Photographer Peter Beste To Issue True Norwegian Black Metal Hardcover Photo Book
January 25, 2008, 16 years ago
Photographer Peter Beste, renowned for his photographic work covering Norwegian black metal artists, has issued the following update regarding his forthcoming book:
"In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called black metal has emerged in Norway. It's roots stem from a heady blend of horror films, extreme heavy metal music, Satanism, pagan mythology, and adolescent angst. In the early-mid 1990's, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. What started as a juvenile frenzy came to symbolize the start of a war against Christianity, a return to the worship of the ancient Norse gods, and the complete rejection of mainstream society.I have spent the last 7 years photographing in this insulated and secretive community.
True Norwegian Black Metal, a 208 Page hardcover photography book, will be released via Vice Books in May 2008."
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