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True Norwegian Black Metal

Edited by Johan Kugelberg / Photographer Peter Beste
Published by Vice Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book

In the last two decades, a bizarre and violent musical subculture called "Black Metal" has emerged in Norway. Its roots stem from a heady blend of horror movies, heavy metal music, Satanism, Paganism, and adolescent angst. In the early-mid 1990s, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. What started as juvenile frenzy came to symbolize the start of a war against Christianity, a return to the worship of the ancient Norse gods, and the complete rejection of mainstream society.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Vice Books (May 20, 2008)
  • Length: 208 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781576874356

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