Glorious Times: Old-School DM Book in the Works

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I found this on deathmetal.org; everybody here should be reading it for just such gems (and they should have an RSS feed to make it easier).

The idea for this book came over through an off the cuff statement made in an email. Little did we know those few words would transform into a monster spanning 2 1/2 decades. All of the photos in this book come from the years 1984-1991 and none have been made available to the public at large - the majority of which have never been seen before. They stem from the combined private collections of both authors and the overwhelmingly generous contributions of several of the pioneering spirits whose recollections make the mortar with which this pictorial sentiment becomes the foundation. These two essential elements are what is used to build this photographic testament to our GLORIOUS TIMES. The book is brought to you by those who LIVED in the glory days, with heart felt recounts by those individuals whose efforts together CREATED what is known as extreme music today, and the photographic evidence to back it up.

Glorious Times MySpace (warning: a visual mess; hope they get a decent graphic artist for the book itself)

[Devamitra]

I found this on deathmetal.org; everybody here should be reading it for just such gems (and they should have an RSS feed to make it easier).

Here's the RSS, man!

http://www.deathmetal.org/metal/?feed=rss2

[Nihilist News Network (NNN)]

The scene we’re showing in our book was all new and unharmed by the interactions with major labels.

I don't think that the old scene was anywhere near as concerned about recording contracts or 'fame' - but it is what I have noticed the younger crowd are preoccupied with for the most part. Alot of them have a rude awakening in store because you can bust your asses for decades and never get any more recognition than you did as a demo band.

Times are much much different now. A new band can start, record one song and thanks to things like myspace, facebook, youtube and various other sites on the web, they can have their music heard ‘round the world on the same day they create it.  Back in the 1980’s if you wanted to hear some new underground band you had to trade tapes for it or send cash through the mail and then wait weeks to get it. If you really wanted to stay on top of the scene back then you had to make sure you had correspondence with people from all over the world.. I was corresponding with Alan in Australia, Lars of Carbonized from Sweden, people in Greece, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the UK, Canada, Brazil, Chile, France, Belgium... I was spending a small fortune on postage, just to keep up on things.  Now, that’s simply not necessary, you can find just about anything you want on the internet with just a little bit of looking, and many times you can just download their music, sadly many times it’s crapped down to (e)mp(ty)3, but it’s all out there to check out.  I’m old school so I would advise newbies to do things the same way that we did, seek out new bands then not only buy their demo tapes/cds, but also write to them, and to do the same thing with ‘zines (online or printed)..get in touch with the editors and establish friendships. Alan and I did that 20 years ago, and here we are now in contact again and regaining contacting with old friends and picking up those friendships all over.

The bottom line is that all of these bands were bringing something really unique to the table, and the equation that still astounds me today is the sheer youth of the musicians, and how bloody good they were. Innovative and adventurous, really pushing the envelope and at the same time there was this DNA stamp all over their music that was impossible to confuse with anyone else. There was not so much a genre as there were bands for the most part, even though we still got trapped in labelling bands for reference which is like an ugly necessity sometimes, especially regarding the press, and by that I mean everything including the home made photocopied 'zines.

I would gather that there was a definite amount of influence from either scene on the other - without a doubt, that's great if it's utilized well of course and could only help further evolutionary mutations spring forth.

Same with the death bands - but I think the presence of the cash machine sort of bungled the biological natural selection for the black metal bands and the death bands too for a while and there was alot of mutation dying off that would have survived if left alone by the influence of the dollar. I think the black metal phenomenon was accepted alot faster by the corporate multinationals than anything previously, although it was spat on by the same vampires until they realized how to profit from it.
 
Each new evolution sort of overshadowed the previous for a while as far as popularity, but then again the multinationals are part of why that's the case - not so much that the music was actually being accepted by fans I think. People might not have been devouring new music all the time in the 20+ years after the glorious times, but they dam sure had a staple diet of classics that I am certain got frequent play all the way through.

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[Nihilist News Network (NNN)]

"Glorious Times: A Pictorial of the Death Metal Scene (1984-1991)" is a retrospective of the early death metal scene, written by the bands themselves, and edited by Alan Moses (Buttface Zine) and Brian Pattison (Chainsaw Abortions Zine). If you want to see what the early bands were thinking, doing and how they helped invent death metal, this original book gives you a window into the past and future of death metal.

Glorious Times: A Pictorial of the Death Metal Scene (1984-1991), interview with Alan Moses and Brian Pattison, and review of the book

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"Glorious Times: A Pictorial of the Death Metal Scene (1984-1991)" is a retrospective of the early death metal scene, written by the bands themselves, and edited by Alan Moses (Buttface Zine) and Brian Pattison (Chainsaw Abortions Zine). If you want to see what the early bands were thinking, doing and how they helped invent death metal, this original book gives you a window into the past and future of death metal.

[url=http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m8d6-Glorious-Times-The-Evolution-of-the-Death-Metal-Scene-19841991]Glorious Times: A Pictorial of the Death Metal Scene (1984-1991), interview with Alan Moses and Brian Pattison, and review of the book[/url]


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GT is now the proud distributor of CAISSON FILMS, they are a grass-roots film company  that is making the movie "Deep Seeded" which will feature Kam Lee in his first movie role.
We have for sale 3 individual dvd's and also 1 dvd which has all 3 films. These are showcase films introducing the company's work and what they have done so far.
Individual films cost $5 US dollars (plus postage) and the dvd with all 3 films costs $10 US dollars (plus postage).
The films are: "Heart Of The Damned", "Slip Of The Ton...gue" and "Spare The Rod".
IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THESE MOVIES - AND HELP SUPPORT THE WORK OF CAISSON FILMS & IN SO DOING, HELP KAM LEE'S FIRST FILM PROJECT - GET IN TOUCH!
POSTAGE RATES FOR CAISSON FILMS ORDERS
USA - $1.56
CANADA - $1.75
REST OF WORLD - $3.12
THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT:
Glorious Times is now working in conjunction with Jim Nickles & Shredly Studios to make available PRE-PRESS orders of something very special for Malevolent Creation fans, and fans of the early days of extreme music.
It's a demo recorded in 1987, remixed in 2010 by Jim Nickles (founding guitarist)...remixed in the very house where Malevolent Creation was formed.
 
Containing the 3 tracks: 'Sacrificial Annihilation', 'The Traitor Must Pay' and 'Confirmed Kill', "Confirmed Kill" was performed live in studio.
These versions have never been released. 'Confirmed Kill' was never recorded in studio again.
CD layout will include rare photos of Malevolent Creation from 1987, plus liner notes by Jim Nickles.
$5 US dollars (plus postage) for prepress orders. Once the disc is pressed (mid to late August) price will jump to $7 US dollars (plus postage)
POSTAGE RATES FOR MALEVOLENT CREATION CD ORDERS
USA - $1.90
CANADA - $2.27
REST OF WORLD - $4.80
THE THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT:
GT is now a proud distributor of BUTCHERED RECORDS. Starting today we have 13 titles for sale, all $10 (plus postage). We'll be adding more titles in the coming weeks.
Current titles:
Abdicate - Forged In Ruin
Deception - Nails Sticking Offensive
Foul Stench - Eternal Rot
Human Mastication - Grotesque Mastication Of Putrid Innards
Hybrid Viscery - The History Of Torture, Execution And Sickness (Burning Dogma Recs)
Imposer - Divine Intolerance
Modus Delecti/Clitordis Invaginatus/Dismembermen Split CD
9th Entity - Diabolical Enticement Of Blood And Lust
9th Plague - Apocatastasis Reversed
Plague Angel - Stagnation Of Christ
Sufferatory - Pseudophilosophic
Yogth-Sothoth - Abominations Of The Nebulah Mortiis
Yogth-Sothoth - The  Dark Waters Are Shaken
POSTAGE RATES FOR BUTCHERED RECORDS ORDERS
USA - $1.90
CANADA - $2.27
REST OF WORLD - $4.80
If you are ordering more than 1 cd or dvd or any combination thereof, ask us ahead of time and we can possibly cut you a little deal.
THE FOURTH ANOUNCEMENT:
We have some cheap goodies still available in a limited run. These were made on the basis of requests from people, who wanted some kind of cool GT knicknack to buy and also expressed interest in seeing our old zines.
Glorious Times keychains $3.
 
CDR with pdf scan of Buttface #2 and Chainsaw Abortions #2, also tossed in alternate Nuclear Death and Malevolent Creation layouts; also $3. These zines being those of the GT editors from 'back in the day'.
Or you can get the keychain AND cdr for $5. USA dollars, through paypal, price is universal and includes postage.
All payments are to be made out in US DOLLARS and sent via paypal to this email address: glorioustimesdeathbook@gmail.com
JUST IN - Brett Stevens, a writer for the HOUSTON METAL MUSIC EXAMINER has written a piece on July 22 2010 - concerning our recent blog and diy cdr download package about A DAY OF DEATH OCT 20 1990. Check out what Brett had to say: http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m7d22-The-best-concert-you-probably
-never-went-to
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www.myspace.com/glorioustimesdeathbook
www.facebook.com/pages/Glorious-Times/280760555286

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glorioustimesdeathbook@gmail.com

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[Nihilist News Network (NNN)]

Update:

Glorious Times has 4 new announcements to make you aware of.
THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT:
GT is now the proud distributor of CAISSON FILMS, they are a grass-roots film company  that is making the movie "Deep Seeded" which will feature Kam Lee in his first movie role.
We have for sale 3 individual dvd's and also 1 dvd which has all 3 films. These are showcase films introducing the company's work and what they have done so far.
Individual films cost $5 US dollars (plus postage) and the dvd with all 3 films costs $10 US dollars (plus postage).
The films are: "Heart Of The Damned", "Slip Of The Ton...gue" and "Spare The Rod".
IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THESE MOVIES - AND HELP SUPPORT THE WORK OF CAISSON FILMS & IN SO DOING, HELP KAM LEE'S FIRST FILM PROJECT - GET IN TOUCH!
POSTAGE RATES FOR CAISSON FILMS ORDERS
USA - $1.56
CANADA - $1.75
REST OF WORLD - $3.12
THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT:
Glorious Times is now working in conjunction with Jim Nickles & Shredly Studios to make available PRE-PRESS orders of something very special for Malevolent Creation fans, and fans of the early days of extreme music.
It's a demo recorded in 1987, remixed in 2010 by Jim Nickles (founding guitarist)...remixed in the very house where Malevolent Creation was formed.
 
Containing the 3 tracks: 'Sacrificial Annihilation', 'The Traitor Must Pay' and 'Confirmed Kill', "Confirmed Kill" was performed live in studio.
These versions have never been released. 'Confirmed Kill' was never recorded in studio again.
CD layout will include rare photos of Malevolent Creation from 1987, plus liner notes by Jim Nickles.
$5 US dollars (plus postage) for prepress orders. Once the disc is pressed (mid to late August) price will jump to $7 US dollars (plus postage)
POSTAGE RATES FOR MALEVOLENT CREATION CD ORDERS
USA - $1.90
CANADA - $2.27
REST OF WORLD - $4.80
THE THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT:
GT is now a proud distributor of BUTCHERED RECORDS. Starting today we have 13 titles for sale, all $10 (plus postage). We'll be adding more titles in the coming weeks.
Current titles:
Abdicate - Forged In Ruin
Deception - Nails Sticking Offensive
Foul Stench - Eternal Rot
Human Mastication - Grotesque Mastication Of Putrid Innards
Hybrid Viscery - The History Of Torture, Execution And Sickness (Burning Dogma Recs)
Imposer - Divine Intolerance
Modus Delecti/Clitordis Invaginatus/Dismembermen Split CD
9th Entity - Diabolical Enticement Of Blood And Lust
9th Plague - Apocatastasis Reversed
Plague Angel - Stagnation Of Christ
Sufferatory - Pseudophilosophic
Yogth-Sothoth - Abominations Of The Nebulah Mortiis
Yogth-Sothoth - The  Dark Waters Are Shaken
POSTAGE RATES FOR BUTCHERED RECORDS ORDERS
USA - $1.90
CANADA - $2.27
REST OF WORLD - $4.80
If you are ordering more than 1 cd or dvd or any combination thereof, ask us ahead of time and we can possibly cut you a little deal.
THE FOURTH ANNOUNCEMENT:
We have some cheap goodies still available in a limited run. These were made on the basis of requests from people, who wanted some kind of cool GT knicknack to buy and also expressed interest in seeing our old zines.
Glorious Times keychains $3.
 
CDR with pdf scan of Buttface #2 and Chainsaw Abortions #2, also tossed in alternate Nuclear Death and Malevolent Creation layouts; also $3. These zines being those of the GT editors from 'back in the day'.
Or you can get the keychain AND cdr for $5. USA dollars, through paypal, price is universal and includes postage.
All payments are to be made out in US DOLLARS and sent via paypal to this email address: glorioustimesdeathbook@gmail.com
JUST IN - Writer Brett Stevens, of the Houston Metal Music Examiner, has just published a piece concerning our recent A DAY OF DEATH OCT 20 1990 blog and DIY CDR download package at GT blogspot, take a look at what he had to say: http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Musi
c-Examiner~y2010m7d22-The-best-concert-you-probably
-never-went-to
http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Musi
c-Examiner~y2010m8d6-Glorious-Times-The-Evolution-o
f-the-Death-Metal-Scene-19841991
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www.myspace.com/glorioustimesdeathbook
www.facebook.com/pages/Glorious-Times/280760555286

www.pioneeringglorioustimes.blogspot.com
glorioustimesdeathbook@gmail.com

Read more: http://messaging.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mail.readmessageV3&userID=506052213&type=Inbox&messageID=33093313#ixzz10EYNcL5z

[Nihilist News Network (NNN)]

Updata:

After MUCH tenuous effort, we are extremely proud to announce that our
revised and extended edition of 'Glorious Times' is currently
finished, and now in the hands of our new printer. It will take
approximately 4 -6 weeks to print.

Bigger and better than before! 160 pages of massively rare and mostly
unseen photographs, tied together with sentiment and reflections from
the very people who lived the era - the GLORIOUS TIMES.

Bands featured: Acheron, Autopsy, Baphomet, Brutality, Cannibal
Corpse, Cryptic Slaughter, Dark Angel, Death, Deceased, Deicide,
Derketa, Disharmonic Orchestra, Exmortis, Groovy Aardvark, Hellwitch,
Hideous Mangleus, Immolation, Impetigo, Incantation, Incubus,
Insanity, Lethal Aggression, Malevolent Creation, Massacre,
Massappeal, Master, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Nocturnus, Nokturnel,
Nuclear Death, Overthrow, Paineater, Possessed, Prime Evil, Revenant,
Righteous Pigs, Ripping Corpse, Sacrifice, Slaughter, Soothsayer,
Terrorain, Tirant Sin, Unseen Terror, Vomit, Wehrmacht and Where's The
Pope?

Every band section is different, some in a small way, many in MAJOR WAYS!

You won't want to miss this!

*USA ONLY: PREORDER AVAILABLE NOW!

Price per copy is $30 plus $3 shipping and handling.
Payment can be made by PayPal to glorioustimesdeathbook@gmail.com

Get in touch FIRST if making orders of more than 1 copy.

DISTROS: get in touch with us about how many you want, and we'll give
you the pricing details.

*OUTSIDE OF USA : Copies will not be available until we get the books
back and can quote postage rates based on world region. For overseas
orders, we don't know postage yet, but we do know that the more copies
you buy the cheaper postage is per book, so if your friends are
interested you should all put your orders together to be shipped to
one address, you'll save a bunch. ex. for the 1st printing to ship one
book overseas it cost $17.64 (book weighed 1.85 #), but to ship 8
books the cost was @ $60 (just under $8 a book).

DISTROS OUTSIDE OF USA: get in touch with us!






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glorioustimesdeathbook@gmail.com

[Conservationist]

Canada and World postage rates:

CANADA

1 book = $30 + $8 (postage) = $38

2 books = $30 each + $14 (postage) = $74

 

REST OF WORLD

1 book = $30 + $16 (postage) = $46

2 books = $30 each + $25 (postage) = $85

4 books = $30 each + $44 (postage) =  $166

5 books = $30 each + $47 (postage) = $197

prices in USA dollars

there will be overseas distributors who may be cheaper than buying direct from us, once they have put their order in we will let you know who to check out.

the following distributors have asked about rates, so hopefully they do buy and can sell to you cheaper than we can

FOAD Records (italy)

Horror Records (Denmark)

Dying Music Records (Brazil)

Nuclear Winter Records (Greece)

Goodlife Recordings (Belgium)

Gt will also be carried in CM Distro and the Nuclear Blast web store.

If you are interested in 10 or more copies please email us for wholesale rates at glorioustimesdeathbook@gmail.com

Paypal order form:

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