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thebookvvitch's review against another edition
5.0
A fascinating insight into the deadly consequences of toxic masculinity and radicalisation within the black metal community of the early 90s and beyond
davygibbs's review against another edition
3.0
Details the blood & fire rise of black metal in Scandinavia. Should've been awful, really, but it's surprisingly well-written and consistently compelling (aside from a few irrelevant & tedious tangents). It's one of the very few "true crime" books I've read, so that's something.
embla_claymore's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
jonnyfox's review against another edition
5.0
I found this fascinating. Growing up in the 90's I read about this as a child but the book gives a really in depth look at the movement, the politics around it as well as Norse mythology.
Although the politics and actions are vile, it's hard to look away. With the music scene now so squeeky clean and with everyone terrified of causing offence this is a throwback to a time not so long ago when anything went.
Although the politics and actions are vile, it's hard to look away. With the music scene now so squeeky clean and with everyone terrified of causing offence this is a throwback to a time not so long ago when anything went.
actovgod's review against another edition
5.0
Great book on black metal scene. It gives insight to different perspectives to the matter, interviews with both black metal artist, police, experts on different social and religious studies. The book is not only on Norwegian scene, but also on different European and American black metal scenes that were influenced by the Norwegians. Book is written in simple English, but with nice style and features a lot of explanations both on ideology, phylosophy and history that influenced the bands. Also, there is a lot of pictures and illustrations.