„Unholy Aesthetics“ is a book showcasing the most influential black metal releases, focusing on their artwork. This website works as a database for additional resources to black metal design and the genre in general.

fastlink
thebook

I made a YouTube playlist with interesting documentaries and videos on black metal:

Here is the spotify playlist with one song of each release in the same order as in the book.

The missing songs are listed in this YouTube playlist:

Here is a list of useful and/or interesting links used in the making of the „UNHOLY AESTHETICS“-Book. I want to make clear that I don’t neccessarily stand behind the named sources and/or authors, mainly because some of them support NSBM bands and/or promote fascist and racist ideologies.

Band & album related


Official Bathory website:
http://www.bathory.nu

Wikipedia entry for „Aske (EP)“ by Burzum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aske_(EP)

Mayhem (run by Mayhem bassist Necrobutcher):
http://pelleohlinmorbidmayhem.blogspot.com/

Facebook Mayhem Collector:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/truemayhemcollection

General background information


Wikipedia articles:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Metal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Norwegian_black_metal_scene

„Black Metal By Fenriz“ on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQpMIR6RuaA&t=319s

Vice Magazine’s „The Saga Of True Norwegian Black Metal“ article:
https://www.vice.com/gr/article/nn3njw/saga-true-black-metal-v15n5

Media & Information

 

A huge collection of demo tapes (not only black metal)
http://www.demoarchives.com/
 
A collector’s blog

http://herrblackmetal.blogspot.com/

Another collector focusing on old school metal
https://oldschoolmetalcollector.wordpress.com/

A Facebook page displaying original stuff
https://www.facebook.com/pg/blackmetalmuseum/photos/

https://www.facebook.com/Norwegian-Black-Metal-1585554418323188/

https://www.facebook.com/truenorwegianblackmetalcollection/

https://www.facebook.com/pg/blackmetalerus

Rankings & Timelines


https://rateyourmusic.com/list/darknessbg/

https://www.bestblackmetalalbums.com

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/threads/the-black-metal-timeline.280951/

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/skunkspritz/first_wave_of_black_metal_timeline_and_bands/
https://aminoapps.com/c/metal/page/item/second-wave-of-black-metal/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal101/comments/1hh3v0/first_and_second_wave_black_metal_a_list/

Links

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I made a YouTube playlist with interesting documentaries and videos on black metal:

Here is the spotify playlist with one song of each release in the same order as in the book.

The missing songs are listed in this YouTube playlist: