A review by kmk182
Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Didrik Søderlind, Michael Moynihan

2.0

Probably the most hyped book I've read in a long time. People have been telling me for years to read this so I finally did. I was pretty disappointed. First off the style is all over the place with different fonts and random interviews, I found it didn't work very well as a narrative. Second, most of the people in this book are not good people but the authors let their hate speeches and lies go uncommented on for the most part. You can only read so many people talk about how they use propaganda in a book before the book becomes propaganda. The main points in this book, the church burning and Satanism really get lost in the shuffle when it comes down to it. It mostly tells the point of view of people in a scene trying to justify who is cooler and why they are important.