This book has a lot of views. form fans, from the musicians, from people who dealt with the subject of satanism for a long time. the most enjoyable part of this book is the stories of how far fans and others took the whole black metal scene to its extremes. they really believe in what they do and did. also, this book has pretty interesting points of view. this book will make you think about organized religion and controlled society by governments and its laws. this book is only for people with open minds to every aspect of life, religions, music and even to the believes of flying saucers. seems funny but its true.

I did not like this book because it is full of contridictions and politics From Varg Vikernas Black Metal Has alot of great artist like venom mayhem or celtic frost those are real black metal bands.Hellhammer is a great drummer but he said Black metal is for white people but look at him does he look white?Also alot of bands are nationalist.for those who dont know nationalism is complete believe that no nation should mix any culture or traditions but at the same time they use instruments from other cultures Like guitars and drums which is completly irrelavent thus the nazi parts of black metal are not to be takin seriosly.This book focusis to much on varg instead of real Black metal dudes like dead or euronymous.This book Is saying black metal is about crime instead of metal which is not true.This is why I did not like the book

I think better information can be gained by reading wikipedia than can be gained from reading this book. As a metalhead, I have the feeling that Moynihan is an outsider writing about something he doesn't really understand. Maybe he is just catering to people who aren't familiar with metal, but it's to the detriment of the book's accuracy. I think he misses the point of some bands. He also does a very quick and sloppy job of some sections, which is annoying.

For example, he states "the Misfits mutated into Samhain...by 1988 the band had changed names again, to simply Danzig", which is totally false. The Misfits ended when Glenn Danzig left the band and formed Samhain, which later became Danzig. Furthermore, the Misfits reunited (without Danzig) in 1997, meaning that Danzig and The Misfits existed as separate bands at the time of the book's printing. It's one of many sloppy errors/hasty summaries in the book that make it frustrating to read.

If you are a fan or already know the story, this book will be nothing but agravation. If you are an outsider to the genre it should be an interesting read.

This Book was totally awesome!@ I was fascinated by the way the Black Metal Scene unfolded and how an "Evil Idea" can become a very frightening reality.