Daniel Ekeroth - Swedish Death Metal Book Review

Many music books don't really say much about the music, but focus mostly on personalities. Swedish Death Metal does an excellent job with both. Ekeroth has interviewed most of those who were there at the beginning of Swedish death metal's birth, and their perspective and memories are invaluable. Musicians such as Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth), Nicke Andersson (Entombed), Uffe Cederlund (Entombed), Johnny Hedlund (Unleashed), Matti Karki (Dismember), Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates), Dan Swano (Edge Of Sanity) and many others are quoted extensively throughout the book.

You also get the perspective of zine writers, promoters and record executives. Ekeroth does a nice job getting a wide variety of viewpoints and stories to illuminate the history of Swedish Death Metal. The book focuses mainly on the late '80s through the early '90s, from the birth of the genre to the rise of black metal. Ekeroth comments and reviews the music itself as well.

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