Swedish Death Metal

Daniel Ekeroth gives an amazingly detailed account of the birth and rise of one the most revered genres of metal music. It focuses on the seeds of the extreme movement and how it developed into the massive Sunlight sound and beyond.It basically leaves no stones unturned on the origins of these Swedish bands. the book includes first hand accounts from many people in those bands and people involved with zines, radioshows ectThis book is truly hard to put down.If you are looking for info about In Flames, Dark Tranquillity or other Gothenburg bands do not look here.The closest you will get is some info from Michael Amott from Arch Enemy but if you didn't know he was apart of the seminal band Carnage.Get it now!

Excellent work dedicated to the Swedish scene. Lots of great information and interviews, et cetera. It isn’t flawless with some mistakes here and there, but where else are you going to get such an extreme write up on the Swedish movement? It’s a little overpriced in my opinion, but well worth the purchase.

Really authoritative book on origins and rise of the Swedish death metal scene. The focus is definitely on the old-school Stockholm sound and bands like nihilist/entombed, dismember, grave etc. Excellent book though author definitely is NOT a fan of the 'gothenburg' sound so look elsewhere for information on that.

Good piece of social study on Swedish death metal. Can find some killer bands to check out too!

It's not an all encompassing Death Metal history, keep that in mind. It does touch on the beginnings and origin of death metal briefly but focuses primarily on exactly what the title states. Excellent book, well written. There aren't enough books on death metal, or metal in general, that are worth a damn. This one is.

Discovered some new Swedish death metal bands and learned more about some of my favorites

Like any book on music there are a lot of parts in the book that are subjective. That being said this is the most in-depth, interesting, and well researched book not just on metal but on any topic I've read concerning music.The pictures and articles Ekeroth managed to scrape together for this amazing tome compliment the writing and history very well, and being that this is the most money I've spent for a book in a long time, it was worth every penny.A star gets deducted because, even though it is clarified in the introduction that there a lots of parts that are subjective, there are areas where the author comes off "metal-er than thou." This is especially the case in the index of metal bands where bands that actually made money and became famous (see In Flames) are called "too commercial." Shouldn't the listener/reader be the judge of that? And maybe they are too commercial in Scandinavia, but last I checked an In Flames album would not stand a chance to crack the Top 40 in the American market, which IS way overproduced and manufactured.That aside it has to be one of the best things I've read in a long time and I'm hoping someone comes along and puts out a book about Children of Bodom and the Finnish metal scene sometime in the near future (preferably in the King's English and not Finnish).

awesome book. if you are a death metal fan this a great book to check out.

Excellent insight to a forgetten time,if like me you've seen the best side of 30 this is essential reading.Ok so its a slightly biased view of the most important scene in extreme metal history( black metal wasn't really fully fledged back then kids) but its honest and enthusiastic,this will make you dig out old classics and enjoy a bit of nostalgia, I'm so glad i bought this and cant actually recommend it enough!just get the compilation cd with it or before reading if you're a newbie as you won't have a clue to the references or bands but dont let that put you off as you will probably find that album/sound you've been looking for here!

Excellent book!

Pretty detailed but very opinionate book. I really enjoyed it and I will refer it to friends in the future.

El envio fue un exito, todo a tiempo y en perfecto estado.El libro es la historia del verdadero death metal, desde el año 1988 hasta el 1993 repasando los orignes, la influencias, los protragonistas, sus trabajos y evolucion desde entonces hasta la actualidad.Está lleno de fotos e incluso en su parte trasera trae una enciclopedia de 150 paginas con nombres y discografia de todos los grupos suecos de death metal de la historia.

Não dou 5 estrelas porque o livro chegou com alguns amassados, mas foi falha do transporte que aqui no Brasil é comum. Entretanto, o livro chegou certinho e é maravilhoso.