Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: “Kathaarian Life Code”
1. “In the Shadow of the Horns”
2. “Where Cold Winds Blow”
3. “Paragon Belial”
4. “The Pagan Winter”
Notes
Bibliography

Promotional Information

Analyzes the music of Darkthrone and Norwegian black metal through the lens of exotic “Northern-ness,” exploring black metal’s global appeal and commercialization as a distinctly Scandinavian musical style.

About the Author

Ross Hagen is Assistant Professor of Music Studies at Utah Valley University Orem, USA. His research interests include black metal, music fan cultures, avant-garde music, and musical medievalism. He is also a bassist and composer in several black metal bands.

Reviews

Hagen is uniquely placed to navigate [black metal's] paradoxes, as well as the sub-genre’s wider social significance. His exploration here of black metal’s appeal as a form of contemporary Nordic folk music, and his theoretical deliberations on the scene’s “romantic” and "modernist” aspects, are both forthright and stimulating ... [A] thought-provoking analysis.
*Record Collector*