Black Metal Music collection, 1985-2008.
Collection Number: 8031
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Black Metal Music collection, 1985-2008.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8031
Abstract:
Original fanzines, magazines, sound recordings, photographs, and posters documenting
Black Metal music.
Creator:
Kugelberg, Johan
Quanitities:
3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Original fanzines, magazines, sound recordings, photographs, and posters documenting
Black Metal music, including the production files for the book "True Norwegian black
metal: we turn in the night consumed by fire" with photographs by Peter Beste.
6 vinyl records by Ulver/Mysticum, Burzum, Abruptum, and Mayhem.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Black Metal Music collection, #8031. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Beste, Peter.
Subjects:
Satanism in music.
Black metal (Music) -- Pictorial works.
Black metal (Music).
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Fanzines & Magazines
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| Box 1 |
Slayer
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1985 - 2004? | |
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Scope and Contents
14 issues
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| Box 2 |
Aberration
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1994? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Ancient Ceremonies
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1998-2003 | |
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Scope and Contents
3 issues
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| Box 2 |
Antithesis Megazine
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1998 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Avalanche Magazine
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1995 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Bast Magazine
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2005 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Black Flame
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2000 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Bloodshed
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1993 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Calmant
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1996 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Chainletter
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1994? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Chaos
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1997-1999 | |
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Scope and Contents
3 issues
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| Box 2 |
Chord
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late 1990s? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Corpse Gristle
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late 1990s? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Cycle of Flesh
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1996? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Dark Shivers
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1993? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Descent
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1997 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue (2 copies)
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| Box 2 |
Eclipse
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late 1990s? | |
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Scope and Contents
3 issues (two duplicates)
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| Box 2 |
Goats of Pandemonium
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1994 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 2 |
Grimoire of Exalted Deeds
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1997-2000 | |
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Scope and Contents
5 issues (10, 13, 14, 16, 23)
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| Box 3 |
Hellfrost
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1996-1999 | |
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Scope and Contents
3 issues (one duplicate)
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| Box 3 |
Helvete Katalog
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1992-1993 | |
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Scope and Contents
2 issues Catalog from the store Helvete, owned by Euronymous (of Mayhem)
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| Box 3 |
Highwire Dze
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1999 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 3 |
Lachrymose Zine
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mid-1990s? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 3 |
Legacy
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1999-2001 | |
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Scope and Contents
3 issues
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| Box 3 |
Mandrake Magazine
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2000-2001 | |
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Scope and Contents
2 issues
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| Box 3 |
Metal-Core
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1998 | |
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Scope and Contents
2 issues
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| Box 3 |
Mysticism Magazine
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late 1990s? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 3 |
Nagual
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1994 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 3 |
Nekrologium
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1996 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 4 |
NGF
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1994? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 4 |
Nocturnal
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1994 | |
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Scope and Contents
2 issues
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| Box 4 |
Oskorei Magazine
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1999 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 4 |
Petrified 'Zine
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1993 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 4 |
Promethean Crusade
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1997 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 4 |
Requiem
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1993-1997 | |
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Scope and Contents
3 issues
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| Box 4 |
Sloth
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1999 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 4 |
Transcending the Mundane
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1998 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue
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| Box 4 |
View into the Abyss
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1993-1994 | |
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Scope and Contents
2 issues
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| Box 5 |
Kerrang!
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1993 - 1994 | |
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Scope and Contents
9 issues + (1 duplicate) - Their complete contemporary coverage of Mayhem- and Burzum-related
crimes.
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| Box 5 |
Arkitip
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2005? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue - Peter Beste issue packaged with a T-Shirt
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| Box 5 |
Bant
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2006? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 issue (#35, Peter Beste cover story)
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| Box 5 |
Hit List
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1999 | |
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Scope and Contents
#1; Black Metal cover story
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| Box 5 |
Photocopied articles on black metal
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n/a | |
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Scope and Contents
3 articles from mainstream pulications
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Series II. Video & Audio Recordings
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| Box 6 | SR-6350 |
Side A: Ulver, "Ulverytternes"; Side B: Mysticum, "Mourning" 7" vinyl record
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1993 |
| Box 6 | SR-6351 |
Burzum, "Aske" 12" vinyl record
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1993 |
| Box 6 | SR-6352 |
Abruptum, "Obscuritatem advoco amplectère me" 12" vinyl record
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1993 |
| Box 6 | SR-6353 |
Mayhem, "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" 12" vinyl record
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1994 |
| Box 6 | SR-6354 |
Mayhem, "Deathcrush" 12" vinyl record, includes inserts
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1987 |
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Label: Posercorpse Music
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| Box 6 | SR-6355 |
Mayhem, "Deathcrush" 12" vinyl record
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1993 |
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Label: Deathlike Silence Productions
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| Box 7 |
Embrace the Hate
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1999 | |
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Scope and Contents
6 volume VHS videorecording
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| Box 7 |
Black Metal: Norsk Metal Documentary
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n/a | |
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Scope and Contents
DVD Documentary
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| Box 7 |
Abruptum: From Hell
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2002 | |
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Scope and Contents
Bootleg cassete w/book
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| Box 7 |
CDs
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1993 - 2006? | |
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Scope and Contents
7 CDs by Mayhem, Satyricom, Sigh, Absalom, Ulver
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Series III. Manuscript/ Typescript & Ephemera
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| Box 8 |
Original Euronymous material
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1990 - 1992 | |
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Scope and Contents
2 Letters (typescript w/ manuscript signatures), w/ English Translations; 1 Audio
cassette (in envelope w/ manuscript) sent to It (of Abruptum) containing early rough
mixes of Mayhem music.
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| Box 8 |
Original Dead materials
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1992? | |
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Scope and Contents
1 Mayhem flyer w/ Dead manuscript
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| Box 8 |
Original Vesa Iitti Materials
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1991 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 Letter from Vesa Iitti (of Xysma?) to "Jon" (Metalion): typescript w/ manuscript
signature
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| Box 8 |
Related Typescript
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2005 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 Letter from "Warren" to Johan Kugelberg
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| Box 8 |
Photocopied Euronymous material
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1991 - 1992 | |
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Scope and Contents
6 Photocopied letters, 4 in English, 2 in Norwegian (w/ English translations attached)
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| Box 8 |
Photocopied Dead Materials
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1991 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 six page manuscript document, 4 letters, 2 drawings, 1 funeral card
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| Box 8 |
Hváll typescript
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2005 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 printed e-mail from Hváll (Jarle Kvåle of Windir to Peter Beste)
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| Box 8 |
Rock Ministries
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1989 | |
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Scope and Contents
Photocopied letter on Satanic metal from Jeff L. Godwin of "Rock Ministries" to "Reuben"
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| Box 8 |
Photocopied black metal ephemera
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Scope and Contents
Photocopies of letters and assorted ephemera in the collection
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| Box 8 |
Digitized black metal ephemera
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Scope and Contents
Two DVD-ROMS containing scanned letters and assorted ephemera in the collection
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| Box 8 |
Black Metal pioneer photos
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1988 - 1993 | |
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Scope and Contents
100 4x6 prints of Black Metal Pioneers
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Series IV. Printed Ephemera & T-Shirts
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| Box 8 |
Posters & flyers
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1991 - 2006 | |
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Scope and Contents
8 Posters, fliers & press releases
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| Box 9 |
2004 Black Metal calendar
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2004 | |
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Scope and Contents
Calendar using Peter Beste images
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| Box 9 |
T-Shirts
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2004 | |
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Scope and Contents
3 Peter Beste T-Shirts
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Series V. True Norwegian Black Metal production materials
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| Box 10 |
True Norwegian Black Metal Binder proofs
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2007 | |
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Scope and Contents
2 proofs of True Norwegian Black Metal by Peter Beste in black binders
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| Box 11 |
True Norwegian Black Metal mockup
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2008 | |
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Scope and Contents
1 full-size, hardcover mockup with 2 prototype slipcases. This is a blank prototype
of the size and page count of the final book, with 4x6 prints tipped in and many manuscript
notes.
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| Box 12 |
True Norwegian Black Metal promotional material
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2008 | |
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Scope and Contents
postcards, presskit, prospectus
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| Box 12 |
True Norwegian Black Metal proof pages
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2008 | |
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Scope and Contents
Additional loose proof pages of True Norwegian Black Metal
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| Box 12 |
Production materials & Miscellaneous
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2008 | |
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Scope and Contents
Used transfer lettering & mockups of promotional material
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| Box 12 |
Metalion text drafts
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2007 | |
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Scope and Contents
2 drafts of Metalion text
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| Box 12 |
Johan Kugelberg drafts
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2007 - 2008 | |
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Scope and Contents
2 Drafts of Johan Kugelberg text
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| Box 12 |
True Norwegian Black Metal notes
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2007 - 2008 | |
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Scope and Contents
Assorted notes & interview quotes for True Norwegian Black Metal text
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| Box 12 |
Ephemera & fanzine photocopies
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2007 - 2008 | |
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Scope and Contents
Photocopies of fanzine pages and ephemera used in production of True Norwegian Black
Metal text
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| Box 12 |
Unpublished Peter Beste Images
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2002 - 2007 | |
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Scope and Contents
42 4x6 prints of images not used in True Norwegian Black Metal
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| Box 12 |
DVD-ROM of notes for True Norwegian Black Metal
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2003 - 2007 | |
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Scope and Contents
DVD-ROM of preliminary images, notes, and other materials for True Norwegian Black
Metal
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Large-format materials
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2007 - 2008 | |
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Scope and Contents
Large-format Peter Beste proofs; 2007 New York Times article on Enslaved
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