Heroes of the Metal Underground : The Definitive Guide to 1980s American Independent Metal Bands / Alexandros Anesiadis and Yiannis Scarpelos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anesiadis, Alexandros, author.

Scarpelos Yiannis, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (591 pages)

Place of Publication:

Port Townsend, WA : FERAL HOUSE, [2023]

Summary:

The only encyclopedic anddefinitive book on American indie metal! If all you know about metal music was what was heard on commercialradio, then you don't know metal at all. Heroes of the Underground profiles 600American bands from every town and city in the United States who ever releaseda record. Metal bandsexploded during the 1980s. Influenced by the heavy sounds coming out of Britainvia Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, young guitar shredders turned the amps up andplayed harder and faster. American record companies scooped up a few bands andsigned them to major label recording deals (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax), butthat left hundreds of bands--and their fans--trying to get their songs heard. These intrepidmetal bands borrowed a page from punk's DIY handbook and did it themselves.Regional favorites. Hometown heroes. Tour van veterans. Bands who investedtheir life savings into recording and pressing their songs onto albums for ashot at immortality on vinyl. Fans remember thesebands with joy. Collectors seek these records like the Holy Grail. And in Heroesof the Metal Underground , author Alex Anesiadis compiles the details of these bandsand their records. Whether you're a true or baby metalhead, Heroes of the Metal Underground will become your guide to all things metal.

Contents:

Intro

Copyright

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

A Note on the History of Independent/Private American Metal

East Coast

M.C. Blade

Street Child

Heathen's Rage

Tantrum

The Rods

Exxplorer

M-16

Hades

Murder Suite

Blacksmith

Disciple

Siren

Alias

Stryker

Dead Serios

Rhed Asphalt

Odyssey

Aragon

Fantom Warior

Alias Mangler

Rockkit

Asylum

Leather Nunn

Slammer

Ruffkut

Deuce

Intrüder

Titanic

Arthurs Museum

Vikron

Black Diamond (NY)

Darkstarr

Strange Flesh

Black Virgin

Dagger

Knightmare

Kryst the Conqueror

Oblivion

Kill Van Kull

Damien (NY)

Stonehenge

X-Caliber

Savage Thrust

Voyeur

Hammers Rule

Spectral Incursion

Resless

MX

Carnage (South Carolina)

Sinister Angel

Black Task

West Coast

Ruffians

Cirith Ungol

Brocas Helm

Gotham

Traveler

Child Saint

Traitor

Taist of Iron

Weapon

Soldier (San Francisco)

Valor

Hammer Head

Snow

Childz Play

Suspicion

Emerald

Villain

Razormaid

Grinding Machine

Air Raid

Wombat

Shadow (Kennewick, WA)

Shadow (Seattle)

Assassin (San Diego)

Elysian

The RH Factor

Prowler (San Diego)

Hans Naughty

Childhood's End

Diamond Claw

Victim

Sacred Rite

Central/Rest of the U.S.

Medieval Steel

Assassin

Halloween

Gunner

Outrage

Centurion

Purgatory

Breaker

White Boy and the Average Rat Band

Chalice

Arch Rival

Rosie

Prophecy (Montana)

Xcursion

Destroyer

Dover Trench

Slayer

Roc Lochner

Ashbury

Wyzdom

Nineteen

Winterhawk

Ivory Tiger

Hammeron

Decoy Paris

Sorcery (Chicago)

Salem's Wych

Fury

Dead Silence

Tyrant's Reign

Xcel

Iron Cross

Winterkat

Mania

Nightchild.

Prowler (Santa FE, NM)

Militia

Unleashed

Hammer Witch

Dungeon

Commandment

Crowhaven

Steel Vengeance

Pendulum

Rude Awakening

Never Forget the Warriors

Afterword

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62731-143-2

OCLC:

1390561869