ABOUT THE BOOK

I have worked on The Encyclopedia of Dutch Black Metal over a period of five years, beginning in 1999, and publishing it myself early 2004. During that time I contacted a lot of people that were actively involved in, and/or very knowledgable about the Dutch black metal scene. I established contact with many bands from the past and the present, and compiled all the information I could find into, what has turned out to be the only printed reference guide to Dutch black metal!

The original first print of The Encyclopedia of Dutch Black Metal contains extensive biographical and discographical coverage of over 200 bands, alphabetically ordered on more than 100 professionally printed, glossy, black and white, A4-sized pages, containing more than 60 illustrations and 150 band logo's...

Since March 2005 I have regularly added photocopied updates with every encyclopedia ordered, in which I have listed the new bands I discovered after its initial publication and additional material of bands that were in the book. By now the number of bands has increased incredibly. A more-or-less complete overlook of the scene can be found on this website.

More importantly, I have written the encyclopedia in English for the international black metal market, so that they are able to learn more about the versatile face of Dutch Black Metal.

You can download the revised introduction of the encyclopedia in PDF-format here

Here's an example: