Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult

Black Metal features over 100 exclusive new and archival interviews with the genre's most central figures. It is the most comprehensive guide yet to this fascinating and controversial form of extreme metal. The book is encyclopaedic in length and breadth. From the early 1980s pioneers to its fiery rebirth in Scandinavia through to today's increasingly diverse offshoots, this epic tome captures the black metal movement's development in unparalleled detail and images. From the publisher of Lords of Chaos (2003), the most popular book on the genre.

CONTENIDO:

1. Roots of Evil
2. Venom
3. Mercyful Fate
4. Bathory
5. Hellhammer
6. Celtic Frost
7. The First Wave of Black Trash
8. Blasphemy
9. Samael
10. Rotting Christ and Greek Black Metal
11. Tormentor
12. Master's Hammer
13. VON
14. Beherit
15. Mayhem Part I
16. Mayhem Part II
17. (Re)Birth of a Movement: Norway Part I
18. A Fist in the Face of Christianity: Norway Part II
19. Death of a Legend: Norway Part III
20. Thorns
21. Darkthrone
22. Burzum
23. Emperor
24. Gehenna
25. Gorgoroth
26. Trelldom
27. The Opus Magnum: Mayhem Part III
28. The Beast Reawakens: Mayhem Part IV
29. Cradle of Filth: Black Metal Enters the Mainstream Part I
30. Dimmu Bogir: Black Metal Enters the Mainstream Part II
31. Underground Ethics
32. Les Légions Noirs
33. Marduk: Sweden Part I
34. Dissection and Watain: Sweden Part II
35. Shining: Sweden Part III
36. Politics, Poland, and the Rise of NSBM
37. Graveland and Infernum: Polish Black Metal Part I
38. Behemoth: Polish Black Metal Part II
39: Enslaved: Folk and Folklore in Black Metal Part I
40. Moonfog and Ulver: Folk and Folklore in Black Metal Part II
41. The Proliferation of Black Folk Metal: Folk and Folklore in Black Metal Part III
42. A Turn of the Weird: Part I
43. A Turn of the Weird: Part II
44. Sigh
45. Dodheimsgard
46. Mysticum: Industrial Black Metal Part I
47. Aborym: Industrial Black Metal Part II
48. Blacklodge: Industrial Black Metal Part III
49. Lifelover: Post-Black Metal Part I
50. Post-Black Metal Part II

Afterword
Acknowledgments