True Norwegian Black Metal

"When we're on the road, all we watch is VBS, and our favorite series is Norwegian Black Metal." -- Dave Grohl

Beste's access and insight has been absolutely without precedent, resulting in an amazing photographic journey. . American documentary photographer Peter Beste has spent the last eight years working in the milieu of this insulated and secretive community

Eskil said You've got the museum in your home. Most of the pictures in this book are to be found on the internet, but it's still better to have them collected in a book, with a greater resolution and feel. Everything is printed on nice, thick paper. Nothing feels cheap about this book at all. If you're interested in black metal and/or art and/or p. Brett Smith said A great visual representation of the genre. Physically a very large book. The photos vary in style which is nice. A lot of them are intentionally blurry, some feature just landscape shots of Norway, a mix of black & white and color photography. Members of Gorgoroth are featured most prominently due to the VICE documentary of the same name that . Which in a way is really good, as it allows the viewer to gauge their In Australia, this book can retail for double the price I paid on Amazon, so it's a no brainer. The quality of this book is such that not only is it huge, however there is not much narrative. It is dominated by pictures of black metal in Norway. Which in a way is really good, as it allows the viewer t

In the early-mid 1990s, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. In the last two decades, a bizarre and violent musical subculture called "Black Metal" has emerged in Norway. 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.. Its roots stem from a heady blend of horror movies, heavy metal music, Satanism, Paganism, and adolescent angst