![]() ![]() True Norwegian Black Metal is a visual testimonial to this subculture. With each visit Beste saw more, photographed more and eventually accumulated enough material for this book. Beste has earned the respect and trust of this impenetrable, suspicious and often elitist community. Beste's access and insight has been absolutely without precedent, resulting in an amazing photographic journey. ![]() What started as 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.Īmerican documentary photographer Peter Beste has spent the last eight years working in the milieu of this insulated and secretive community. In the early-mid 1990's, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. ![]() It has its roots in a heady blend of splatter movies, heavy metal music, Satanism, Pagan mythology and adolescent angst. "In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called Black Metal has emerged in Norway. Photographer Peter Beste, renowned for his photographic work covering Norwegian black metal artists, has issued the following press release regarding his forthcoming hardcover book True Norwegian Black Metal: ![]()
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