[glwdrk]

Ah, thanks for giving me an idea... Floodland it will be now!
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No but please not to form irony band "influence" so call by old "cool" (or so funny in your eyes) cult ok?

[Captain Retard]

any good recommendations about 80ies US Metal?
encyclopaedia about
Labels, Bands, Releases, Producers, ...?
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Den Tritt eines festen Schuhwerks zu sichern, ist die vornehmste Aufgabe eines Suedlaenders.

[Luxixul Sumering]

Anything but Lords of Chaos. That book is full of shit and 80% of is rumored with LIES.
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How good are you? ... How bad are you?

[caligulasremains]

I wish I hadn't bought Choosing Death. I may resell it. Swedish Death Metal is awesome though and I've been planning on getting the Slayer Mag Diaries for a few years just keep putting it off to buy records... good thread! I really like reading about the music when I'm listening to stuff especially if there's no lyric sheet to the album.

[skeletor666]

mean deviation is really good if you are into progressive metal.

there are features on death ,coroner,celtic frost ,voivod. basically any metal
that pushes boundaries is included.good read.

[VoKu HiLa]

The best metal book I read in the past few years was definitely Glorious Times. Got me back into listening lots of old school DM and even checking out some stuff I hadn´t bothered with before.

[doomedplanet]

go back to page 3 of this thread and look at my first scan. Still the best I know of. Though I think Rock Hard in germany did a big one 10+ years ago but I only saw it once (not sure if it is in german or english anymore) and do not know the name.

[scentofdeath]

[GoldenBull]

Still waiting for the Isten book.

[Weltering in Blood]

Metallica Into the Night was a great read. Well written and interesting.

[Captain Retard]

[Piotr Sargnagel]

[quote="doomedplanet"]These are my favorites:



descriprion from T-Mag listing:
Title: Headbangers - The Worldwide MegaBook of Heavy Metal Bands
Editor: Mark Hale
Pages: 542
Size: 22 x 28 x 4,5 cm
Language: english
Colour: B/W
Published: 1993/Popular Culture Ink.
Opinion:
Just to mention it first, this book is hard to find and pretty expensive though I had the luck to get it via Amazon from the Queens Borough Public Library (NZL) - LOL - for about 20 Euros. If you take a look at the sample below you'll easily understand what a mammoth work was printed here. Usually these kind of books do not care for demo bands but Mark Hale seemed to be heavily involved in the tape trading scene because you'll find tons of obscure underground bands entrys here with mentioning year of foundation, band members, ex-band members, and listing their discography as well as a short style description. A few photos are added as well but the main interest was clearly to list as many bands as possible from all over the world! A must to have!

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Copy of Headbangers around 30$ US on alibris.com

Many thanks for these recommendations

[passetiermes]

Seems like this guy found a niche:

[Shahidka]

[quillotine]