SWEDISH DEATH METAL - By Daniel Ekeroth (BOOK - English Edition)
Sweden
Detailed Description
The ultimate blow-by-blow account of Sweden's legendary death metal underground.
*450 densely-illustrated pages
*Heavy-duty 130gsm paper
*Extensive 300pp history PLUS 150pp highly opinionated band encyclopedia, gallery, and fanzine bibliography
*Written by Daniel Ekeroth (of Insision, Tyrant, Dellamorte, Diskonto, Usurpress, Third Storm; and author ofViolent Italy and Swedish Sensationsfilms)
The ultimate blow-by-blow account of Sweden's legendary death metal underground, based on exclusive interviews with members of Nihilist/ Entombed, In Flames, At the Gates, Dismember, Grave, Hypocrisy, Opeth, Unleashed, Marduk, Morbid, Mob 47, Deranged, Edge of Sanity, Merciless, Therion, Liers in Wait, Carnage, Carcass, Tiamat/Treblinka, Afflicted, Repugnant, and the Haunted.
"Finally, the true story of Swedish death metal! This book brought me back to the good old days" -Tomas Lindberg, At the Gates
"Death metal ruled my adolescent years. The problem is I don't remember half of it! This tome of dark recollections is the chance to set things straight." -Nicke Andersson, Nihilist/Entombed/The Hellacopters
"Read this book if you are willing to be subjected to the story behind the extreme face-melting, flesh-ripping, ear-slaying, gut-blasting phenomenon known as Swedish death metal!" -Chris Reifert, Death/Autopsy
Ezkroth knows a lot about Swedish death metal... A LOT!!!! His history is interesting and informative and reminded me about some wonderful bands from that era that I had forgotten about. He quickly analyzes the development of that scene and gives pertinent and intelligent information for the reader. All in all the first half is a great read. However, there are two fairly large problems I have with this book. The first is the completely unnecessary history of extreme metal. Very few people outside of metal are going to read this book. Most of us know how metal formed and quite honestly some of his information is not totally correct. The fact was, in america, there were two different schools... thrash metal and speed metal. Thrash metal was metal the borrowed the aesthetic,
