Hideous Gnosis: Black Metal Theory Symposium I - Softcover

Masciandaro, Nicola; Shakespeare, Steven; Butler, Erik; Hunt-Hendrix, Hunter; Russo, Joseph; Noys, Benjamin; Williams, Evan Calder; Scott, Niall; Stosuy, Brandon; Stephanou, Aspasia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1450572162 ISBN 13: 9781450572163

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

Essays and documents related to Hideous Gnosis, a symposium on black metal theory, which took place on December 12, 2009 in Brooklyn, NY. Expanded and Revised.

"Life is a hideous thing, and from the background behind what we know of it peer daemoniacal hints of truth which make it sometimes a thousandfold more hideous." - H.P. Lovecraft

"Poison yourself . . . with thought" - Arizmenda

CONTENTS: Steven Shakespeare, "The Light that Illuminates Itself, the Dark that Soils Itself: Blackened Notes from Schelling's Underground." Erik Butler, "The Counter-Reformation in Stone and Metal: Spiritual Substances." Scott Wilson, "BAsileus philosoPHOrum METaloricum." Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, "Transcendental Black Metal." Nicola Masciandaro, "Anti-Cosmosis: Black Mahapralaya." Joseph Russo, "Perpetue Putesco - Perpetually I Putrefy." Benjamin Noys, "'Remain True to the Earth!': Remarks on the Politics of Black Metal." Evan Calder Williams, "The Headless Horsemen of the Apocalypse." Brandon Stosuy, "Meaningful Leaning Mess." Aspasia Stephanou, "Playing Wolves and Red Riding Hoods in Black Metal." Anthony Sciscione, "'Goatsteps Behind My Steps . . .': Black Metal and Ritual Renewal." Eugene Thacker, "Three Questions on Demonology." Niall Scott, "Black Confessions and Absu-lution."

DOCUMENTS: Lionel Maunz, Pineal Eye; Oyku Tekten, Symposium Photographs; Scott Wilson, "Pop Journalism and the Passion for Ignorance"; Karlynn Holland, Sin Eater I-V; Nicola Masciandaro and Reza Negarestani, Black Metal Commentary; Black Metal Theory Blog Comments; Letter from Andrew White; E.S.S.E, Murder Devour I.

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About this title

Review:

"Pretty much every truely obsessive black metal fan is gonna want this, whether they actually read it or not. . . . An essential, and maybe controversial [addition] to your metal music library" -- Aquarius Records --Aquarius Records

"The essays are all exercises in passionate engagement, intellectual without being dryly academic . . . an exhilarating example of how to write about music as if it matters."
--Wire Magazine

Enjoyable reading for anyone interested in the more extreme forms of metal and contemporary theory --Culture Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1450572162
• ISBN 13: 9781450572163
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292