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| Demigod [photo by Turkka Rantanen] |
"There's so many stories in the Finnish scene that should be told, and somebody should write a book." That was the mission statement that led to Rotting Ways to Misery, a 300 page tome that traces the evolution of the Finnish death metal scene from teenagers playing youth centers to the global renown of bands like Amorphis and Sentenced. Written by Finnish metal lifers Markus Makkonen [Nerve Saw, Sadistik Forest, ex-Hooded Menace] and Kim Strömsholm [Festerday, ...And Oceans], it joins a growing canon of books dedicated to documenting the heaviest of metals.
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| Funebre |
I spoke with Kim and Markus about why they decided to write a book about Finnish death metal - at first independently from each other, and ultimately as a collaboration. We also spoke about the scene's rise, collapse, recent resurgence, and whether Finnish death metal may be held in higher regard in other countries.
My thanks to Kim and Markus for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
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| Purtenance |
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
Abhorrence - "Anthem for the Antropocene"
taken from the EP Of Death and Ritual
Funebre - "Brainspoon"
taken from the album Below the Thunders of the Upper Deep
Amorphis - "In The Beginning"
taken from the album Tales From The Thousand Lakes
Purtenance - "Deathbed Confession"
taken from the album Buried Incarnation
Demilich - "The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)"
taken from the album Nespithe
Sentenced - "Rotting Ways to Misery"
taken from the album Shadows of the Past
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