Songs In The Key Of Z: The Curious World of Outsider Music (Rockdetector) - Softcover

Chusid, Irwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901447111 ISBN 13: 9781901447118

Publisher: Cherry Red Books, 2001

Synopsis

Throughout the history of rock no other genre has pushed the boundaries of aural extremity and social rebellion quite like Black Metal. Many of the bands in this book operate way beyond the parameters of the established rock scene, carving their own path in the darkest depths of true underground music. For the first time this ultimate authority documents detailed biographies, line-ups, and full discographies with track listings of more than 2,000 bands. Included are in-depth details of the major artist such as Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor Mayhem, Immortal, and Marduk as well as every other band, however small, or distant geographically. Each strain of musical brutality is examined in detail including the Black ambient scene, Viking Metal, Grindcore, Noisecore, and even the ultimate irony of Christian Black Metal. Despite its unceasing growth and increasing legions of fans, the phenomenon of Extreme Metal has never been fully documented until now.

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Review:

"...ABSORBING AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE..." -- ALAN CLAYSON, RECORD BUYER, JUNE 2001

"...CHUSID'S FINDINGS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC, INFORMATIVE AND LAUGH-ALOUD FUNNY. A VERITABLE BIBLE FOR THOSE WHO LIKE THEIR MUSIC WEIRD, WACKY AND FRIEND REPELLING." -- SIMON GODDARD, UNCUT, MAY 2001

Synopsis:

Reviled and revered in equal measure since its inception over a decade ago the phenomenon known as Death Metal has pushed Hard Rock music to the very edge of acceptability, and way beyond. Death metal and it's bastard offspring Grindcore, has become the pariah of the music world. From the founding fathers Napalm Death, Carcass, Incantation, Impetigo, and Morbid Angel, to the rise of Swedish Death Metal legends In Flames, Carnage and At The Gates, the Black Death Metal of Marduk, the Christian Death Metal of Mortification and the political Noisecore of Agathocles. All genres old and new are analysed in depth with full histories and detailed discographies of well over 2,000 bands. Also included are many rare photographs. No area of the globe has provided a safe haven and this book documents the burgeoning uprise of Death Metal bands in the Far East, Eastern Europe and South America. Despite its unceasing growth and increasing legions of fans quite remarkably the phenomenon of Extreme Metal has never been fully documented until now. This along with 'The Rockdetector A to Z of Black Metal' are the first two books in Garry Sharpe-Young's new extreme metal book series.

'Rockdetector A-Z Extreme Metal' series. This book is a must for all serious metal fans.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cherry Red Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1901447111
• ISBN 13: 9781901447118
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270