Black metal musician sentenced to 25 years of prison for burning churches

Holden Matthews, a 23-year old black metal musician from Louisiana, was sentenced to 25 years for setting three Baptist churches on fire in March and April of last year, Washington Post reports. The court also ordered he pay over $2.6 million in restitution for the damages to the trio of religious buildings. The son of a sheriff's deputy claimed to be inspired by the infamous '90s church burnings by black metal musicians in Norway and committed the acts of arson as an attempt to bolster his profile as a black metal musician. He even posted videos and photos of the crimes on Facebook.