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Doomed to Fail

Audiobook
Nonfiction: History, Music
Unabridged   10.5 hour(s)
Publication date: 03/17/2020

Doomed to Fail

The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal

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Digital Download ISBN:9781684579440

Summary

Doomed to Fail explores the heaviest music the world has ever heard, tracing doom, sludge, and post-metal as their own distinct (and incredibly loud) traditions.

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Doomed to Fail explores the heaviest music the world has ever heard, tracing doom, sludge, and post-metal as their own distinct (and incredibly loud) traditions. Anselmi covers the bands and musicians that have impacted those styles most—Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Melvins, Eyehategod, Godflesh, Neurosis, Saint Vitus, and many others—while diving into the cultural doom that has spawned such music, from the bombing of Birmingham and hurricane devastation of New Orleans to glaring economic inequality, industrial alienation, climate change, and widespread addiction. Along the way, Anselmi interweaves the musical experiences that have led him to proudly identify as one of the doomed.

Reviews/Praise

"With authority, empathy, and insider knowledge drawn from his own life experience, J.J. Anselmi stitches together a history of metal subgenres that coalesces into a formidable tome, as monolithic in scope as the music it champions." ―Jason Heller, author of Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded

Author Bio

J. J. Anselmi is the author of Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music. His writing has been featured in Noisey, The A.V. Club, and Salon, and he's played drums for several heavy bands. He's currently the drummer of Drainage, a sludgy metalcore band from Long Beach, California.