March 26, 2012

Euronymous Might Become Norwegian Airline Emblem

Pictured above: the grimmest Boeing 737 to ever roam the dark , frozen Norwegian nekkroskye.

Norwegian black metal is more closely associated with murder and burning churches than with low-cost air travel, but that might be about to change. The late Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous – the guitarist of Mayhem, who was murdered by his fellow black metaller Varg Vikernes in August 1993 – may soon be the image painted on the tailfins of Norwegian jets.
The proposal is part of a contest by Norwegian, a low-cost airline that flies Boeing 737s across Scandinavia and into the UK. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the carrier is asking passengers to vote on a new set of heroes for their aircraft's tailfins. There are four separate sweepstakes, for planes in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger, and the nominees include everyone from beauty queen Julie Ege to footballer Knut Torbjørn Eggen. Visitors to the website can even nominate their own "tail heroes".
In Oslo, Aarseth is winning. After being put forward by a local nominating committee, the Mayhem founder has collected the highest share of votes, leading over Trond André Bolle, a soldier who died in 2010, and the Lutheran reformist Hans Nielsen Hauge. Metal fans have rallied behind him, acting on a rare chance to get the musician's silhouette on a multi-million pound flying machine.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/26/euronymous-norwegian-airline-tailfin

I never cared much for Euronymous (or Mayhem, for that matter), but this would be great. Maybe a competing airline could spray paint Varg Vikernes on their airplane's tailfins to really convey a sense of cutthroat, economic dog-eat-dog rivalry.

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