This coffee-table-sized book compiles photographer Peter Beste's study of many of the luminaries of the dreaded Norwegian Black Metal scene.
True Norwegian Black Metal contains mostly full-color prints of its subjects ? on stage, in dressing rooms, at home, and even interacting with an often bemused public ? juxtaposed with shots of the awe-inspiring and wildly beautiful Norwegian countryside. Included is a section culled from underground fanzines and the mainstream Norwegian press, which helps place the images in the context of the early 1990s when the scene gained worldwide notoriety through church burnings, murder, and general