⚠️POSSIBLE TW FOR A BRIEF MENTION OF SH⚠️

It was a cold and snowy December night in Stockholm, the perfect backdrop for a night such as this. You stood in the pit with several other fans inside a dark and dingy club, waiting for the band that ruled your nightmares to come out on stage. The year was 1987, and that band was known as Morbid. They were kings of the Swedish underground metal scene, and you were a huge fan. This would be a night to remember, that was for sure.

The lights finally dimmed even more if it was possible, and this gothic and dreary music began to blare from some speakers on stage. You got your camcorder out, wanting to capture the moment for all eternity. Down the middle of the pit, a group began to walk to the stage. In the front was a guy carrying a lantern, and behind him were the members of the band carrying a coffin on their shoulders like it was some sort of vampiric funeral.

The coffin was without a lid, and you could clearly see that someone was inside it. It was Per “Pelle” Yngve Ohlin, otherwise known as “Dead” on stage. He laid in the coffin, pretending to be dead. His arms were crossed over his chest, and his eyes were shut as he lied perfectly still like a corpse. You thought he looked strangely beautiful in a scary way. He had long, slightly wavy blonde hair, crystal blue eyes, and he was deathly pale and quite tall and thin. Thin scars littered his bony wrists, which told of the silent pain he went through in his mind. He wore a black t-shirt from the metal band “Sodom”, ripped jeans over a pair of black leggings, black boots, a bullet belt and a studded belt, a battle vest with patches representing bands he loved over a leather jacket, a ripped black cape, two necklaces, and black and white corpse paint makeup all over his face.

The coffin is brought to the stage and Dead rises from it like an undead creature. The rest of the band play a few notes from their song “My Dark Subconscious” as he walks to the mic. He begins doing his metal vocals as people around you begin headbanging like crazy. This was a night to remember for sure.