Past life memories are shrouded by the Veil of Ignorance that we pass through between each incarnation. This is what the Ancients called the River of Forgetfulness in the Underworld.
Some people place upon themselves additional taboos to protect themselves from discovering certain information when said information could hurt them. When such taboos are in place, I am only able to tell them about events surrounding the shrouded event.
This is rare and mostly concerns Grand Magical Workings of Aeonic importance.
The ritual suicide of the singer of Mayhem was actually one such event. I was lucky to speak to his current-day incarnation and I was able to describe to him a series of lives that lead to this Grand Climax…
