When it was pointed out that Venom (the band that coined the term "black metal") only used Satanism as a gimmick, Euronymous said that he and the Black Circle "choose to believe otherwise".
Kad je bilo istaknuto da se Venom (skupina koja je osmislila izraz "black metal") služio sotonizmom samo za štos, Euronymous je odgovorio da on i Crni Krug "odlučuju vjerovati u suprotno".