An epic 600 page tome exploring the history and development of black metal from its beginnings in the early 1980s to the present day. Featuring many dozens of interviews with the most significant protagonists and a wealth of previously unpublished images.This visually exciting musical genre, known for its extreme views and actions, have finally breached the mainstream in televised parodies and bestselling publications by Vice and Feral House. Despite a history of criminal actions, black metal has become Norway?s biggest cultural export, earning it support from the government itself.Spanning 600 pages, Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult traces the progress of the genre, from its infancy in the early 1980s to today?s scene. Combining dozens of interviews with iconic photographs, this epic tome examines the artistic, musical, spiritual development of this controversial genre. Included are interviews with:Venom ? Mercyful Fate ? Bathory ? Hellhammer ? Celtic Frost ? Sodom ? Slayer ? Kreator ? Destruction ? Vulcano ? Sarcofago ? Blasphemy ? Samael ? Rotting Christ ? Necromantia ? VON ? Tormentor ? Master?s Hammer ? Beherit ? Mayhem ? Vomit ? Thorns ? Darkthrone ? Burzum ? Thou Shalt Suffer ? Emperor ? Gehenna ? Gorgoroth ? Trelldom ? Cradle of Filth ? Dimmu Borgir ? M?tiilation ? Vlad Tepes ? Belketre and the Black Legions ? Dissection ? Watain ? Marduk and Funeral Mist ? Shining ? Graveland ? Infernum ? Behemoth ? Enslaved ? Satryricon ? IsengardStorm ? Ulver ? Windir ? Negura Bunget ? Hades ? Primordial ? Arcturus ? Manes ? In the Woods ? Ved Buens Ende ? Fleurety ? Sigh ? D?dheimsgard ? Mysticum ? Aborym ? Blacklodge ? AmesoeursAlcest ? Fen ? Wolves in the Throne Room, LifeloverAlongside band interviews, Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult includes exclusive interviews with:Adam ?Nergal? Darski (Behemoth)Alan ?AA Nemtheanga? Averill (Primordial)Attila Csihar (Mayhem Tormentor)Benny ?Cerastes? (Mysticum)Christophe Szpajdel (Designer for Emperor, Graveland etc)Conrad ?Cronos? Lant (Venom)Dani Filth (Cradle Of Filth)Edmond ?Hupogrammos? Karban (Negura Bunget)Eirik ?Pytten? Hundvin (Producer for Emperor, Gorgoroth, Mayhem)Fabban ?Malfeitor? (Aborym)Frank ?The Watcher? Allain (Fen)Franti?ek ?torm (Master?s Hammer)George ?Magus Daoloth? Zacharopoulos (Rotting Christ Necromantia)Gerald ?Black Winds? (Blasphemy)Greg ?Damien? Moffit (Cradle Of Filth)Gylve ?Fenriz? Nagell (Darkthrone D?dheimsgard Isengard Storm)Hans ?Mortuus? Rost?n (Marduk Funeral Mist)H?vard ?Mortiis? Ellefsen(Emperor)Ian ?Tjodalv? ?kesson (Dimmu Borgir)Ivar Bj?rnson (Enslaved)Jarle ?Hvall? Kv?le (Windir Vreid)Jason ?Venien? Ventura (VON)Jon ?Metallion? Kristiansen (Slayer Mag Head Not Found Records)Jonas ?B? Bergqvist (Lifelover)Jonas ?kerlund (Bathory)J?rn ?Necrobutcher? Stubberud (Mayhem Kvikks?lvguttene)Jorn Tunsberg (Old Funeral Immortal Hades)Kai ?Trym? Mosaker (Emperor Enslaved)Kim ?( )? Carlsson(Lifelover)Kim ?King Diamond? Petersen (Mercyful Fate)Kjetil ?Manheim? (Mayhem)Kjetil Grutle (Enslaved)Kristian ?Gaahl? Espedal (Trelldom Gorgoroth Gaahlskag)Kristoffer ?Garm? Rygg (Arcturus Ulver)Lee Barrett (Candlelight Records)Marko ?Holocausto? Laiho (Beherit)Michael ?Vorph? Locher (Samael)Mikko Aspa (Clandestine Blaze)Mirai Kawashima (Sigh)Morgan ?Evil? Hakkansson (Marduk Abruptum)Niklas Kvarforth (Shining)Ole ?Apollyon? Moe (Aura Noir D?dheimsgard Immortal)Paul Ryan (Cradle Of Filth)Peter Tagtgren (Producer for Dimmu Borgir, Marduk)Preben ?Prime Evil? (Mysticum, Aborym)Rob ?Darken? Fudali (Graveland Infernum)Robin ?Graves? Eaglestone (Cradle Of Filth)Robin ?Mean? Malmberg (Mysticum)Roger ?Infernus? Tiegs (Gorgoroth Borknagar)Rune ?Blasphemer? Eriksen (Mayhem Aura Noir)Saint Vincent (Blacklodge)Sakis Tolis (Rotting Christ)Shawn ?Goat? Calizo (VON)Simen ?ICS Vortex? Hestn?s (Arcturus Dimmu Borgir)Snorre Ruch (Stigma Diabolicum Thorns Mayhem)Steffen ?Dolgar? Simestad (Gehenna)Svein Egil Hatlevik (Fleurety D?dheimsgard)Sven ?Silenoz? Kopperud (Dimmu Borgir)Sven-Erik ?Maniac? Kristiansen (Mayhem)Terje ?Tchort? Vik Schei (Emperor Carpathian Forest)Thomas ?Pest? Kronenes (Gorgoroth)Tom ?King? Visnes (Gorgoroth Ov Hell)Tom ?Warrior? Fischer (Hellhammer Celtic Frost)Tomas ?Samoth? Haugen (Thou Shalt Suffer Emperor)Tor-Helge ?Cernunnus? Skei (Manes)Vegard ?Ihsahn? Tveiten (Emperor Thou Shalt Suffer)Ville ?Shatraug? Pystynen (Horna Behexen)Willy ?Meyhna?ch? Rousell (Mutiilation)Yusaf ?Vicotnik? Parvez (D?dheimsgard)Zhema Rodero (Vulcano)Dayal Patterson has been following the black metal scene since the mid-1990s and writes and photographs for Metal Hammer and Record Collector magazines, and also contributes to The Quietus, Terrorizer and Classic Rock Presents, as well as writing biographies and liner notes for Marduk and Killing Joke.