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Heavy: How Metal Changes the Way We See the World

Autor Dan Franklin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 mar 2021

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472131034
ISBN-10: 1472131037
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 16pp. plate section
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Constable
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Recenzii

Fascinating . . . powerful
A weighty discussion of metal, for both passionate fans and neophytes . . . Yet what elevates Heavy from being a simple love letter to metal is the way in which Franklin situates heaviness within the "iron-rich bloodline running through the bedrock of culture" . . . a book that pulls off the trick of offering something to both passionate fans and neophytes
Heavy opens an ornate portal into a murky subculture, illuminating the marginalia as well as the big beasts
A wildly entertaining journey into the heart of musical darkness
'Heavy opens an ornate portal into a murky subculture, illuminating the marginalia as well as the big beasts' Sunday Times

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.

'A wildly entertaining journey into the heart of musical darkness' Irish Times