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Heavy - How Metal Changes the Way We See the World (Paperback)
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Heavy - How Metal Changes the Way We See the World (Paperback)
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What exactly is heavy metal music? How deep do its roots go? Long
established as an undeniable force in culture, metal traces its
roots back to leather-clad iron men like Black Sabbath and Judas
Priest, who imbued their music with a mysterious and raw
undercurrent of power. Heavy unearths this elusive force, delving
deep into the fertile culture that allowed a distinctive new sound
to flourish and flaying the source material to get to the beating
heart of the music. From the imminent threat of nuclear apocalypse
that gave rise to Metallica's brand of volatile thrash metal to
Bloodbath and Carcass, the death metal bands resurrecting the
horror of medieval art. But there are always more lines to be
drawn. Cradle of Filth and Ulver trade in the transgressive
impulses of gothic literature; Pantera lay bare Nietzsche's
'superman'; getting high leads to the escapist sci-fi dirges of
Sleep and Electric Wizard; while the recovery of long-buried urns
in the seventeenth century holds the key to the drone of Sunn O))).
Dissecting music that resonates with millions, Heavy sees Slipknot
wrestling with the trauma of 9/11, Alice in Chains exposing the
wounds of Vietnam and Iron Maiden conjuring visions of a heroic
England. Powerful, evocative and sometimes sinister, it gives shape
and meaning to the terrible beauty of metal.
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