Lords of Chaos

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"Lords of Chaos - The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground" By Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderland

The book that I chose to do for my book review, entitled "Lords of Chaos - The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground", is a very detailed and well-researched anthology of the most extreme form of underground music on the planet: Black Metal. The book is non-fiction, but those who are narrow-minded or unfamiliar with black metal, or heavy metal of any kind, will probably think differently, as the people and events that surrounded the rise of black metal seem like something out of a twisted fairytale. The writers have spent several years researching, conducting interviews and gathering information from a variety of sources; and the end result is quite spectacular. Intelligently written and well structured, even those who have no idea what black metal is will find themselves immersed in the book's bizarre chain of eve


As for myself, I found it to be a work of art, I couldn't put it down. It was well presented, well written, and just great reading. I give it a 10/10.

The age group this book is directed at seems to be for a more mature reader, probably about eighteen years and above, because the vocabulary and sentence structures used are quite complex. I would recommend this book to anyone who is into heavy metal of any kind, people who are looking for something a bit out of the ordinary, or people who have an interest in weird things. I would not recommend it to anyone who is a Christian, anyone narrow minded, or anyone who is easily offended.

A lot of attention is placed on one certain character within the scene named Varg Vikernes (AKA Count Grishnackh). Vikerenes was the main perpetrator of many of the church burnings that occurred around Norway in the early nineties. He was also responsible for the murder of former friend and massive influence on th

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