Ika Johannesson, Jon Jefferson Klingberg

Blood, Fire, Death (eBook, ePUB)

The Swedish Metal Story

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the early 1990s, Swedish death metal revolutionized the international music scene. Suddenly, the mild-mannered Scandinavian country found itself at the forefront of a new movement with worldwide impact thanks to bands such as Entombed, Dismember, and At the Gates. The birth of black metal drove the culture to even greater extremes, featuring a rawer, darker sound and non-ironic death-worship. Soon churches in both Norway and Sweden were aflame, and be- fore long Satanism emerged as more than just an image. But how did it all start? Why did Sweden become a hotbed for such aggressive, nihilistic music? And who are the people and bands that brought it all about?
Blood, Fire, Death: A Swedish Metal Story recounts the evolution of the genre from the massive amplifier walls of 1970s rock, through the church-burning Satanic 1990s, to the diverse and paradoxical manifestations of the scene today. This book focuses on the phenomena that have propelled the scene forward in an evolution that has not only been musical, but aesthetic and ideological as well. This is a story about grotesque logos and icons that invoke death and darkness, but also a story of dedication, friendship, community, and a profound love for music.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Feral House
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781627311045
• Artikelnr.: 59505352

Autorenporträt

This is not the definitive history of Swedish metal. Instead we've focused on bands, individuals and phenomena which to various extents have propelled the scene forward. This evolution has not only been musical, but aesthetic and at times ideological. Blood, Fire, Death investigates the politics, economy and gender structures of the scene. This is a story of grotesque logos and icons, about real death and darkness, but also a story of dedication, friendship, community - and a profound love for music.