Description
Title: Death: The Antidote To Misery
Author: Mats E. Eriksson (Any questions or order information send mail to: mats.eriksson@geol.lu.se)
Hardcover book, 419 pages, full color with unique new art by Joe Petagno, Pär Olofsson, Dan Seagrave, Mark Riddick, and Dan Lerner.
The book contains weird tales of metal, science, horror, mystery, and dark comedy.
Author, researcher, and long-time metalhead Mats E. Eriksson has recently published a wonderfully weird new book titled Death: The Antidote To Misery. The tome contains a collection of tales that straddle several different literary genres. Some might call it Lovecraftian prose, others strange fiction, and yet others might refer to it as pulp science. No matter how you categorize it, the stories all revolve around metal, science, horror, mystery, and dark comedy. The author has worked with celebrated painters from the realms of metal music – Dan Seagrave, Pär Olofsson, Joe Petagno, Mark Riddick, and Dan Lerner – to visualize the stories with unique, unnerving artwork. These are no more than appropriate for this part-fantasy, part-scientific work by Eriksson, a veteran paleontology scholar who has named prehistoric creatures after Tony Iommi, Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster, Lemmy Kilmister, King Diamond, Tomas Haake, among others.
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JP (Metal Rules) Rating: 4.5/5
“This modern horror compendium makes Stephen King creepy tales look pale in comparison.” https://www.metal-rules.com/2023/11/01/eriksson-mats-e-death-the-antidote-to-misery-book-review/
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The hardcover book is printed in full color, comprises 419 pages, and has a foreword by the prolific British author Joel McIver.
Book Review (in Swedish only)
https://www.rocknytt.net/nyheter/154789-boktips-i-juletid?fbclid=IwAR3ZlHEzIk0w_yyjPlcsn64zNmhLU3a7OQKq1pYY1T40vI9AWy3gTtVqEas
