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Bat-shit crazy Nords burn churches, murder each other, hail Satan, and rock out. In other words, these aren't your typical longhaired guys in spandex who can't afford to buy a hamburger. To say they are cut from a different cloth would require an apology to the entire textile industry.
The prose is a bit dry and clinical but make no mistake: this is truly dire stuff. You've been warned. Oct 15, Stay Fetters rated it it was ok. Black Metal is something strong that gives you respect and a sense of belonging. Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone, Emperor, and the list goes on. My favorite being Darkthrone.
The murder of Euronymous happened before I even knew what black metal was but I was intrigued about it when I got older. There were a lot of theories surrounding the case and I was glad that there was a book that covered that and so much more. Going into this I thought we were going to get an inside look at the metal scene, how it started, came to be, and how it lead to murders and church burnings. What friends of Varg and Euronymous thought and them pointing fingers.
What I enjoyed about this book were the interviews with members of the black metal scene who were close with those two, band members, and even Vargs mom. I liked their look at things from their sides. I also liked the in-depth look at the life and very bizarre death of Dead.
What I hated was the weak links from thing to thing without any actual proof. There were a lot of assumptions and we all know what they say when people assume things.
That is exactly what the authors of this book make the black metal scene feel like. They seemed to be grasping at straws to make these people seem like evil on earth. Lords of Chaos was an okay read but take what they say with a grain of salt. Aug 15, Leah rated it liked it Shelves: purchased , read , non-fiction. As a composition, it's unevenly constructed: the first and final thirds of the book are well-executed, but the central portions are meandering, unfocused, and disorganized.
It is a volume in desperate need of an editor. The melodramatic typifying of the individuals and bands in the black metal scene is intellectually lazy and unambitious: like a sideshow barker encouraging people to step up and embrace their revulsion, the author — Michael Moynihan — disingenuously portrays black metal as a serious subversive threat to the nicely-ordered Christian world. He uses the same emotional rhetoric and scare tactics employed by metal critics Satanism!
Devil worship! Moynihan fails to offer meaningful criticism on any element of the scene, which speaks more to his lack of critical thinking and insight than anything else. In a bizarre lack of editorial organization, Vikernes is used as a jumping-off point to a byzantine and lengthy! The book is a slapdash of interviews and commentary that, together, create a portrait of the black metal scene emerging in the early s.
Norway occupies the forefront of the scene, with small segues into Finnish, American, German, and Eastern European black metal. The interviews contained in the book vary in length and relationship to the subject matter.
Moynihan is neither discerning nor insightful with his questions, instead often leading the interviewee towards various conclusions. View 1 comment. Jan 09, Tom Syverson rated it it was ok. I picked up this book as a huge black metal fan.
By the end, I found it to be a disappointing, alienating, and tedious experience. If there's one lesson here, it's that the founders of black metal as we know it are complete idiots, practically every single one of them. I have a deep love for this music but can say that without ambiguity. About halfway through I could hardly bring myself to read any more of the interviews.
Varg in particular has a way of getting on one's nerves almost instantaneo I picked up this book as a huge black metal fan. Varg in particular has a way of getting on one's nerves almost instantaneously. Granted, the authors have assembled a relatively impressive oral history of the Norwegian black metal scene, and the book does a pretty good job of telling the core story regarding Varg and Euronymous.
And the book is well conceived, digging past the hype around the genre's Satanism to excavate the paganism, conspiracy theory, and radical right-wing idiocy that underlies so much of the genre's culture. But the book has way too many glaring flaws to call it a good book. The writing reflects some kind of ad-hoc skill, but is more often than not overwritten and pretentious. The interviews are a slog, with repetitive questions and stupid answers from figures that aren't relevant to the book's subject matter.
But maybe the bigger problem with the book is structural. It's totally disorganized. There are way too many irrelevant digressions, recounting crimes with tenuous connections to heavy metal or all-purpose Satanism. The book's own title refers to a totally irrelevant band of American teenagers who committed unspeakable crimes, but with nothing to do with black metal. There's even an interview with the police officer or whatever that handled their case.
Honestly, why is that in the book? There are numerous examples of this. The book needed an editor. The book needed two editors. The book's own flaws are symptomatic of the most frustrating and repulsive aspects of black metal culture at large.
That, perhaps more than anything, makes Lords of Chaos a must-read for fans like me, whose love for black metal in its aesthetic dimension remains unfortunately unconditional. Feb 07, Nathan "N. You'll might wanna read up on the rather unpleasant origins of what is today Norway's number one cultural export.
Have a Hyperborean day! View all 6 comments. Feb 07, Beth rated it liked it. This might as well be called "Everything you wanted to know about Satanism in music but were afraid to ask. After a while, you stop noticing that the authors have chosen to capitalize many words that you wouldn't necessarily think deserve it - Rock Music, Rapper, Punk, etc. An excellent resource This might as well be called "Everything you wanted to know about Satanism in music but were afraid to ask.
Now I'm just waiting for someone to ask me about the history of Satanism in rock music so I can go on at length about the influences of Bathory and Venom and the differences between Death Metal and Black Metal and how Norse gods fit into the whole scene.
C'mon, you know you want to ask Mar 17, Kael rated it it was ok. A lot of time is devoted to letting the murderers and fascists explain themselves, but they all come off looking like dumb little rich teens who have no idea what they are talking about, even though the author is set on stating that they are above-average intelligence over and over again.
Varg Vikernes believes in ancient aliens and tried to get his mom to break him out of jail, what a fucking loser lol. Just listen to Cascadian Black Metal, it all sounds the same and it lacks the baggage of being made by murderous nazis. Jun 22, Jason Pettus rated it it was amazing. Jun 23, Chuck rated it it was ok. Kids in Norway wear corpsepaint and worship the devil, burn churchs and act otherwise retarded. This book delves into these subjects and often times does so via strange avenues.
Interesting read, but sometimes too many mundane details and redundant points. Jul 29, Chet rated it did not like it Shelves: unfinished. When you think about it, it's not that good. Some may remember it or not, some may know about it or not, but back in the early nineties in Norway several churches were torched by a bunch of youngsters belonging to the Black Metal scene, then a new musical subgenre. A few of those youngsters went even further than arsons, going as far as committing murders.
Now, here's an interesting book, offering a deep insight into the violent fringe of what was to constitute, at its core, an extreme musical movement gone mad. I like it, but, as a fan of Some may remember it or not, some may know about it or not, but back in the early nineties in Norway several churches were torched by a bunch of youngsters belonging to the Black Metal scene, then a new musical subgenre. I like it, but, as a fan of extreme metal myself ever since I was a teenager when I was listening mostly to Black Metal in particular I found two problems in here.
First, and ironically, by focusing on the criminal and violent actions of a few the author is doing exactly the same mistake as the ignorant mass media reporting on the topic: he reduces a whole rich and diverse musical scene to a bunch of brainless criminals.
Indeed, he is not only exploring the phenomenon of church burnings that had engulfed Norway, but, also, travels abroad to show how, from France to Poland and Germany to the USA, some Black Metal fans would make themselves guilty from grave desecrations to murders, with a fair share given to Neo-Nazis. If it's all very juicy for its gore and shocking value, as a fan of the music I couldn't but be annoyed by such approach.
If one wants to talk about Black Metal outside Norway in the nineties, then let's name some proper Black Metal bands and deal with their heritage eg as a Frenchman, I am thinking about Blut Aus Nord in France It's even worse than that, since the author even details murders committed by musicians which, yet, had nothing to do with the music these musicians played eg Absurd in Germany!
This book, then, surely is sensationalist; but this is not what Black Metal is all about, even if such acts have been crucial in building the nasty reputation of the genre.
Then, and most importantly, as much as I acknowledge the fascinating discussions about the philosophies supposedly underpinning the music spirituality, politics I, again as a fan, found it was trying too hard to over-intellectualise and explain what was and still is for a much younger audience than myself nothing more than silly teenage rebelliousness.
There we go: Heavy Metal is not pop music, it's not here to be conventional, and, pushed to its most extreme as with its most extreme subgenres, its brutality, violence, constant play with taboos topics and dealing with the darkest parts of human nature and psyche will always be appealing and attractive to Romantic, sensitive kids, attracted to a more demanding aesthetic than the mercantile, mediocre, and conformist sh t sold to them by the money-grabbers of a capitalistic society.
This is a given, and yet Are these kids listening to such extreme music really intelligent, knowledgeable, and well-read to the point of, not only understanding, but being articulate enough to reflect the philosophies outlined in here? I don't think so. Blasting hellish music and wearing T-shirts displaying inverted crosses surely was cool in my silly younger days and it might surely still be for a younger audience than myself but it was nothing more than a big f. Nothing less, and nothing more.
Strikingly, this is exactly what the author seem to completely overlook: that the vast majority of the protagonists in here, whose who were arrested for serious crimes, were, at the time of their deeds, nothing more than overgrown teenagers. Now, of course, churches set ablaze and musicians stabbing each others to death are shocking acts though downright despicable for their utter stupidity but.. Be it an extreme fringe of Black Metal the Inner Circle in Norway or an extreme fringe of hip hop the murderous stupidity of gangsta rap you can try and intellectualise their actions as much as you want, the bottom line is that it's just all juvenile delinquency from misfits teens boys especially, and interestingly enough Varg Vikernes of Burzum killing Euronymous of Mayhem bears, by the way, strange parallels with the feuds that once plagued Death Row Records in the rap industry Nothing very original indeed.
This asserted, Lords of Chaos therefore begs the question: how come, then, such over-intellectual interpretations came to be? This is where people like the author got conned by one of those criminals, a master of propaganda, the media-whore constantly recasting himself: again, Varg Vikernes.
The man behind the musical project Burzum, Varg Vikernes had been jailed for the murder of a fellow musician Euronymous, the guitarist of Mayhem as well as burning churches. Infamous even within the Black Metal scene he was, in fact, the flag bearer for what had happened in Norway back in the early nineties.
The funny thing with him is that, if at the time of his actions he was a Satanist, once locked up behind bars he evolved to become a Neo-Nazi, then a Pagan, then whatever again, changing ideologies as much as he changed his legal names, justifying his actions according to whatever his confused thinking of the moment, and dragging along all whose weak enough to fall under his charisma And this book is mostly about Varg Vikernes, featuring ample interviews with the guy on top of deep interpretations of his various writings.
Twisted, but popular. No wonder this book was a controversial best-seller. Sure, it's a fascinating read about a blip, even if a crucial one, in the history of Black Metal music. It is, actually, very engrossing. But one has to bear in mind two important things. Secondly, by delving into these ex post facto justifications, the author might stumble upon fascinating ideas is Black Metal a recurrence of pre-Christian European beliefs and aesthetic?
Here's an arresting thought Don't get me wrong! It's not that such socio-anthropological essays are not relevant to Black Metal music - the genre indeed has come a long way for the past three decades, and, given the prevalence of pagan folklore and traditions within the contemporary scene, such essays and thoughts are without a doubt relevant and worthy of pondering upon for the fans. But, those are constructs coming after the facts, and concerning a whole new scene within the genre.
It's very far-fetched indeed to claim, as the author does, that these Norwegian kids who had poured gasoline on churches or killed each others back in were acting with full consciousness of such politico-cultural awareness. What to make of this book, then? Well, it's a good and enthralling read, but too restrictive when it comes to the music, and too much of an intellectual wanking pardon my French when it comes to its cultural explanations. I am glad I finally read it, though, and I still would recommend it to any fan of the genre.
Jan 26, Graham rated it liked it. The start of this book was well-done. Moynihan thoroughly details the genesis of black metal, the evolution of its ideals, and the roots of those ideals in bygone history and spirituality. I found the latter point the most interesting, as things like black metal can so easily be written off by the masses. The connection of its ideals with pre-Christian pagan ideals and Jungian archetypes offered a deeper analysis than the majority of music-related books.
However, at some point "Lords Of Chaos" lo The start of this book was well-done. However, at some point "Lords Of Chaos" loses focus, drifting into discussions of events and individuals with only tangential connections to the music originally described. When he starts delving into murders in Florida, the Electric Hellfire Club not a metal band , or the rise of far-right political parties in Russia, he dilutes the impact of the book's earlier half.
I understand the desire to connect a seemingly small, isolated group of individuals with fairly arcane tastes to wider social trends, but those connections were not necessarily borne out by the book. And then there's Moynihan's questionable political leanings, which may or may not influence the content, but that's a whole different can of worms that I have no desire to pry open.
Nov 15, jersey rated it really liked it Shelves: music-rage. Read this when I was much younger, so was neat to go back and check it out again. These days, my older, mellower self still loves the music, but cringes at the imagery now- man, what was I thinking?
One thing hasn't changed- I respected them for their anti church stand. I did not at all condone the methods, and the fallout of everything, Read this when I was much younger, so was neat to go back and check it out again. I did not at all condone the methods, and the fallout of everything, but kudos to these guys for trying to recliam their heritage. Dec 14, Andrew added it Shelves: music-nonfiction , arts-nonfiction. This book is fucking fun. When you're, say, a 14 year old boy, the notion of forest-at-night black metal seems super-cool, and when you're a 22 year old boy, you can reflect on that through this well-compiled set of oral histories.
Jan 21, Seth rated it liked it. History has unfortunately evidenced that the pushing of sonic boundaries simultaneously attracts those with a desire to push them ideologically as well. The infamous stories around Black Metal do not need detailing as they are already part of metal folk lore and I'd imagine anyone picking up a two decade old book on a now largely irrelevant and niche subgenre of extreme metal has already familiarised themselves with the scene's landmark events.
Lords of Chaos highlights a number of inherent issu History has unfortunately evidenced that the pushing of sonic boundaries simultaneously attracts those with a desire to push them ideologically as well. Lords of Chaos highlights a number of inherent issues with Black Metal. From it's infancy there have been those in the genre who have been obsessed with misappropriating the traditions of Scandinavian and Norse mythology to push the scenes unique blend of aggressive and relentlessly shocking music toward adopting xenophobic and right wing political agendas.
The isolationism bred by the landscape and geography of Scandinavia is undeniably ideal for drumming up support for such causes. Both Sweden and Norway have a blemished history with groups propagating political agendas. The book does well in it's chronicling of these sensational events, however aside from the first few chapters exploring the metal landscape before Black Metal, it does little to provide a detailed account of the landmark recordings, musicians and events outside of the newspaper heading worthy events that took place in Norway in the s.
If you are interested in a more up to date and less motivated chronicle of Black Metal or extreme metal in general, I would suggest looking elsewhere as Lords of Chaos is predominantly focused on fleshing out the disgusting and archaic political and sociological views of some of the more unsavoury characters in the Black Metal story of the scene up to In it's defence, Lords of Chaos was originally published in and this is contextually important.
During a time predating the widespread usage of the internet, I'd imagine there was little to go on bar the infamous events surrounding such a tightknit, small scene. In the grand scheme of things, aside from headline news notoriety in Scandinavia and mid to late nineties fearmongering surrounding the negative influence of heavy metal and aggressive subcultures see Columbine, Manson, Punk, The Clinton Administration and Tipper Gore etc the genre still had yet to gain any real recognition outside of Norway and Sweden at this point.
Satyricon had yet to become the first Black Metal band to sign to a major label in , murder, right wing shock-fanaticism and church burning was still unfortunately synonymous with the genre and the release of a number of sensationalistic and retrospectively tongue in cheek investigative pieces on the controversy surrounding Gaahl and Gorgoroth makes the present day scene seem like it belongs in a different time period all together.
Feb 19, Ally Jones rated it it was amazing. Impeccably researched with excellent writing. Lords of Chaos is a fascinating, detailed dissection of black metallers from Norway who took pageantry and dark theatrical imagery as sanctioned legitimacy of all evils to the point of enacting brutal violence and espousing radical right wing beliefs. Though it seems too exhaustive at times, the end product is an entirely comprehensive journalistic undertaking into a movement that would otherwise be incomprehensible.
Jun 13, ik. Where to begin I can't sleep, and I'm thinking 'bout this book Teenagers burning churches in Norway. The rise of satanism in the eighties and nineties in the Scandinavian subcultures.
But it's mainly about the 'leaders' of the black metal scene: Vikerness and Euronymous. I've read Vickerness' blog when he was in prison and seen some of his videos on YouTube. It's v Mmm It's very interesting to read what happened in the nineties from another perspective.
It's also interesting to read those old interviews Who is right? What is wrong? What happened actually? He claims he is not a neo-Nazi, while the book claims he was leader of a nationwide neo-Nazi group in Scandinavia.
With many folders, pictures and stuff of neo-Nazi Burzum propaganda. It also features interviews with people who claim they are real satanists. Claiming they are Christians, but worship Satan. Others claim they are inspired by satanism in their thinking and everyday way of life but don't consider it as something religious.
It's some sort of extreme liberalism, Individualist anarchism - liberalistic anarchism. A way to evolve as a person, and get the most out of your talents. It also features an interview with Lavey Who isn't interested in music at all but is the writer of the Satanic Bible.
A sort of satanic cult. It's very fascinating. It's also disgusting: there are pictures of Death, the original vocalist of Mayhem, shot through the head with a riffle. Murders and witnesses who tell in detail how people were killed. It's mainly thought-provoking. Everybody who listens to Black Metal should read this book, so they can really think through how the whole genre was created and realize to what they are contributing if they buy the music.
Black metal is a very difficult music genre, first for many people it's a cacophony of sounds, but if you listen closely it has influences of ambient, neo-folklorism and somehow punk and heavy metal. The ideas behind the lyrics Sometimes bands just sing stupid pagan, gothic or satanic songs, which are mostly written by mainstream party bands like Amon Amarth, Finntroll, Dimmu Borgir or Cradle of Filth, But the original idea behind Black metal is some sort of desperate melancholic feeling to transform our society into a pre-christian one.
A utopian simpler way of life, in harmony with nature, away from capitalism, oppression and politics. Some sort of escapism. With lyrics who are mainly about history, melancholic even depressive feelings or just descriptions of memories of an ancestor walking in a natural scene long-lost by our 'civilization'.
For example, 'Burzum': the word is dark speech from Lord of the Rings for darkness. The music is the darkness it spreads in our too light world. Since Christianity stands for the god of light. Since the gothic, renaissance and baroque times our Christian cathedrals are a house of light.
Other bands just provoke with Satanist ritualistic songs like it's some kind of horror: they try to be as extreme as possible. But the musicians of both kind of black metal bands burned churches. Was it just to get attention?
Wanted they to make a statement? Others say it was for the aesthetic of a church burning in the night. Neo-Nazis groups and skinheads use these pagan and satanic symbols to recognize each other, and they misuse history to spread their ideology with 19th century romantic flavor.
Even Nazi-party members in the thirties used satanic - hedonistic symbols. So it's not something the neo-Nazis groups invented. Which one is Varg Vikerness? What is it? What even is Thuleism? I thought the music in all its chaos was simplistic and comforting. Maybe Burzum was never part of it? The lyrics are very interpretive, so you can't really know. This is a dangerous book. The writers give all those extreme thoughts an audience. It disgusted me of myself for listening to music which is written by these people.
It clearly sheds this kind of music in another light or darkness. Likewise, it made me realize how thin the line is between ideologies and how logical it all can be if you follow the thought processes behind it. Here a recent video which is somehow related to this confusing review
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