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Gangsta Rap's white-kid counterpart, black metal music enjoys a continued obscurity that is baffling in light of the made-for-tabloid events detailed in Moynihans's and Soderlind's book. Their book is a sort of guide to the Norwegian black metal scene, where, the authors claim, this latest, more rebellious form of heavy metal music originated. Moreover, Norway is the recent setting for the burning of numerous churches, and for two gruesome murders for which a small group of black metallers have been convicted. Whereas gangsta rappers might cite ancient African traditions that have been violently uprooted as a cause for their crimes against society, Norwegian black metal-heads cite the slaughter of their pagan traditions at the hands of early Christians as their justification. For most readers, such rationalizations will fall apart as they note that black metal kids murder their own kind (as, often, do gangsta rappers). It does not require 344 pages (plus appendices) to become disenchanted with the authors' rather disorganized history, but rabid fans will find much to savor here, such as lengthy interviews with the scene's icons. This is an exhaustive look at a few, extremely disturbed young men who, tragically, did not get Ozzy Osbourne's joke.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Committed campaigners against rock culture excesses may enjoy this look at the weird world of black metal as much as the local goth contingent will. Centered in Norway, though not confined there, black metal is a refinement of heavy metal, the genre minions of decency loved to hate before the rise of gangsta rap. Combining the lyrical stance of death metal with the melodic stylings of thrash, black metal takes its name from the English band Venom's second album. But what distinguishes black metal from, say, Marilyn Manson, is that the Nordic tunesmiths aren't kidding. The ones cited here openly advocate and occasionally admit to suicide, murder, and church burnings. Satan worship and its trappings are important to the black metal ethos, yet many musicians and fans aren't Satan worshippers but Odin devotees, and some seek to revive notorious Norwegian Nazi puppet Vidkun Quisling's Universism. Though the prose is stiff in places and the presentation desultory at times, this is gripping stuff, a book about scary rock that is really scary. Mike Tribby
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1.0 out of 5 stars
A complete waste of time.,
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This review is from: Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground New Edition (Paperback)
I don't read very fast, and when I think of the hours I spent reading this rubbish I am crestfallen at the prospect of what else I could have been reading. First off, I was bored out of my mind. There is no information of interest in this book that I couldn't collect from many band's Home sites. Not to mention, there is a site I frequent where each Black Metal band is listed with its own biography and a list of their influences. I got more from the Mayhem biography at that site, a whole 4 paragraphs, than I did in the first 200 pages of this over-hyped text. The cover reads "The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground." Every "Satanic" band in the book that is interviewed states vehemently that it is all an act of rebellion against Christian-dominated society. They are targeting disenchanted youth for cash, nothing more. Also, most of this book is a collection of interviews with disturbed pyromaniacs who have delusions of grandeur. "Chieftan" Vikernes, indeed. Another portion is a detailed description of the Nazi fascination with UFOs. What has that got to do with Black Metal? The authors are not above the occasional veiled slander of something they believe to be ridiculous. They mask it fairly well, but other times I coughed in disgust. This book is a complete waste of time.
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This review is from: Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground New Edition (Paperback)
had my nose stuck in this one for hours on end. a great history of the roots of black metal. \m/
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Metal Evilutions...,
By Draconis Blackthorne (The Haunted Noctuary) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground New Edition (Paperback)
I picked up a copy of "Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground" by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind, and it has been quite an intriguing read - the book mostly focuses on church arson, murder amongst their own, and the development of this counter-culture primarily in The Netherlands, spawned from the iconoclasm of Venom, Bathory, Celtic Frost, Mercyful Fate, Possessed, and Slayer. These were bands that I listened to in formative evilution, and still put them on the crackling turntable from time to time when the feeling is appropriate, for evocation and Vampriric invigorating preservation/time travel. Of particular note, and the main reason I purchased this tome, is for the interview with Dr. LaVey and Ms. Barton, in which they discuss the pretention of many of these devil-worshipping bands who are mainly not Satanists, and the precious few who actually are, like King Diamond and Acheron, to name only a couple.By now, we know that Satanism is about Strength Through Joy, Living Life to The Fullest, evolving to one's highest potential, a winner's creed, not about misery and criminality, which hampers self-preservation, and is decidedly and ironically Christian in nature. The horror genre does span the multimedia spectrum, but most of those devil-worshipper types divulge their misinformation from horror movies, books, and music lyrics, which are intended as entertainment, not to be taken fundamentally. The Satanic Bible explais what Satanism is, and the non-satanic will frequently misinterpret this essential text, and crib from the J/C bible at that. And they eventually return to their god, whom they never really left. And that is as it should be, for it is a process of stratification. The blindlight religions muck-rake the inferior away from us, as well as those who dwell within the same paradigm. Black sheep are still sheep, and have no place amongst the Black Wolves, which they have pretentiously attempted to be. We are The Church of Satan, the Source of true information.
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