death of Varg's father was pretty heavy.

The smaller issues with the chapters is that it seems typed on .txt and quite a few spelling errors.

[Luciano Coelho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Varg fought a lot when he was a kid. For reasons in the book I found myself laughing out loud while reading - it was funny to hear Varg complain about and call out the state of Norway. I think he loves Norway, but doesn’t like its government. I didn’t know Danes were viewed as brothers and sisters in Norway. And I enjoyed reading about his shenanigans, his accident, his time in Iraq and his parents, brother and childhood in general