Το “Black Metal – Evolution of a cult”, του Dayal Patterson είναι ένα νέο βιβλίο 600 σελίδων, που ερευνά την ιστορία και την ανάπτυξη του black metal, από το ξεκίνημά του στις αρχές των 80’s μέχρι σήμερα με πολλές συνεντεύξεις από τους πιο σημαντικούς πρωταγωνιστές του ιδιώματος και άπειρες ακυκλοφόρητες φωτογραφίες.
Υπάρχουν συνεντεύξεις με τους: 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 • DimmuBorgir • Mütiilation • VladTepes • Belketre and the Black Legions • Dissection • Watain • Marduk and Funeral Mist • Shining • Graveland • Infernum • Behemoth • Enslaved • Satryricon • Isengard/Storm • Ulver • Windir • NeguraBunget • Hades • Primordial • Arcturus • Manes • In the Woods • VedBuensEnde • Fleurety • Sigh • Dødheimsgard • Mysticum • Aborym • Blacklodge • Amesoeurs/Alcest • Fen • Wolves in the Throne Room • Lifelover.
Eκτός από τις συνεντεύξεις αρχείου, υπάρχουν και αποκλειστικές συνεντεύξεις με τους: Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski (Behemoth), Alan ‘AA Nemtheanga’ Averill (Primordial), Attila Csihar (Mayhem / Tormentor), Benny ‘Cerastes’ (Mysticum), 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), František Štorm (Master’s Hammer), George ‘Magus Daoloth’ Zacharopoulos (Rotting Christ / Necromantia), Gerald ‘Black Winds’ (Blasphemy), Greg ‘Damien’ Moffit (Cradle Of Filth), Gylve ‘Fenriz’ Nagell (Darkthrone / Dødheimsgard / Isengard / Storm), Hans ‘Mortuus’ Rostén (Marduk / Funeral Mist), Håvard ‘Mortiis’ Ellefsen (Emperor), Ian ‘Tjodalv’ Åkesson (Dimmu Borgir), Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved), Jarle ‘Hvall’ Kvåle (Windir / Vreid) Jason ‘Venien’ Ventura (VON), Jon ‘Metallion’ Kristiansen (Slayer Mag / Head Not Found Records), Jonas ‘B’ Bergqvist (Lifelover), Jonas Åkerlund (Bathory), Jørn ‘Necrobutcher’ Stubberud (Mayhem / Kvikksølvguttene), 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 / Dødheimsgard / Immortal), Paul Ryan (Cradle Of Filth), Peter Tagtgren (αραγωγός των 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’ Hestnæs (Arcturus / Dimmu Borgir), Snorre Ruch (Stigma Diabolicum / Thorns / Mayhem), Steffen ‘Dolgar’ Simestad (Gehenna), Svein Egil Hatlevik (Fleurety / Dødheimsgard), 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 (Dødheimsgard), ZhemaRodero (Vulcano), Ο Dayal Patterson παρακολουθεί τη σκηνή του black metal από τα μέσα του 1990 και γράφει και φωτογραφίζει για αρκετά περιοδικά και γράφει βιογραφίες και liner notes για γκρουπ όπως οι MARDUK και οι KILLING JOKE.
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