INSISION Bassist Daniel Ekeroth To Publish Book On Sweden's Death Metal Movement
December 4, 2006, 17 years ago
Tamara Press has issued the following report from Daniel Ekeroth, bassist with Swedish death metallers INSISION:
"Swedish Death Metal - The Book - will be released at the end of December. And it will be in English so all of you can read it.In the mid-80's a small underground movement in Sweden started to emerge from small towns and suburbs. A handful of restless teenagers started to search for the most extreme music available, and a tape trading community began to grow. Eventually the teenagers picked up instruments themselves, and created what in a few years would dominate the world of extreme music - Swedish Death Metal. This is the improbable history of how it all began and evolved into the early 90's.
The book also includes a massive A-Z of Swedish Death Metal bands (about 900 entries) as well as fanzines. All in all the book is 480 pages long, and contains over 500 cool pictures. About 30 central characters of the scene have been interviewed, and some of their anecdotes are as wild as the music ever was. Still, the main focus of this research is the music. After all, the fantastic music is the greatest achievement of the Swedish Death Metal movement.
I hope you will enjoy the ride!
Daniel."
More info here.
