Blood, Fire, Death

Extrem - Extreme - Swedish Metal. In the early 1990s, Swedish death metal revolutionized the music world. With bands like Entombed, Dismember, and At the Gates, the country was at the forefront of a new movement before black metal further expanded the extremes. But how did it all begin? Why did Sweden become a breeding ground for this aggressive and untamed music? And who are the people who drove it forward? Blood, fire, death: A History of Swedish Metal narrates the genre's development from the rock pioneers of the seventies through the satanic excesses of the nineties to the diverse manifestations of today's scene. This exciting book focuses on the phenomena that have propelled the scene through its transformation, which has occurred not only on a musical level but also on aesthetic and ideological levels. This almost unbelievable story has never before been researched and told with such passion and brilliance in detail.