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IMHOTEP – Issue 12 (Cult Never Dies)

Not to be confused with IHOP but equally something to lovingly gorge on, IMHOTEP is a highly regarded Norwegian webzine focussing on in depth articles about the important artists within the extreme metal scene. It has been inactive for a… Continue Reading →

Dayal Patterson – Black Metal Evolution Of The Cult Expanded (Cult Never Dies)

Almost a decade ago one of the most important documents on the complete oeuvre of black metal was published. Author Dayal Patterson, a well-established and successful journalist who had worked extensively within many publications including Terrorizer and Metal Hammer had… Continue Reading →

Sound, Art and Climate Change book and CChanges CD by various composers (Akusmata / Frekvenssi Association)

Akusmata is the name of a Sound Art Gallery in Finland. Open since 2012, its founder Petri Kuljuntausta, who is a sound artist and composer himself, arranges sonic exhibitions and concerts. Now he has collated and edited this book “Sound,… Continue Reading →

Rotting Ways To Misery: The History Of Finnish Death Metal – Markus Makkonen and Kim Strömsholm (Cult Never Dies)

To call the Finnish Death Metal scene overlooked would be a bit silly I think, but to call it underground would most certainly be apt. I’ve enjoyed my fair share of Finnish Death Metal in my time from Xysma to… Continue Reading →

Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne – The Stories Behind The Songs (Paul Elliott and Carol Clerk) – Carlton Publishing

Something a bit different this time round, with a 160 page, lavish A4 hardbound book, weighing in at over 60,000 words and around 125 high quality photographs covering the following albums on a track by track basis: * Black Sabbath… Continue Reading →

Non Serviam The Official Story Of Rotting Christ – Sakis Tolis & Dayal Patterson (Cult Never Dies)

If you are on this site and playing a word association game “Greece” will no doubt be swiftly followed by thoughts of Rotting Christ as much as package holidays. Without doubt, with over three decades of history behind the much… Continue Reading →

The Y2K Diary Of Cleo Howard – Sarah Tipper (Self Published)

Sarah Tipper is a writer with a fine heavy metal obsession and a strange habit of feeding snacks to her Motorhead Snaggletooth poster. I mention the latter because Snaggletooth’s diet isn’t too far from this book’s eponymous heroine and I… Continue Reading →

Interview – Mortiis

  To coincide with the release of the new version of his Secrets Of My Kingdom book, Ave Noctum had the chance to catch a few words with Håvard Ellefsen, aka Mortiis himself, and asked about Era 1, revisiting old… Continue Reading →

Mortiis (with Dayal Patterson) Secrets Of My Kingdom (Return To Dimensions Unknown) (Cult Never Dies)

Sometime in the mid-1990s the original of this book was released almost grudgingly by Mortiis’ then record company, and in a highly limited edition. This of course meant that it has been trading for well into three figures for decades,… Continue Reading →

Ultimate Darkness Zine Anthology 1995-2017 (Cult Never Dies)

If you have a fascination for old metal fanzines this will certainly hit the spot. It’s an absolutely packed read which although only 228 pages, which might not sound a lot, is so densely crammed with information and interviews (in… Continue Reading →

Scott Ian – Access All Areas; Hard Rock Road Stories (De Capo Press)

You should know who Scott Ian is, if you don’t then just click back on your browser and read a different article on this lovely website… Or maybe google/youtube him and educate yourself. For those who are more knowledgeable, please… Continue Reading →

Ultra Damaged: Damaged Inc. Zine Anthology 1985-2017 – Maniac (Cult Never Dies)

“Wanna buy a fanzine mate?” Ah those desperate calls for beer money at gigs have long gone. No more hawking wares with names like Organ, Dog, P’tahk, Satellite and err Kentucky Fried Afterbirth. The Internet has taken over and the… Continue Reading →

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