Jon Nödtveidt

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Jon Nödtveidt (June 28, 1975 – August 16, 2006) was a lead guitarist and vocalist of the Swedish death metal/black metal band, Dissection, which he founded in 1989.

Nödtveidt also performed in several other projects, including Necrophobic, The Black (as Rietas), De Infernali, Nifelheim, Ophthalamia (as Shadow), Satanized, Siren's Yell, Terror (a grindcore band which featured members of At the Gates).

He also appeared as a journalist in Metal Zone where he was responsible for keeping track of the growing black metal-scene.

He was a member of the MLO (Misanthropic Luciferian Order).

Nödtveidt was convicted of felony murder of a 37-year-old homosexual Algerian Josef Ben Maddour in 1997. He was released from prison in 2004 and restarted Dissection.

On the 16th of August 2006, he was found dead at his apartment in Hässelby, a suburb of Stockholm by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a circle of lit candles. Dissection's official website later confirmed his death. ^[1]

Early reports indicated that he was found with an open copy of the Satanic Bible, but these were later dismissed by Dissection's guitarist Set Teitan. According to him, "it's not any atheist, humanist and ego-worshipping 'Satanic Bible' by Anton LaVey that Jon had in front of him, but a Satanic Grimoire (Liber Azerate?, one of the books from the MLO). He despised LaVey and 'Church of Satan'." ^[2]

On August 19th, of 2006, Jon's website publicly announced his suicide.

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His brother Emil Nödtveidt is also a guitarist and appeared in several projects with him, including Ophthalamia. He is currently a member of the group Deathstars, using the pseudonym Nightmare Industries.

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