Bøger om Metal

Tonight It's a World We Bury explores a range of tendencies centralto black metal and uncovers their potential as critiques of capitalism.

Featuring exclusive interviews with key figures, from Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway to guitarist Bill Steer of Gentlemans Pistols, Carcass, and Napalm Death, this is your guide through the history of death metal.Guitars playing abrasive, discordant riffs, the thunderous double-kick of the drums acting like an accelerated heartbeat, and porcine, guttural vocals pummeling twisted lyrics. Courting controversy from inception to its modern day iteration, death metal presents a number of contradictions: Driven and adventurous musicians compete to make uncomfortable noises; it is crude and far beyond parody and yet consistently popular; and the music is pig-headedly uncommercial despite making a few labels, albeit briefly, wealthy. This book explores the history and methodology of the genre, charting its aims and intentions, its crossovers to the mainstream, successes and failures, and tracks how it developed from the bedrooms of Birmingham and Florida to the near-mainstream, to the murky cult status it enjoys today.

Mørke og død spiller en central rolle i Rose Ekens nye kunstmonografi Shrine, der samler hendes arbejde fra de seneste fem år. En smadret lysekrone, glaserede urner, dildoer, tarotkort og visne blomster. De seneste fem år har kunstner Rose Ekens motiver ændret karakter. De farverige, keramiske installationer er erstattet af sorte elementer og en stemning af forfald. En udvikling der er tæt forbundet med de globale kriser og begivenheder i Ekens eget liv.“Vi bærer alle sammen på et mørke, hvad enten det er personligt funderet eller en konsekvens at ydre omstændigheder. Men de mørke tanker er et tabu, der bliver gemt væk og undertrykt. På et tidspunkt bliver vi nødt til at vælge mellem at fare vild i smerten eller få styrke fra såret,” siger Rose Eken.Heavy metal og heksekunstRose Ekens arbejde med de mørke hjørner af kulturen - fra smukke, giftige planter til buster med heavy metal-hoveder, heksekunst og sort magi - tager afsæt i Ekens egen forbindelse til musik som goth og black metal.”I en tid med internetdrevet monokultur er det vigtigt at åbne op for mørket – ar, traumer, sorg, frygt, død og endda ondskab. Temaer der er vigtige, hvis vi vil erkende os selv. Jeg har forsøgt at skabe et rum for mørket og døden,” siger Rose Eken.Kunstnermonografien Shrine er en gennemgang af Rose Ekens værker fra 2018 til 2022 suppleret af essays af kunstkritiker og kunsthistoriker Maria Kjær Themsen samt den britiske kunstkritiker og forfatter Jonathan Griffin og PhD i filosofi Heine Hansen.Om Rose EkenKunstner Rose Eken (f. 1976) har udstillet flere steder i USA, Europa og Danmark. Hun er uddannet fra Royal College of Art i London i 2003, og er i dag repræsenteret af V1 Gallery i København og Charlotte Fogh Gallery i Aarhus. Fere af Rose Ekens hovedværker indgår i samlinger på bl.a. Vejen Kunstmuseum, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Museum CLAY og ARoS Kunstmuseum.Papir: 170 gr. Galerie Art Gloss, 120 g. Munken Polar Rough

Authored by acclaimed rock writer Martin Popoff, AC/DC at 50 provides a visually stunning and authoritative celebration of the legendary Aussie rockers on their 50th anniversary.

Alice in Chains was the first of grunge's big four - ahead of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden - to get a gold record and achieve national recognition. With the charismatic Layne Staley behind the microphone, they became one of the most influential and successful bands to come out of the Seattle music scene. But as the band got bigger, so did its problems.Acclaimed journalist David de Sola follows the members from their inauspicious beginnings at a warehouse under the Ballard Bridge through the history of the band, charting:- The local hair metal scene in Seattle during the 1980s.- How drugs nearly destroyed the band and claimed the lives of Staley and founding bassist Mike Starr.- Jerry Cantrell's solo career and Mike Starr's life after being fired from the band.- The band's resurrection with William DuVall, the Atlanta singer/guitarist who stepped into Layne Staley's shoes. Based on a wealth of interviews with people with direct knowledge of the band and its history, many of whom are speaking on the record for the first time, Alice in Chains will stand as the definitive Alice in Chains biography for years to come.

As a twenty-five-year veteran of the Ozzy Osbourne band and Black Label Society, golden god Zakk Wylde has managed to stay alive against all odds. Now Wylde and his brother-in-Metal Eric Hendrikx take you on a Crusade of World Tour Domination, sharing deranged tales of booze-fueled destruction, laying out battle-tested Rules of the Road, and offering exclusive tips on how not to make it in the business. If you aspire to new heights of Metal mayhem, Bringing Metal to the Children will make you laugh, weep, vomit?and maybe even soil yourself.

A witty and self-deprecating memoir about headbanging your way through growing up.

Solid Rock is a visual celebration of the evolution of heavy guitar music. A coffee table book with a unique commentary drawn from our 'In-conversation' sessions with K.K. Downing, a founding member of heavy metal legends Judas Priest

This book unveils the vibrant and thriving world of Peruvian metal. It brings together a collection of Peruvian scholars, providing a long-overdue spotlight on a musical realm often overlooked in the international conversation.

From the Dark is a first-hand account of the Syrian revolution from the perspective of a metal musician.

Formed in Southern California in 1974, Van Halen became one of the best-selling bands in rock history and one of the highest-grossing tour acts with their rock-solid rhythm section, the histrionics of outrageous frontman David Lee Roth, and the wildly inventive and until-then unimaginable guitar heroics of Eddie Van Halen. In Van Halen at 50, prolific rock journalist Martin Popoff pays tribute to the band on the occasion of their 50th anniversary by curating 50 significant milestones, from their formation in 1974 to the passing of Eddie Van Valen in 2020.

¿We¿re not ashamed of a little hairspray and makeup. We¿ve always said it takes a real man to wear makeup.¿¿Bret Michaels, PoisonThere was a time¿not so long agöwhen pomp and spandex dominated MTV and pop radio playlists. Nearly 20 years after the first edition, people can't get enough hair metal!  The new expanded edition of American Hair Metal visually celebrates this orgy of flamboyance, androgyny, and animal magnetism, of big-haired alpha males and the beautiful women who surrounded them. Interest in hair metal is currently exploding¿witness arena-level revival tours, reissue compilations, and documentaries and docudramas that revisit the excesses of the eighties and nineties.Hundreds of striking photographs are complimented by hedonistic ephemera from bands like Poison, Cinderella, Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, and Stryper. Wild quotes from major players such as David Lee Roth, Jon Bon Jovi, Sebastian Bach, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Bret Michaels, Don Dokken, and many unsung heroes. The expanded edition includes more photos, more quotes, and a new introduction by Chip Z¿Nuff (Enuff Z¿Nuff) and an interview with Rik Rox (WASP, Steeler).

An intimate, entertaining memoir of discovering, signing, and recording hit albums and singles with some of the biggest names of 1970s and 80s rock and metal.

"This massive 528 page document of the 1980s Brazilian metal uprising includes over 1,000 images, photos, and flyers in ten narrative chapters, plus reprints and translations of the entire United Forces zine run, with an exhaustive 'United Forces' Summit w/ Max and Iggor Cavalera, and also forewords by Rodrigo Magalhäaes (Holocausto), Zhema Rodero (Vulcano), Cristiano dos Passos (Necrobutcher), Renato da Costa Souza (Armmagedon, Megathrash, Holocausto), Paulo Gepeto (Aðcäao Direta), Jan Frederickx (Agathocles), Georges Kormikiaris (Low Life Records, Radical Livros), and Borivoj Krgin (Blabbermouth.net). In 1986, Säao Paulo teenager Marcelo R. Batista channeled his love of pure, wild heavy metal into the self-produced fanzine United Forces. Over the next five years, his homemade publication captured the explosion happening before his eyes thanks to riotous Brazilian metal upstarts including Sepultura, Sarcofago, Vulcano, Holocausto, Mystifier, Sextrash, Ratos de Poräao, Skullkrusher, Necrobutcher, and hundreds of others. Simultaneously, he exposed readers to future legends from abroad, including Napalm Death, Carcass, Morbid Angel, and Darkthrone. United Forces presents the story in vivid color, along with Batista's own headbanger tale-from humble origins collecting scrap metal to buy Motèorhead albums to DIY operator funneling his country's metal passion to receptive listeners in Europe and North America. The changes in Brazil during the 1980s and early 1990s serve as background for a full-bore metal revolution, as Batista's story brings to life the crucial South-of-the-equator 1980s scene that inspired all the forthcoming underground extremes to come"--Provided by publisher.

From their formation in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, AC/DC have made the most visceral and single-minded rock, and it has served them well, with more than 200 million records sold. The basic blueprint that AC/DC laid down on their early albums with Bon Scott-hard, no-nonsense, riff-driven rock'n'roll-has sustained them all the way through to their latest album, 2014's Rock Or Bust. Angus and Malcolm held AC/DC together after the deathof singer Bon Scott in 1980. And now, so many years later, even without Malcolm around, Angus doesn't look like he's about to give up on the band. Illustrated with rare and unseen photographs, this handsome biography from an acclaimed rock biographer is a fitting salute to rock's royal family.

O livro "O Som da Rebelião: A Revolução do Rock" é uma obra que se propõe a contar a história do rock e de como este gênero musical se tornou um ícone da cultura popular. Desde seus primórdios no final dos anos 1940 e início dos anos 1950, até sua evolução e diversificação ao longo das décadas seguintes, o rock sempre esteve presente como uma forma de expressão rebelde e contestatória.Ao longo das páginas deste livro, o leitor poderá conhecer a trajetória de grandes artistas do rock, como Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, entre tantos outros. Além disso, o livro também aborda a influência do rock na cultura e na sociedade, desde suas raízes no blues e no jazz, passando pela contracultura dos anos 1960 e 1970, até sua presença marcante nos dias de hoje.

El libro "O Som da Rebelião: The Rock Revolution" es una obra que propone contar la historia del rock y cómo este género musical se convirtió en un ícono de la cultura popular. Desde sus inicios a fines de la década de 1940 y principios de la de 1950, hasta su evolución y diversificación en las siguientes décadas, la música rock siempre ha estado presente como una forma de expresión rebelde y contestataria.A lo largo de las páginas de este libro, el lector podrá conocer la trayectoria de grandes artistas del rock, como Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, entre muchos otros. Además, el libro también aborda la influencia del rock en la cultura y la sociedad, desde sus raíces en el blues y el jazz, pasando por la contracultura de las décadas de 1960 y 1970, hasta su fuerte presencia en la actualidad.

In 2007 it began; Detroit spawned journalist Ryan Bartek traveled the USA to create his unique exploration of American Counterculture known as "The Big Shiny Prison (Volume One)." This non-fiction road book detailed his observations of America while equally covering the heavy metal & punk rock undergrounds. 1 year, 35 States & 600+ hours on Greyhounds later, "The Big Shiny Prison" was released November 2009 to instant acclaim; a wild, high-octane manuscript featuring hundreds of face-to-face interviews with legends in the metal/punk/industrial/alt-rock undergrounds.By March 2012, "Fortress Europe (The Big Shiny Prison Vol. II)" was released - a proper sequel following the author backpacking Europe. This genre-defying work continued it's exploration of fringe culture, and once again featured hundreds of face-to-face interviews with legends in extreme metal, punk, industrial & rock."Return To Fortress Europe" is the 3rd volume of his acclaimed series, documenting an eye-opening journey through the stranger regions of Europe - Greece, Romania, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Croatia, Belgium, Germany & Netherlands - again featuring interviews with some of the most prominent metal & punk bands in their respective countries.This work is not merely a musical exploration but also a chronicle of the worldwide protests launched by Take The Square & Occupy Wall Street, their impact & realities unfolding at the time of the author's adventures. Less a music book and more a tribute to The Beat Generation, "Return To Fortress Europe" combines the classic autobiographical road novel with current European Counterculture.

One of SPIN'S Best Music Memoirs of 2022!Brian Johnson's memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black, which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time.Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early '70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a blue-collar life.Then 1980 changed everything. Bon Scott, the lead singer and lyricist of the Australian rock band AC/DC died at 33. The band auditioned singers, among them Johnson, whom Scott himself had seen perform and raved about. Within days, Johnson was in a studio with the band, working with founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd, along with producer Mutt Lange.When the album, Back in Black, was released in July?a mere three months after Johnson had joined the band?it exploded, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide, and triggering a years-long worldwide tour. It has been declared ?the biggest selling hard rock album ever made? and ?the best-selling heavy-metal album in history.?The band toured the world for a full year to support the album, changing the face of rock music?and Brian Johnson's life?forever.

While Southern California punk bands were saying, "Our band could be your life," Los Angeles's hair metal acts were insisting, "Our band could be your fantasy." They weren't out to change the world as much as conquer it, and no one embodied that more than its breakout stars, Motley Crue. On their sophomore record Shout at the Devil, they invited listeners to let their ids run wild, propping the door open for gender play, sexual abandon, and a healthy distrust of authority. As more women entered the workforce - not only because upper-middle class white women had made this a central demand of their feminism but also because industrial job opportunities for men were declining. This book demonstrates how Shout at the Devil showed men rejecting manual labor in favor of being beautiful, entertaining, and sexually available. What followed were era-defining culture wars about gender roles, sexual expression, and freedom of speech.

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