Maniac, left the band in 2004 through mutual consent. But not before Blasphemer [Euronymous’s replacement] had made his displeasure known, at what he felt was Maniac’s lack of commitment, by kicking him down a flight of stairs as they came off stage - and twice slamming his head facefirst into a wall. ‘Blasphemer actually came and asked my permission beforehand,’ an amused Necro Butcher confides.‘Maniac had terrible stage fright. He’d get so drunk beforehand that he couldn’t remember the words.’ - Necrobutcher, Chris Campion’s Chris Campion on metal’s maddest: Mayhem (2005)
