Albert Mudrian (USA) - Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore (2016)

[VacantJoy]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/365 ... sing_Death
2004
19 editions (this one is from 2016


https://rateyourmusic.com/list/ElNapalm ... indcore/1/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choosing_ ... _Grindcore

[VacantJoy]

This exciting history, featuring an introduction by famed DJ John Peel, tells the two-decade-long history of grindcore and death metal through the eyes and ringing ears of the artists, producers, and label owners who propelled them.

Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore is a book by Albert Mudrian, the founding editor-in-chief of Decibel, a monthly magazine devoted to heavy metal music. The book was first published in 2004 by Feral House and details the evolution of the death metal and grindcore musical genres, from its beginnings as a small subculture exchanging compact cassettes to a genre where some artists reach million-dollar sales. A limited updated and expanded edition was published in hardcover in 2015 by Decibel Books. A further expanded and revised "death-luxe" edition was published in 2016 by Bazillion Points.
The 2016 edition includes forewords by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel and Repulsion founder Scott Carlson. A reviewer for Terrorizer praised Choosing Death as "the most informed and comprehensive document on death metal and grind that you will ever see".
Info from Wikipedia.

This is a (selected) list of demos, EPs, albums mentioned in the entire book that, imho, are essential, interesting or just personally loved. I will also add some hand-picked records from influential punk/crust/proto-grindcore bands mentioned in the book.
Start your search for all these titles and have loads of fun.

[VacantJoy]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/365 ... sing_Death

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/ElNapalm ... indcore/1/

1 Bullshit Detector Three
Various Artists
Bullshit Detector Three (1984) [Compilation]

Napalm Death - The Crucifixion of Possessions
2 Realities of War
Discharge
Realities of War (1980) [EP]
3 Fight Back
Discharge
Fight Back (1980) [EP]
4 Why
Discharge
Why (1981) [EP]
5 Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
Discharge
Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
6 Siege [Drop Dead]
Siege
Siege [Drop Dead] (1984) [Additional release]
7 Drop Dead
Siege
Drop Dead (1994) [Compilation]
8 Morbid Tales
Celtic Frost
Morbid Tales (1984)
9 Emperor's Return
Celtic Frost
Emperor's Return (1985) [EP]
10 To Mega Therion
Celtic Frost
To Mega Therion (1985)
11 Hatred Surge
Napalm Death
Hatred Surge (1985) [Additional release]
12 Never Healed E.P.
Heresy
Never Healed E.P. (1986) [EP]
13 Thanks!
Heresy
Thanks! (1987) [EP]
14 American Style
Deep Wound
American Style (1982) [Additional release]
15 Deep Wound
Deep Wound
Deep Wound (1983) [EP]
16 Blud Sausage
Meatmen
Blud Sausage (1982) [EP]
17 Damaged
Black Flag
Damaged (1981)
18 Album: Generic Flipper
Flipper
Album: Generic Flipper (1982)
19 Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Highway to Hell (1979)

Apparently, Siege's drummer Robert Williams drume speed training would include this album played at 45rpm.
20 Iron Fist
Motörhead
Iron Fist (1982)
21 Warhead / Lady Lust / Seven Gates of Hell
Venom
Warhead / Lady Lust / Seven Gates of Hell (1984) [Single]
22 Bands That Could Be God: The Conflict Compilation
Various Artists
Bands That Could Be God: The Conflict Compilation (1984) [Compilation]
23 Cleanse the Bacteria
Various Artists
Cleanse the Bacteria (1985) [Compilation]
24 Show No Mercy
Slayer
Show No Mercy (1983)
25 Toxic Metal
Genocide
Toxic Metal (1984) [Additional release]

26
Genocide
Violent Death (1985) [Additional release]
27
Genocide
The Stench of Burning Death (1986) [Additional release]
28 Slaughter of the Innocent
Repulsion
Slaughter of the Innocent (1986) [Additional release]
29
Master
1985 Demo (1985) [EP]
30 Split Demo 87'/88'
Terrorizer / Nausea
Split Demo 87'/88' (1988) [Additional release]
31 Death by Metal
Mantas
Death by Metal (1984) [Additional release]
32 Death by Metal
Mantas
Death by Metal (1984) [Additional release]
33 Death by Metal
Mantas
Death by Metal (2012) [Compilation]
34 Death by Metal
Death
Death by Metal (1984) [Additional release]
35 Reign of Terror
Death
Reign of Terror (1984) [Additional release]
36 Mutilation
Death
Mutilation (1986) [Additional release]
37 Black Metal
Venom
Black Metal (1982)
38 Death Metal
Possessed
Death Metal (1984) [Additional release]
39
Possessed
Demo 1985 (1985) [Additional release]
40 Seven Churches
Possessed
Seven Churches (1985)
41 Surrender or Die
Slaughter
Surrender or Die (1985) [Additional release]
42 Strappado
Slaughter
Strappado (1987)
43 Aggressive Tyrant
Massacre
Aggressive Tyrant (1986) [Additional release]
44 Chamber of Ages
Massacre
Chamber of Ages (1986) [Additional release]
45 Scream Forth Blasphemies
Morbid Angel
Scream Forth Blasphemies (1986) [Additional release]
46 Bleed for the Devil
Morbid Angel
Bleed for the Devil (1986) [Additional release]
47 Thy Kingdom Come
Morbid Angel
Thy Kingdom Come (1987) [Additional release]
48 Metal Up Your Ass
Executioner
Metal Up Your Ass (1985) [Single]
49 1986 Demo
Xecutioner
1986 Demo (1986) [Single]
50
Xecutioner
1987 Demo (1987) [EP]

51
Xecutioner
1987 Rehearsal (1987) [EP]
52 Rotting in Hell
R.A.V.A.G.E.
Rotting in Hell (1985) [EP]
53 On We Slay
R.A.V.A.G.E.
On We Slay (1987) [EP]
54 Raging Death Vol. 1
Various Artists
Raging Death Vol. 1 (1987) [Compilation]
55 Scum
Napalm Death
Scum (1987)
56 From Enslavement to Obliteration
Napalm Death
From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988)
57 Heresy / Concrete Sox
Heresy / Concrete Sox
Heresy / Concrete Sox (1987)
58 Scream Bloody Gore
Death
Scream Bloody Gore (1987)
59 Horrified
Repulsion
Horrified (1989)
60 Abominations of Desolation
Morbid Angel
Abominations of Desolation (1991)
61 Altars of Madness
Morbid Angel
Altars of Madness (1989)
62 Slowly We Rot
Obituary
Slowly We Rot (1989)
63 Grindcrusher
Various Artists
Grindcrusher (1989) [Compilation]
64 Premature Autopsy
Nihilist
Premature Autopsy (1988) [Additional release]
65 Only Shreds Remain
Nihilist
Only Shreds Remain (1989) [Additional release]
66 Drowned
Nihilist
Drowned (1989) [Additional release]
67 But Life Goes On
Entombed
But Life Goes On (1989) [Additional release]
68 Rehearsal 07/08/1987
Morbid
Rehearsal 07/08/1987 (1987) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]
69 December Moon
Morbid
December Moon (1987) [Additional release]
70 Last Supper...
Morbid
Last Supper... (1988) [Additional release]
71 Don't Ask Me Why
Disaccord
Don't Ask Me Why (1985)
72 Hardcore for the Masses
Various Artists
Hardcore for the Masses (1989) [Compilation]
73 The Day Man Lost...
Carnage
The Day Man Lost... (1989) [Additional release]
74 Infestation of Evil
Carnage
Infestation of Evil (1989) [Additional release]
75 Dark Recollections
Carnage
Dark Recollections (2000)

76 Dismembered
Dismember
Dismembered (1988) [Additional release]
77 Last Blasphemies
Dismember
Last Blasphemies (1989) [Additional release]
78 Reborn in Blasphemy
Dismember
Reborn in Blasphemy (1990) [Additional release]
79 Complete Demos
Dismember
Complete Demos (2005) [Compilation]
80 The Exorcist
Various Artists
The Exorcist (1973) [Compilation]
81 The Omen
Jerry Goldsmith
The Omen (1976)
82 Hellraiser
Christopher Young
Hellraiser (1987)
83 Crawling in Vomits
Treblinka
Crawling in Vomits (1988) [EP]
84 The Sign of the Pentagram
Treblinka
The Sign of the Pentagram (1989) [EP]
85 Shrine of the Pentagram
Treblinka
Shrine of the Pentagram (2013) [Compilation]
86 Ripped From the Cross
Grotesque
Ripped From the Cross (1988) [Additional release]
87 The Black Gate Is Closed
Grotesque
The Black Gate Is Closed (1989) [Additional release]
88 In the Embrace of Evil
Grotesque
In the Embrace of Evil (1996) [Compilation]
89 Sick Disgust, Eternal
Grave
Sick Disgust, Eternal (1988) [Additional release]
90 Sexual Mutilation
Grave
Sexual Mutilation (1989) [Additional release]
91 Anatomia corporis humani
Grave
Anatomia corporis humani (1989) [Additional release]
92 Autopsied Demo 1989
Grave
Autopsied Demo 1989 (1989) [Additional release]
93 Necropsy - The Complete Demo Recordings 1986-1991
Grave
Necropsy - The Complete Demo Recordings 1986-1991 (2013) [Compilation]
94 Fear of God
Fear of God
Fear of God (1988) [EP]
95 As Statues Fell
Fear of God
As Statues Fell (1988) [EP]
96 Requiem for the Forest
Disharmonic Orchestra
Requiem for the Forest (1988) [EP]
97 The Unequalled Visual Response Mechanism
Disharmonic Orchestra
The Unequalled Visual Response Mechanism (1988) [EP]
98 Successive Substitution
Disharmonic Orchestra
Successive Substitution (1989) [Single]
99 Pungent Stench / Disharmonic Orchestra
Pungent Stench / Disharmonic Orchestra
Pungent Stench / Disharmonic Orchestra (1989)
100 Mucous Secretion
Pungent Stench
Mucous Secretion (1988) [EP]

101 Extreme Deformity
Pungent Stench
Extreme Deformity (1989) [EP]
102 The Pleasures in Life
Various Artists
The Pleasures in Life (1989) [Compilation]
103 Nobody Listens Anymore
Various Artists
Nobody Listens Anymore (1988) [EP]
104 The Damage Is Done
Ripcord
The Damage Is Done (1986) [EP]
105 Defiance of Power
Ripcord
Defiance of Power (1987)
106 Harvest Hardcore
Ripcord
Harvest Hardcore (1988) [EP]
107 Poetic Justice
Ripcord
Poetic Justice (1988)
108 War Crimes: Inhuman Beings
Doom
War Crimes: Inhuman Beings (1988)
109 Police Bastard
Doom
Police Bastard (1989) [EP]
110 Total Doom
Doom
Total Doom (1989) [Compilation]
111 Hardcore Holocaust: 87-88 Sessions
Various Artists
Hardcore Holocaust: 87-88 Sessions (1988) [Additional release]
112 Hardcore Holocaust II - The Peel Sessions
Various Artists
Hardcore Holocaust II - The Peel Sessions (1990) [Compilation]
113 Live in Decay
Vader
Live in Decay (1986) [Additional release]
114 Necrolust
Vader
Necrolust (1989) [Additional release]
115 Morbid Reich
Vader
Morbid Reich (1990) [Additional release]
116 Breath of Death
Krabator
Breath of Death (1988) [EP]
117 Total Destruction
Krabator
Total Destruction (1988) [EP]
118 Brutal Death
Krabator
Brutal Death (1988) [EP]
119 20 Years of Madness
Krabathor
20 Years of Madness (2005) [Compilation]
120 Endless Sacrifice
Imperator
Endless Sacrifice (1986) [Additional release]
121 Eternal Might
Imperator
Eternal Might (1988) [Additional release]
122 Eternal Might / Endless Sacrifice / Live '91
Imperator
Eternal Might / Endless Sacrifice / Live '91 (2004) [Compilation]
123 Deathly Ceremonic
Slashing Death
Deathly Ceremonic (1988) [EP]
124 Irrevocably and With No Hope
Slashing Death
Irrevocably and With No Hope (1989) [EP]
125 Eternal Condemnation
Merciless Death
Eternal Condemnation (1987) [EP]

126 Radioactive Earslaughter
Chaos U.K. / Extreme Noise Terror
Radioactive Earslaughter (1986)
127 The Peel Sessions
Extreme Noise Terror
The Peel Sessions (1987) [Additional release]
128 A Holocaust in Your Head
Extreme Noise Terror
A Holocaust in Your Head (1989)
129 The Return of... Martha Splatterhead
The Accüsed
The Return of... Martha Splatterhead (1986)
130 The Peel Sessions
Napalm Death
The Peel Sessions (1987) [Additional release]
131 The Peel Sessions
Napalm Death
The Peel Sessions (1989) [Additional release]
132 Human Error
Unseen Terror
Human Error (1987)
133 The Only Good Punk Is a Dead One
Electro Hippies
The Only Good Punk Is a Dead One (1988)
134 Play Fast or Die
Electro Hippies
Play Fast or Die (1989)
135 A Bomb Drops...
Disattack
A Bomb Drops... (1986) [EP]
136 Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment
Carcass
Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment (1987) [Additional release]
137 Reek of Putrefaction
Carcass
Reek of Putrefaction (1988)
138 Symphonies of Sickness
Carcass
Symphonies of Sickness (1989)
139 The Peel Sessions
Carcass
The Peel Sessions (1991) [Additional release]

[Pierre]

Already posted.

[VacantJoy]

INFO https://books.google.gr/books/about/Pre ... edir_esc=y
Albert Mudrain is the editor-in-chief of Decibel and the author of the cult classic Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[VacantJoy]

Already posted.

Yeah i have seen https://www.acclaimedmusic.net/forums/v ... ore#p69258 , though (i dont know whats the update you mention below your first post) ,the list is different ( its doesnt include albums from 2007 for example) its not chronologically posted ,its not placed under books and lacks the author and the country at the title

[Pierre]

You didn't read the description at the end of the list on RYM you just posted:

"This is a (selected) list of demos, EPs, albums mentioned in the entire book that, imho, are essential, interesting or just personally loved. I will also add some hand-picked records from influential punk/crust/proto-grindcore bands mentioned in the book."

Furthermore, the RYMer added the mention "ON HOLD" which means that they never even completed that list.

This is not the same as the "essential discography" section at the end of the book. The list here is not eligible according to the Acclaimed Music criteria, this is just a list built by the RYMer taking the book as a basis.

Indexes at the end of books, or lists of all the records mentioned in books, are not equivalent to an actual "recommended discography" chapter in the books. They do not amount to any form of acclaim and are therefore not eligible.

[Gregory12]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/365 ... sing_Death
2004
19 editions (this one is from 2016


https://rateyourmusic.com/list/ElNapalm ... indcore/1/papa louie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choosing_ ... _Grindcore

The book "Choosing Death" is a great resource for anyone who loves and wants to delve into the history of death metal and grindcore!