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Speaking of people exploiting other people of shorter stature, I'm reminded of possibly the best book about music ever published, "Lords of Chaos", an insightful and dramatic history of the north European black metal scene. But never mind the writing, it's the priceless photos that really make this one a cut above. For instance, to illustrate the harshness of the environment in which these stupid kids grew up there is a photo of some snow with the evocative caption "Icy Norway". I say stupid kids, but apparently I mean stupid fully grown men:











But never mind the scene setting, pick up a copy, skim read the stuff about Count Grisnakh killing a rival with a pair of scissors, Samoth of Emperor getting down to some seriously committed church-burning and then settle down to the story of Abruptum and their frontman, who is faithfully described in the photo caption in Lords of Chaos as "It - the evil dwarf of Abruptum".