Jon Nödtveidt
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- Sweden
- Location
- Stockholm , Sweden
- Date of birth
- J une 28, 1974
- Age at first offence
- 23
- Characteristics
- homosexual rapist
- Victim profile
- Josef Ben Meddour, 38 (homosexual Algerian)
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- December 15, 1997
- Years active
- 1997
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Died in custody
Sentenced 1998; released 2004; found dead in his apartment in Hässelby on August 16, 2006 after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a circle of lit candles; Jon’s website publicly announced his suicide on August 19, 2006
Case record
Background
Jon Andreas Nödtveidt (June 28, 1974 – 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, and Terror (a grindcore band which featured members of At the Gates). He appeared as a journalist in Metal Zone where he was responsible for keeping track of the growing black metal-scene. He was an initiate of the MLO (Misanthropic Luciferian Order).
The offence
Nödtveidt was convicted of felony murder of a 38-year-old homosexual Algerian Josef Ben Meddour in 1997.
Sentencing
Nödtveidt was sentenced in 1998.
Outcome
Nödtveidt was released from prison in 2004. After his release, he restarted Dissection.
On August 16, 2006, Nödtveidt was found dead in 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.
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. Set Teitan stated:
"it's not any atheist, humanist and ego-worshiping 'Satanic Bible' by Anton LaVey that Jon had in front of him, but a Satanic Grimoire. He despised LaVey and 'Church of Satan'."
The “Satanic Grimoire” was reputed to be the Liber Azerate, one of the publishings of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order, from which Jon Nödtveidt apparently was influenced. It was also stated that his last album Reinkaos's lyrics were co-written by the very same man who wrote the Liber Azerate.
On August 19, 2006, Jon’s website publicly announced his suicide.
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