false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255629675m/3950045.jpg 3950045 1 Sweden is a small country in freezing northern Europe, with less than nine million inhabitants and a reputation for Volvos, hockey players, cheap furniture, vodka, and blonde women. Since the late 1980s, however, Sweden has produced over a thousand extreme heavy metal bands, creating one of the most respected regional music scenes in the world. This is the improbable history of how a marginalized teen movement crawled from Sweden s small towns and suburbs, and found a lasting place on the world stage. Daniel Ekeroth captures the epic tale with enlightening detail, beginning with Sweden s violent loss of innocence in the 1980s, through the metal s virtual chokehold on the country during the 1990s, into the lasting legacy and global influence in the turbulent 2000s of the Sunlight guitar tone, the Gothenburg Sound, and the countless offshoots of Sweden s most lethal cultural export. Bazillion Points has extensively revised and updated a classic for this expanded edition. The ultimate insider's account of the rise of Sweden's legendary extreme metal scene, the book boasts over 450 pages, over 500 images, and scores of exclusive interviews with members of Nihilist/ Entombed, In Flames, At the Gates, Dismember, Grave, Hypocrisy, Opeth, Unleashed, Marduk, Morbid, Mob 47, Deranged, Edge of Sanity, Merciless, Therion, Liers in Wait, Carnage, Carcass, Tiamat/Treblinka, Afflicted, Repugnant, the Haunted, and other central characters. Original cover artwork by Nicke Andersson. Introduction by U.S. death metal pioneer Chris Reifert of Autopsy/Abscess/Death. Includes 120-page A-Z of Swedish Death Metal with hundreds of band histories and discographies. Rare photos and galleries of logos, band art, demo tapes, and classic Swedish death metal fanzines. Specs: 7 x9.5 x1.5 , 3lbs., 101% addictive. 3995689 29 7 2008 Swedish Death Metal total:20|5:11|4:6|3:1|2:0|1:2| 20 84 39 7 4 4 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 16 06:45:34 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 12 19:34:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 30 07:44:25 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:54:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 07 10:09:57 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 10:15:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sat Jun 13 12:26:16 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 12:28:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 14:38:32 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 14:42:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 14:42:20 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 14:43:03 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 17:53:31 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 13:37:40 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Sat Nov 14 09:05:48 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 09:05:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 10:27:59 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 22:18:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 21 02:38:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 02:38:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 13 13:43:35 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 13:43:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 11:39:57 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 11:40:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 28 13:53:32 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 13:53:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 02:52:15 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 19:04:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 20 13:54:04 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 13:54:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 05:47:15 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 03:08:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 05 10:54:40 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 10:54:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:22:16 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 00:22:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 12 07:46:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 07:46:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 30 13:48:56 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 13:49:02 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3950045