Jon Kristiansen's Metalion Book Release Exhibition Brings Extreme Metal Photo Portraits To New York Gallery
June 29, 2011, 13 years ago
Now through July 7th, powerHouse Arena (37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY) presents an exhibition by Norwegian author/photographer Jon Kristiansen in honor of the release of his massive book Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries (Bazillion Points Books). The gallery showcases Jon's arresting visual work with the infamous Slayer Mag, and displays dozens of stark portraits of members of CARCASS, DISSECTION, CELTIC FROST, TRIPTYKON, GORGOROTH, WATAIN, DARKTHRONE, SWANS, THORR'S HAMMER, among others.
A video walkthrough is available at this location:
"Photography is my lifeline, and I put a lot of thought into every picture I take," says Kristiansen. "They are done with love and passion and respect. My camera has become the focal point that Slayer Mag had been for so many years."Part anthology, part memoir, and years in the making, Metalion includes over 600 reproduction pages from every issue of Slayer Mag: Slayer 1 through Slayer XX, plus the precursor Live Wire zine-spanning from the early 1980s through 2010. In addition, author Jon Kristiansen recounts his life's story, from alienated outsider to central figure in Norwegian black metal to metal party beast to world-weary metal survivor. The book also features over 100 rare photographs, including two color sections and a portrait gallery of photographs taken by Kristiansen himself. Members of AUTOPSY, AT THE GATES, SUNN 0))), DARKTHRONE, and WATAIN have contributed forewords to the book.
The publisher is accepting pre-orders for signed copies of the book with two bonus embroidered patches at this location.
