MAYHEM – DAWN OF THE BLACK HEARTS [VINYL 12”]

Dead was found deceased by Euronymous at his home with slit wrists and a shotgun wound to the head. His death was considered suicide. Before calling the police, Euronymous went to a shop and bought a disposable camera with which he photographed the body, after rearranging some items.
One of these photographs was later used as the cover of a bootleg live album: The Dawn of the Black Hearts.

Necrobutcher recalls how Euronymous told him of the suicide:
Øystein called me up the next day … and says, “Dead has done something really cool! He killed himself”. I thought, have you lost it? What do you mean cool? He says, “Relax, I have photos of everything”. I was in shock and grief. He was just thinking how to exploit it. So I told him, “OK. Don’t even fucking call me before you destroy those pictures”.