Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore - Softcover

Albert Mudrian; John Peel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193259504X ISBN 13: 9781932595048

Publisher: Feral House, 2004

Synopsis

This exciting history, featuring an introduction by famed DJ John Peel, tells the two-decade-long history of grindcore and death metal through the eyes and ringing ears of the artists, producers, and label owners who propelled them.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

In 1986, the idea that death metal and grindcore would ever impact popular culture was unimaginable. Yet soon this barbaric amalgam of hardcore punk and heavy metal came to perpetually define the musical threshold of extremity. Initially circulated through a scattered tape-trading network of underground thrillseekers, bands rose from every corner of the globe and death metal and grindcore spread faster than a pandemic plague of undead flesheaters. By 1994, the genre's most prominent labels had sold well over a million death metal and grindcore albums each. Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore examines the rise, fall, and resurrection of death metal and grindcore through the eyes and ringing ears of the artists, producers and label owners who propeled the movements. "I thought of death metal and grindcore as a return to a more extreme punk," writes the BBC's John Peel in his foreword. "This music was another step into outlaw territory beyond any aggressive music heard before."

About the Author:

Albert Mudrian lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and their daughter and son, and the sweet memories of the 2008 Phillies, who, on their way to a World Championship,were undefeated in seven home playoff games he attended. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Decibel magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Feral House
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 193259504X
• ISBN 13: 9781932595048
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288