Death Metal History Explored by Misery Index Founding Member
Jason Netherton, founding member of Maryland metal band Misery Index, is on the verge of dropping Extremity Retained: Notes 
From the Death Metal Underground, a 480-page non-fiction book that “is intended to capture the experience and ethos of the international death metal scene.”
Three years, and over 100 interviews later, the book will examine death metal’s late 1980s emergence, through “the successive incarnations and evolutions that made it the subcultural force it is today.”
Extremity Retained will feature first-hand stories, anecdotes and memories of those within the death metal community, with topics ranging from life on tour; to performance and technique; the tape trading culture; as well as regional ‘scene’ reports.
“Ultimately, the idea is to explore the scene through the voices of those who helped create it, in order to understand better how the death metal underground worked in its early incarnations, how it has evolved, and where it is going,” reads a press release introducing the book.
The book will debut at Concordia University’s extreme metal event, The Grimposium, from April 11-12. Subsequently, it’ll be available at Maryland Deathfest XII, and can be pre-ordered through Hanshake, Inc. The first 500 people to do the latter will receive a bonus Extremity Retained cassette compilation that consists of tracks by bands featured in the book.
So who contributed to this book you ask? Here’s the sizeable, yet impressive list:
Luc Lemay (Gorguts); Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse); King Fowley (Deceased); Stephan Gebidi (Thanatos; Hail of Bullets); Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity); Doug Cerrito (Suffocation); John McEntee (Incantation; Funerus); Marc Grewe (Morgoth); Ola Lindgren (Grave); Paul Ryan (Origin); Kam Lee (ex-Massacre; ex-Death); Tomas Lindberg (At the Gates; Lock Up); Travis Ryan (Cattle Decapitation); Robert Vigna and Ross Dolan (Immolation); Jacob Schmidt (Defeated Sanity); Esa Linden (Demigod); Dan Seagrave (Artist); Rick Rozz (ex-Death; Massacre); Steve Asheim (Deicide); Jim Morris (Morrisound Studios); Terry Butler (Obituary; Massacre; ex-Death); Mitch Harris (Napalm Death; Righteous Pigs); Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer); John Gallagher (Dying Fetus); Robin Mazen (Derketa; Demonomacy); George Fisher (Cannibal Corpse); Ed Warby (Gorefest; Hail of Bullets); Rob Barrett (Cannibal Corpse; ex-Solstice); Donald Tardy (Obituary); Moyses Kolesne (Krisiun); Takaaki Ohkuma (Necrophile); Paul Speckmann (Master; Abomination); Anders Jacobson (Nasum; Necrony); Carl Fulli (Epidemic); Matt Harvey (Exhumed); Steve Goldberg (Cephalic Carnage); Ben Falgoust (Soilent Green; Goatwhore); Phil Fasciana (Malevolent Creation); Tony Laureno (ex-Nile; ex-Angelcorpse); Alan Averill (Primordial; Twilight of the Gods); Jason Fuller (Blood Duster); Alex Okendo (Masacre); Dave Witte (Municipal Waste; Human Remains); Lee Harrison (Monstrosity); and many more.
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