TRUE NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL AN INTERVIEW WITH VBS PRODUCER ROB SEMMER AND PHOTOGRAPHER PETER BESTE ABOUT GETTING IN WITH THE NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL SCENE VBS: Peter, this project wasn't just a one-off for you, you've been documenting the Norwegian Black Metal scene for a while. How did you hook up with all these guys? Peter Beste: In April 2002 I went over there for the first time, and I've gone back a couple of times since. I went to a few metal shows when I lived in Austin. I saw Gorgoroth, and folks like Dimmu Borgir and Enslaved. I took a few pictures of them, sent them to the guys in the band and told them I wanted to come to Norway and work on this little project. Slowly but surely they let me in;I'd meet one guy and become friendly, then he'd give me other guys' numbers, and it kind ... More →

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A 32-year-old Norwegian bartender was sentenced to six months in prison Wednesday for serving a customer so much tequila that he fell into a coma and died. More →