CHOOSING DEATH
The Improbable History of DEATH METAL and GRINDCORE
By Albert Mudrian -- Introduction by John Peel

In 1986, it was unimaginable that death metal and grindcore would ever impact popular culture. Yet this shockingly fast and barbaric amalgam of hardcore punk and heavy metal would define the musical threshold of extremity for years to come. Initially circulated through an underground tape-trading network by scraggly, angry young boys, death metal and grindcore spread faster than a plague of undead zombies as bands rose from every corner of the globe. By 1992, the genre’s first legitimate label, Earache Records, had sold well over a million death metal and grindcore albums in the United States alone. Choosing Death, featuring an introduction by John Peel, conquers the lofty task of telling the two-decade-long history of this underground art form through the eyes and ringing ears of the artists, producers, and label owners—past and present—who propelled the movements.

"The definitive history of metal's most extreme scene." - Revolver Magazine

"Choosing Death is a revelation, no matter how much you think you know." - Terrorizer Magazine

"Mudrian has put together something special here. This is a must-read for anyone who wants a comprehensive 'who-did-what-when' book. Thumbs up." - Philip Anselmo (Superjoint Ritual, Pantera)

6 x 9 • 288 pages • illustrated • 1-932595-04-X • $19.95

Also see Albert Mudrian's site, choosingdeath.com.
Read Satanicmonkeythreat.com's interview with Albert.
Order this book online from Feral House.