Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground

By Michael Moynihan, Didrik Soderlind, Didrik Søderlind

Book Overview

The 2003 edition of LORDS OF CHAOS is revised and expanded, adding fifty new pages, detailing outbreaks of Black Metal crime in Finland, Germany and the United States; and includes the secret history of occult Rock, a new section on Varg Vikernes' promulgation of bizarre Aryan UFO theories, and material on the career of Hendrik Mobus, an international neo-Nazi fugitive.

This award-winning expos features hundreds of rare photos and exclusive interrogations with priests, police officers, Satanists, and leaders of demonic bands who believe the greater evil spawns the greatest glory.

"An intense, scary book about an intense, scary scene: black metal, which in the 1990s took heavy metal's obsession with darkness and evil to its logical conclusion. Moynihan and Soderlind chronicle a world of murder, hatred and madness; even if you don't have any interest in the bands (or in the 2018 Jonas kerlund film based on this book), you may come away with a new appreciation for what it means for music to be truly extreme." Kelefa Sannah, The New Yorker

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0922915946
• ISBN13: 9780922915941
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Feral House
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Everything you wanted to know about Black Metal

This book is a must have for fans of the Norway scene, or anyone else interested in a shockingly good story. You don't have to know anything about the music to enjoy Mr. Moynihan's well written documentation of this brutal scene, as well as the musical styles that influenced this genre. You won't be sorry you bought this one.

I loved this book!

I've been a fan of black metal for three years now, and although I've never really been into the "evil" satanic underground that the black metal bands used to get into, I still loved reading this book. It's one of the few books that I've kept on reading simply for the enjoyment of reading it rather than pushing myself to get through it. I feel that these authors gave a fair view of the black metal philosophy. They seem to...

Impressive and much-needed overview of blackmetal

I have to say that this is one of the best books I've read in 1998. Being an avid listener of black metal, naturally I was interested in the subject, but after reading this book, I have to say that no background concerning this type of music is necessary for you to enjoy this book. Anyone who enjoys true crime books as well as works of sociology will be fascinated by LORDS OF CHAOS because it contains so much material...

An essential book for those interested/into black metal.

This is the first book to come out that addresses the underground realm of the Satanic black metal movement in Europe. Being familiar with a lot of the riots, church burnings, murders committed, etc... I was brought up close to this world and learned alot from reading all the interesting interviews and richly detailed text throughout the book. Authors Moynihan and Soderlind peel the layers of this sweltering scene and reveal...

A thorough and articulate history of Satanic Metal.

Lords of Chaos traces Satanic Metal from its dark roots in jazz and blues, through it's rather comical incarnations with bands such as KISS and Black Sabbath, on to the bloody and deadly serious Black Metal of Norway. The book is very well thought-out, and does not merely report on the bands, but the real people involved in them; their thoughts, their frustrations, their goals and their dreams. Lords of Chaos also...