True Norwegian Black Metal | 
 enlarge | Author: Peter Beste
Publisher: Vice Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 2914
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3
Dimensions (in): 14.2 x 11.4 x 1
ISBN: 1576874354
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9781576874356
ASIN: 1576874354
Publication Date: May 2008
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Book Description
"When we're on the road, all we watch is VBS, and our favorite series is Norwegian Black Metal." (Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters) Documentary photographer Peter Beste has spent the last five years working in the milieu of the Norwegian black metal scene. This scene, with its notorious events of murder, church arson, and self-mythology, is absolutely sealed to outsiders. The international black metal fan base is one of the most devoted, fanatical, and proprietary in the world. Beste's access and insight into this world is unprecedented and has yielded an amazing photographic journey, along with a very popular documentary series on VBS.tv, also available on YouTube. Beste, together with Johan Kugelberg, noted writer, editor, and collector of documentary photography, has brought the images into a hermeneutic narrative that makes for a compelling experience along the lines of Anders Petersen's Cafe Lehmitz, Ed Van Der Elsken's Love on the Left Bank, or William Klein's Life Is Good and Good for You in New York.
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Amazing.. July 4, 2008
Hector R. Pagan (Brooklyn, New York)
....congratulations to Peter Beste, there is only one word to describe the work on this book, amazing.
had it b4 borders!! July 2, 2008
Maryann Bayer (saratoga springs, NY)
Was able to purchase my book and recieve it before Borders even called to tell me they could get the book. Thank you!!
Burn In Your Arm Chair Consumed By Fire June 19, 2008
T. Brigode (Los Angeles, CA USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a must have for anyone interested or curious about the world on Norwegian Black Metal. Beste's documentary photography takes you into a world that most of us will never get to see first hand. The timeline, Metallion essay and ephemera section in the back are all invaluable resources.
True to form June 7, 2008
Charles B. Dunn (New Albany, IN)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is an outstanding visual foray into the realm of Black Metal. The material that lies within is like which no one outside the circle has seen. There are no gimmicks, there are no yuppies and/or people who are classified as the "I wanna do it 'cause it's cool." Metallica fans need not apply.
This is the lifestyle, this is where the true pioneers of the Satanic Metal Scene are immortalized in photographs and (some) text. Enter if you dare to the Norwegian Metal Underground. Hail Victory!
Beautiful, disturbing--a must have June 7, 2008
J. Wright (Seattle, WA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm sure most black metal fans are familiar with Peter Beste's True Norwegian Black Metal. We've seen the selections that are online, and maybe you've been lucky enough to attend one of the shows. I haven't.
Just got the book today after preordering it. It's amazing. The book itself is quite large and impressive. The quality of the paper and binding is good in my opinion. There are many more photographs here than what you may have seen online, and as a whole they are really impressive from a aesthetic perspective. I like the choice of quotations to go along with the work. Also includes some older photos, letters and articles documenting the Mayhem story as well.
You owe it to yourself to buy this. It's definitely a nice thing to have in your collection for anyone interesting in Norwegian BM. $40 bucks well spent!
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