- ISBN13: 9781932595048
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
In 1986, it was unimaginable that death metal and grindcore music would ever impact popular culture. Yet this amalgam of hardcore punk and heavy metal would endure for years to come. Initially circulated through an underground tape-trading network by scraggly slackers, this new genre of music spread rapidly as bands rose from every corner of the globe. This exciting history, featuring an introduction by famed DJ John Peel, tells the two-decade-long history of th… More >>
Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore
A job well done, “Choosing Death” is an entertaining read and covers the death/grindcore genre thoroughly.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book teaches you so much about the death scene its amazing (and you have fun doing it). For instance it is a common myth that death metal is named after the band Death, truly it was created by the band Possesed’s song “Death Metal”. To any fan of death metal or grindcore this is a must read I hope that you’ll have as great of a time with this as I did.
Rating: 5 / 5
A book like this is never going to please everyone, least of all the highly contentious and constantly pushing/shoving metal underground, where a rite of passage is learning the unofficial “history” of different genres. Still, it’s good enough for people new to these forms of music and offers some interesting new information from personal interviews. Trivia, maybe, but most of this is just the history of developing artists and the “sound” they were working with, so it’s interesting in that way, and music lovers who are new to these forms of metal will probably have their enjoyment deepened by a little understanding. Any work that acts to remove chunks of the dominant misunderstandings and misinterpretations of metal musicians is worth it, in my opinion. Check it out.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is by far the most accurate and detailed account of a extreme music movement. This book does not only educate but entertains and inspires the reader to dig deeper in the Death Metal genre.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is fantastic. Documenting the history of grind and death metal as if it were a part of world history. Precedent setting bands, revolutionaries, and the sort, are all featured. Of course, the big names reoccur much more often than the others, such as Napalm Death, Carcass, Morbid Angel, etc. But this book does not forget bands like Crass, Heresy, Carnage, and the like, who gave grind that push up hill. One hell of a documentary, and made me want to go out, see a show, and grind my damn brain in! GET THIS BOOK!
Rating: 5 / 5