Underground Metal For Non-Metal People
Active most prominently from 1983-1993, underground metal -- comprised of equal parts hardcore punk, heavy metal, progressive rock and industrial -- formed a subculture that in contrast to most artistic movements resisted the concept of modern society. Explicitly Romanticist in its leanings, it idealized heroism, nature, and the wistful realism of mortality.
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Parts: I (98mb) - II (98mb) - III (98mb) - IV (98mb) - V (98mb) - VI (75mb)
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