“Fischer’s delving deeper into his past than ever before…very interesting reading. It’s as much a document of metalhead life in the early ’80s as the story of one band.”—MSN Music

“A proud and regal commemoration of a band that clawed its way to legendary status. Five stars.”—Austin Metal Examiner

“A must-have… authoritative, and the hard work is evident. Only Death Is Real was created by people who respect fans and know what they want.”—Invisible Oranges

“…the heartfelt and open narration from Fischer makes it a genuine asset to the understanding and appreciation of his canon, what was overcome and what was sacrificed in the name of music that has since become classic.”—Terrorizer [10/10 review]

“An astonishing book, both in its subject matter and its presentation… It’s the antithesis of the standard trade paperback rock tome.”—Hellbound [10/10 review]

“Absolutely amazing.”—Deaf Sparrow [5/5 review]

“A killer look into the mind of the band.”—BrooklynVegan

“This is a book about the real Hellhammer, the essence of that group, the aura it carried, and the truly unique spirit of revolution of the times in which it existed. It is a book about a group of outcasts—about persistence, dedication, and an utterly personal vision. I have worked very hard to make sure it will do justice to the work of a number of very unique people who shared the same ideas at a very unique point in time.”—Tom Gabriel Fischer

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Without question Only Death Is Real goes farther than any other source in exploring the origins of underground heavy metal. The wealth of visual information is astounding, both in terms of documenting early 1980s headbangers and exposing the still-relevant imagery of the first Hellhammer and Celtic Frost photo sessions. On top of that, the written chapters combine Tom Fischer’s often shocking stories with lengthy quotes from Martin Eric Ain and the other main Hellhammer members, explaining in intimately human terms how extreme metal was born.

Tom Gabriel Fischer’s new band, Triptykon, has released its debut album, Eparistera Daimones. For more information, visit the Triptykon MySpace site.

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ISBN 978-0979616389 Trade paperback

576 stiff full-sized 8.5″ x 12″ pages

Introductory essays by Tesco Vee, Dave Stimson, Steve Miller, Henry Rollins, Keith Morris, Peter Davis, Henry Owings, Byron Coley, Corey Rusk, John Brannon, and Ian MacKaye.

Moisten your earholes with fresh words wet from the mouths of author Tesco Vee and editor Steve Miller:

“I was inspired by how fearless and together Touch and Go were. They were really wild and extremely funny.”—Henry Rollins

“It was really one of the first times anyone outside of Washington really paid us any mind. The fact that Touch and Go took an interest in us really blew us away.”—Ian MacKaye, Minor Threat

“Creem may have taught me how to piss, but Touch and Go taught me how to shit. I owe my career to that magazine.”—John Brannon, Negative Approach

“Easily one of the best hardcore reads you’ll ever sink your fangs into…enthralling.”—Montreal Mirror

“As a hardcore punk primer you couldn’t do better.”—Time Out Chicago

“Anyone who’s ever published a true DIY fanzine owes at least a small debt to Touch and Go.”—Decibel

“Slapdash, ornery, and entertaining”—Popmatters

“If you have any interest at all in hardcore punk or being rude, you need this.”—Austin American-Statesman, Summer Reading Picks

“Influential”—Village Voice, Voice Picks

“Essential”—Washington Post Express

“Lots of energy gets captured in this handsome, perfectbound volume, down to the original, frenetic cut-and-paste layouts.”—Detroit Metro-Times

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Touch and Go fanzine was the brainchild of Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson and was launched in Lansing, Michigan, in 1979. Major fanatics of the new punk happenings in the late ’70s, TV and DS set out to chronicle, lambaste, ridicule, and heap praise on all they arbitrarily loved or hated in the music communities in the US and abroad.

In laughably minuscule press runs by today’s standards, T & G was made by guys within the Midwest scene strictly for the edification of scenesters and pals in other cities like DC, Philly, Boston, LA, SF, Chicago, et al. Inspired by magazines such as Slash and Search and Destroy and writers like Claude Bessy and Chris Desjardines, TV and DS pumped out seventeen naughty, irreverent issues together, and TV did another five solo.

Magazines like Forced Exposure and Your Flesh, among others, soon fired up Xerox machines themselves, and the rest is history. So is the legendary independent record label launched from this zine, and so are the bands covered inside: Black Flag, Minor Threat, the Misfits, Negative Approach, the Fix, the Avengers, the Necros, Discharge, Iron Cross, Youth Brigade, Faith, Die Kreuzen, Crucifix, Poison Idea—and all the other punks worth their weight in glorious black and white.

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Fighting a tide of tradition and conservatism, progressive metal has proven to be one of the most viable, malleable forms in all of modern music; here its preeminent scholar tells the tale.

ISBN 978-09796163-3-4
High-quality 400pp trade paperback
Illus. w/over 100 images + 16pp full-color insert
Original cover artwork by Michel “Away” Langevin

“Mean Deviation zeroes in on heavy metal’s more cerebral, challenging, and even geeky side.”—Ghetto Blaster

“Thank you, Jeff Wagner, for this massive information highway for all things progressive metal.”—Paul Masvidal, Cynic/Death

“We now have a definitive book on the relationship between metal and progressive music.”—Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree

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Revered former Metal Maniacs editor Jeff Wagner analyzes the heady side of metal in this exhaustive history of a relentlessly ambitious musical subculture. Beginning with 1970s progressive rock acts Rush and King Crimson, Mean Deviation unfurls a colorful tapestry of sounds and styles, from the “Big Three” of 1980s prog metal—Queensrÿche, Fates Warning, and Dream Theater—to extreme pioneers Voivod, Watchtower, and Celtic Frost. The flirtation between heavy metal and progressive rock grows with bold creative leaps, spawning countless valiant launches toward infinity. Today, the spark of inspiration thrives in obscure outposts such as Scandinavia, Florida, and Japan, bursting into full flame with the successes of prog metal overlords Opeth, Meshuggah, Tool, Between the Buried and Me, and their progressive peers.

According to Wagner: “Mean Deviation highlights many impossibly scattered bands and movements that widened the scope of the heavy metal genre. To some, progressive metal starts with Dream Theater and ends with an interminable stream of bands that sound like Dream Theater. By my interpretation, the term ‘progressive metal’ allows for consideration of cosmic post-black metal band In the Woods, avant-garde metal surrealists Thought Industry, and those obscure purveyors of corrupted Swedish death metal, Carbonized-along with more obvious entries such as Fates Warning, Opeth, and, of course, Dream Theater.

“One thing prog metal certainly is, is metal. Hard and bold and brash, but refined, adulterated, and mutated; it is heavy metal taken somewhere illuminating and sometimes bizarre.”

Jeff Wagner interview on Noise Pollution.

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Book of the Year 2008, Decibel Magazine

“Ekeroth knows of what he writes…5 of 5 stars” — Revolver

“A sprawling epic of a book…basically the perfect read for extreme metal fans.” — Bravewords & Bloody Knuckles, 9.5 of 10

“Death Metal musician and author Ekeroth shows a true fan’s dedication” — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review/Pick of the Week

“Daniel Ekeroth has impressively balanced a high level of raw data with a loving, subjective tone. Aspiring authors of such future volumes are advised to approach their subjects with the same care and passion.” — Metal Maniacs

The ultimate blow-by-blow account of Sweden’s legendary death metal underground, based on 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, and the Haunted.

• 450 densely-illustrated pages
• Heavy-duty 130gsm paper
• Revised and Expanded 300-page history, PLUS 150 pages including highly opinionated band encyclopedia, gallery, and fanzine bibliography
• Written by Daniel Ekeroth (of Insision, Tyrant, Dellamorte, Diskonto; and author ofViolent Italy)
• Ships with exclusive free metal button
• ISBN 9780979616310

”Finally, the true story of Swedish death metal! This book brought me back to the good old days”—Tomas Lindberg, At the Gates/ Grotesque/Disfear

“Death metal ruled my adolescent years. The problem is I don’t remember half of it! This tome of dark recollections is the chance to set things straight.”—Nicke Andersson, Nihilist/Entombed/The Hellacopters

“Read this book if you are willing to be subjected to the story behind the extreme face-melting, flesh-ripping, ear-slaying, gut-blasting phenomenon known as Swedish death metal!”—Chris Reifert, Death/Autopsy

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ISBN 978-0979616372 [224pp color pages softcover]

“There are a few guys who have rightly earned themselves the title of ‘culinary bad boy’ in the past few years…Anthony Bourdain…Marco Pierre White…David Chang… But these guys are nothing compared to the heavy metal home cooks who contributed the recipes for Annick Giroux’s new cookbook Hellbent For Cooking.”—Serious Eats.com

“Part global cookbook, part underground metal compendium”—New York Post

“Sweet book indeed! I unveiled the secret of the best pizza in the world. Customers of my restaurant would have killed to get the recipe!”—Schmier, Destruction

“Positively no false meals…every single metalhead who gets around in the kitchen needs this book.”—Decibel

“From heavy metal royalty…the evilest of cookbooks.”—Flavorpill, The 10 Best Musical Cookbooks

“The book addresses an interesting reality: Music and food are inextricable.”—Hour Detroit

“This is probably the most physically beautiful book I’ve ever seen.” —Cosmo Lee, Invisible Oranges.com

“While I’m no cook myself, this will certainly be on my ‘to buy’ list as I am especially curious on how to concoct the Midnight 7″ Meatloaf!”—The Left Hand Path.com

“Fantastic beyond belief”—And Now the Screaming Starts

Order today to receive a FREE bonus serving bookmark / recipe card by the Czech Republic’s Root!

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With this delicious collection of favorite basic recipes by heavy metal bands from around the globe, Annick “The Morbid Chef” Giroux declares war on junk food, and fires up the flame for a special heavy metal feast.

Hellbent for Cooking feeds voracious appetites with a varied menu of over a hundred recipes from thirty countries, including Yorkshire Pudding from England, Beer Pizza Crust from Germany, Spaghetti Barracuda from Italy, Fårikål from Norway, Country Lamb Exohiko from Greece, Churrasco from Brazil, and Mushroom Steak à la Jack Daniel’s from the United States.

The dishes are legendary, and so are the bands. Feel the heat of thrash metal pioneers Sepultura, Kreator, Anthrax, and Nuclear Assault; the proto-metal heavy rock of Thin Lizzy, early Judas Priest, and Uriah Heep; the slow-cooked doom of Pentagram and Saint Vitus; and the extreme cuisine of underground pioneers Autopsy, Death, Repulsion; and Norway’s infamous black metal chefs Mayhem and Gorgoroth.

Raise your infernal fork for madman Chris Reifert’s Mummified Jalapeño Bacon Bombs, then sample Roast Beef with Green Beans prepared under the watchful eye of Udo Dirkschneider of Accept. Try After the Bombs’ Speed Metal Vegan Tofu, or Eyehategod’s favorite New Orleans Blood Red Beans and Rice.

Afterwards, Doro Pesch of Warlock serves her Black Forest Cake, and Richard Christy from Death pours his trademark cocktail, the mighty Viking Testicle. Now for anyone with a taste for metal:  The kitchen gates are open—grab your weapons of mass nutrition and let the feasts begin!

Featuring a full flavorful menu of appetizer, breakfast, lunch, dinner, vegetarian, seafood, dessert, and drink recipes contributed by members of:

Abigail, Abscess, Accept, After the Bombs, Alcoholic Rites, Amebix, Anthrax, Anvil, Armored Saint, Arphaxat, Atomizer, Autopsy, Bastardator, Bëehler, Blackfire, Blasphemy, Brutal Truth, Budgie, Bulldozer, Cauldron, Children of Technology, Control Denied, Countess, Cruachan, Dantesco, Deadmask, Death, Death SS, Deiphago, Denial of God, Desolation Angels, Destruction, Devastation, Dissection, Doro, Dusk, Electric Wizard, Elixir, Envenom, Exciter, Eyehategod, Faustcoven, Funerot, Goat Horn, Gorgoroth, Grimorium Verum, Gwar, Hidden Hand, Holocausto, Impaler, Inepsy, Judas Priest, Killers, Kreator, Lamp of Thoth, L’Impero Delle Ombre, Lord Vicar, Mantak, Master, Master’s Hammer, Mayhem, Melechesh, Messiah, Midnight, Minotaur, Mortal Sin, Mütiilation, Necromantia, Necrosadist, Nuclear Assault, Obituary, Obscurity, Orodruin, Pagan Altar, Pentagram, Piledriver, Possessed, Procession, Repulsion, Reverend Bizarre, Rigor Mortis, Rotting Christ, Sadistik Exekution, Saint Vitus, Sepultura, Shackles, Sigh, Sir Lord Baltimore, Skyforger, Slaughter, S.O.D., Spirit Caravan, Stiny Plamenu, Tankard, Thanatos, The Gates of Slumber, The Obsessed, The Rods, Lord Weird Slough Feg, Thin Lizzy, Toxic Holocaust, Trench Hell, Trouble, Tygers of Pan Tang, U.D.O.. Uriah Heep, Warlock, Warpig, Weapon, Wino, Witchfynde, Witchtrap, Xibalba, and Zemial.

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NTSC DVD * Region 0 * deluxe digipak
Running time: 80 mins. + sixteen DVD bonus shorts
UPC 705105476964

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“If you’re interested in the history of electronic musical instruments, Mellodrama is not to be missed.”—Electronic Musician

“Mellodrama is easily one of the most entertaining, informative, and educational music documentaries I have seen in ages.”—MetalSucks.net

“…the insight it gives into the development, the rise, fall and partial rise again of the Chamberlin and Mellotron make this essential viewing.”—Planet Mellotron

“Surprisingly fascinating.”—Philadelphia Weekly

“A study in the unpredictability of innovation.”—Rhizome

“Fascinating…and full of interesting details”—The Best of NAMM 2010, Synthtopia.com

“A fascinating story that does in fact contain elements of drama.” –The Wire

“An insider’s view of the history of the Chamberlin and the Mellotron, which isn’t always pretty.”—Echoes

“This is where sampling started.” —Jon Brion

“The Mellotron stays cool.”—Brian Wilson

Mellodrama, a documentary by Dianna Dilworth, explores the rising and falling fortunes of the Chamberlin and its better-known successor the Mellotron—the first musical keyboards to play the pre-recorded sounds of other instruments.

From a California workshop to Royal Albert Hall, Mellodrama tells the story of an ingenious contraption called the Mellotron. Essentially the first sampling instrument, its haunting sound has changed the production and texture of popular music—from the Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” and the Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin” to Radiohead’s OK Computer and Kanye West’s “Gold Digger.”

featuring members from: The Beach Boys • The Moody Blues • The Zombies • King Crimson • Yes • Cheap Trick • Black Sabbath • Genesis • Refugee • Opeth • Latin Playboys • Goblin • Maroon 5 • Moog Cookbook • Änglagård • Optiganally Yours • Bigelf

plus: Fabio Frizzi • Jon Brion • Michael Penn • Matthew Sweet • Woody Jackson • Zac Rae • Patrick Warren

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The Finnish bestseller by Mape Ollila has been revised and corrected for U.S. publication, with an introduction by legendary rock impresario and Finnish Idol judge Jone Nikula, and a complete list of international concert appearances from 1996-2006–the entire Tarja Turunen era. Ships with a free metal button.

Download free sample [.PDF format]: “Chapter 5. The Upward Spiral”

”Worth the wait”— Dave Ling, Classic Rock UK

“The book’s detailed extras—photos, set lists, stage charts, and more—make it essential for any diehard fan” —Revolver

“The Nightwish story offers up a spectacular dramatic arc, and Mape Ollila grabs it with both hands.”—Jarkko Jokelainen, Helsingin Sanomat

“Despite hailing from a country with fewer people than the state of Virginia, Nightwish is given the true rock star bio treatment. Ollila’s sense of band history and beyond-the-stage access elevate this book above a tourist’s guide to a foreign flavor.” — Library Journal

“Compelling…equally interesting for hardcore or casual fans of the group.” — About.com

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ONCE UPON A NIGHTWISH:
The Official Biography 1996-2006
by Mape Ollila
352pp includes 32 color pages of unseen photos
Exquisite 100gsm paper
ISBN 9780979616327

Hailing from the tiny hamlet of Kitee, Finland (pop. 10,000) Nightwish has captivated the world’s imagination with magical million-selling releases like Once, Century Child, and Wishmaster. Their saga is a heavy metal fable as dramatic and tumultuous as the band’s epic symphonic music. In these details and confessions, a vivid and painfully honest portrait of a musical dream emerges—and tensions swell as a split with original singer Tarja Turunen becomes inevitable.

In this remarkably revealing official biography, author Mape Ollila charts the rise from village student project to global stardom, gaining unprecedented access not just to the members of Nightwish past and present; but also their families, their loyal and lewd crew, their peers, their critics, and countless other insiders from the Nightwish adventure. The book lays bare the creative firepower and personal demons of songwriter Tuomas Holopainen; the unique talents and traits of guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and bassist Marco Hietala; and the true reasons behind the 2005 departure of vocalist Tarja Turunen—in the band’s words and hers.

Along the way, the band struggles with religious protesters, fortune-tellers, naked crew members, health problems, shady promoters, out-of-control fans, and the growing pains of an ever-steeper rock star learning curve. Happily ever after or not, these unique Finnish personalities are brought to life in this journey of into the mysteries of…Once Upon a Nightwish.

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“La historia definitiva de la escena más extrema del metal”.—Revolver

“Eligiendo muerte es una revelación, no importa cuánto pienses que sabes”.—Terrorizer

“Un tributo tan bueno, detallado y exhaustivo como un fan del género de mucho tiempo esperaría encontrar”.—Maximum Rocknroll

“Mudrian ha creado algo especial aquí. Esta es una lectura obligada para cualquiera que desee un libro exhaustivo del tipo ‘quien-hizo-qué-y-cuándo’. Pulgares arriba”.—Philip Anselmo, Pantera

Capitulo 1. “El punk es un cadaver putrefacto” [5.8MB .PDF]

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“Personalmente, Eligiendo muerte es la edición que más me entusiasmado. La audiencia de habla hispana es honestamente la más apasionada y leal de toda la escena del metal. Estoy super feliz de que los metaleros ahora puedan contar una versión del libro en su propio idioma. ¡Es un gran honor y espero que a todos les encante!”—Albert Mudrian

Eligiendo muerte: La improbable historia del death metal y grindcore, reseña los 25 años de historia de esta forma de arte subterráneo a través de los ojos y de los resonantes oídos de los artistas, productores y dueños de sellos que propulsaron estos brutales movimientos musicales:

Mike Amott (Carcass), Nicke Andersson (Entombed), Trey Azagthoth (Morbid Angel), Chris Barnes (Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under), Jeff Becerra (Possessed), Jo Bench (Bolt Thrower), Glen Benton (Deicide), Justin Broadrick (Godflesh), Oscar Garcia (Terrorizer), King Fowley (Deceased), Fenriz (Darkthrone), Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Brujeria), Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly), Ross Dolan (Immolation), Trevor Peres (Obituary), Jesse Pintado (Terrorizer, Napalm Death), Digby Pearson (Earache), James Murphy (Death, Disincarnate, Obituary), Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy), Mick Harris (Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror), Kam Lee (Death, Massacre), Tomas Lindberg (At the Gates), Danny Lilker (Brutal Truth), Chris Reifert (Death, Autopsy), Matti Kärki (Dismember), Anders Jakobson (Nasum), Nick Holmes (Paradise Lost), Terrance Hobbs (Suffocation), Johnny Hedlund (Nihilist, Unleashed), Barney Greenway (Napalm Death), Angela Gossow (Arch Enemy), Scott Hull (Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Alex Wank (Pungent Stench), Jeff Walker (Carcass, Brujeria), David Vincent (Morbid Angel), Samoth (Emperor), Karl Sanders (Nile), Chuck Schuldiner (Death), Paul Speckmann (Master), Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal), Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) y mucho más…

Viva la MUERTE!

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ISBN 978-0979616303 [US$22.95, 204pp deluxe hardcover w/pink ribbon placemarker]

“A rare and often hilarious glimpse into the life and (mostly) good times of one of the great glam heroes.”—Classic Rock [UK]

“Jammed with great stories…top class entertainment.” —Revelationz.net

“Sheriff McCoy is a frank, but upbeat experience, and should be required reading for all those who believe in the transformative thunder of rock ‘n’ roll.”—Amp

“Visually beautiful…by turns touching, tragic, and simply riotously funny. Worth the long wait.”—Bubblegum Slut [UK]

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ISBN 978-09796163-6-5 • US$23.95 retail
300pp trade paperback, includes 16-page sensational color section
Features over 200 reviews of strange and sexy Swedish films
Full-color insert features rare vintage film posters and lobby cards
Original cover artwork by Wes Benscoter (Black Sabbath, Slayer, Thriller)
Coming August 2010

In the annals of grindhouse exploitation cinema, Italy owns the giallo, Australia offers Ozploitation, and Sweden has spawned—the SENSATIONSFILM!

“I look back with genuine joy. I am so very happy I could be a part of the seventies, it was so incredibly interesting. I carry it with me; it is a part of me. I would never deny being in those movies. I know that a lot of people do so, but I just had a blast.”— Christina Lindberg

“Into this rising whirlwind of madness, I was born in 1972.  As the ‘70s came along, all limits were forgotten. Sweden was flooded with sexually explicit films of every kind, violent gangster movies…and all morals were gone.”—Daniel Ekeroth

In many respects, Sweden’s place in film history is secure and prominent. Swedish films are associated internationally with the success and high quality of Ingmar Bergman’s reputable works. However, another breed of Swedish film is notorious for its laissez-faire attitude towards nudity and relaxed sexuality. Produced in the backyard of the Swedish film industry, these sexually daring films join countless speculative or sensational movies that deal with shocking or taboo subjects—street punks, space aliens, hard drugs, and drunken vikings. Other efforts are simply too strange and Swedish to ignore. Once again, Swedish Death Metal author Daniel Ekeroth delves into the arcane culture of his homeland, returning with the first comprehensive overview of “Sensationsfilms”—Swedish Exploitation Cinema.

Includes reviews and release information on nearly 200 clandestine Swedish films produced between 1951 and 1993, plus a new introduction by Daniel Ekeroth; and an unpublished in-deep interview with actress Christina Lindberg (Thriller: En Grym Film/They Call Her One Eye, Maid in Sweden, Anita: Swedish Nymphet) Films include uncovered—and undressed!—early movie roles by stars like Stellan Skarsgård (Pirates of the Carribean, Mamma Mia!, Dancer in the Dark), Pernilla August (Fanny and Alexander, Star Wars Ep. I & II), Max von Sydow (Shutter Island, Minority Report), and Lee Hazlewood.

ISBN 978-0-9796163-4-1

“The legendary Slayer zine gets its long overdue anthology”—Decibel

“Presiding over the birth of extreme metal from its Scandinavian heartland, the first issue of the legendary Slayer fanzine was cranked out in 1985 and over the years shifted its coverage to provide an insider view of Swedish death metal and Norwegian black metal through their formative and most controversial years.”—Terrorizer

“Best idea since sliced bread.”—Fenriz

Founded in 1985 in Sarpsborg, Norway, Slayer Mag quickly rose to prominence by championing countless unsigned death metal pioneers. The pages of Slayer Mag became a written gospel for the fledgling extreme metal underground, combining eye-ripping graphics, brutally honest writing, and a relentless and sick sense of humor. As black metal rose to prominence in Norway in the 1990s, Slayer Mag remained the final word on the moods and motivations of those dark times. In addition to rare archival material unseen in decades, the book will include unreleased and exclusive interviews and artwork, including historical photographs, and never-before-seen portrait photography by editor Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen.