So a friend lent me the book Lords of chaos.

GOOD FUCKING BOOK!!! The history of Black Metal is quite an interesting one, and fucked up. I'm halfway through it. If you havent read it. BUY IT!

Thanks msnastia.

oops! that post was mine.

it's good until ishan starts talking..
then I fell asleep.

i liked that book. it was interesting. some of the interviews were retarded, but i liked the analytical aspects of the book.

i read it too, really good book IMO

you guys should get Death Metal Music: The Passion And Politics of a Subculture by Natalie Purcell. very informative

the 70s punk movement transposed to the 90s...
a little different fashion.. some worse ideas...
and a bit of Kerosene.

interesting book.

It would be great if they didn't practically dedicate the last half of the book to Varg's ramblings and personal history. The actual Lords of Chaos didn't even have anything to do with black metal by any stretch of imagination. I think that they had a little trouble staying focused.

i didnt read the book but i look at the pictures in it so far so good

Decent read. Mike Moynihan (check out his project Blood Axis) did a pretty good job. It mostly deals with Norway, and politics the author agrees with. It could have brought up bands from the US, Finland, Sweden, Canada, Italy, Brazil, Greece, Australia, etc that have just as much history/importance as Norway. Too much focus on the sensationalism, but I guess that was the idea.

I liked this book. I'd like to check out the 2nd edition I guess there's about 50 extra pages and more interviews with Varg. I hated the chapter on the florida kids. American Hardcore is a good read as well, published by Feral House.

it was one of the best books about black metal i've read. infact it made me want to write the definitive book on the history of metal,, i haven't done that yet but someday i will. that book is actually what got me interested in BM

Ninkaszi187 said:

He did some excellent stuff with Boyd Rice too

good books: American psycho, hells angels (hunter S Thompson), Fear and Loathing...(hunterS),modern love and other tall tales ( boyd)

i liked American Psycho too. It was better than the
movie. I loved the writing style. It's hard for some
people to get into, but once you start getting into the
style it's written in, it makes a good read.