by Jen Guyre
A show of photographer Peter Beste’s Norwegian Black Metal prints at New York City's Steven Kasher Gallery is a porthole into this under-documented sector of extreme music. Bogged down by violence and crime in the media, black metal has been the topic of much debate and scorn over the last two decades. But through the lens of documentary photographer Beste, members of Gorgoroth, Immortal, 1349, Dimmu Borgir and many other notorious bands are shown in and out of their satanic context, vulnerably and intensely depicted behind the scenes.
With Norway's stunning landscapes serving as his backdrop, Beste’s candid shots of these corpse-paint-bearing artists -- in their homes, with their children, after the show, even without makeup -- show sides that few outside the inner sanctum ever see. 
Further:
Peter Beste's True Norweigian Death Metal (PeterBeste.com)
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