Feral House is an American book

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founded in 1989 by Adam Parfrey and based in Port Townsend, Washington.

Early history

The company's first book was '' The Satanic Witch'' (1989; originally published in 1971 by

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) by Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan.

Cultural references

Tim Burton's film ''

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'' was based upon the Feral House title, ''Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr.'' The Feral House title '' American Hardcore: A Tribal History'' by Steven Blush has been made into a feature documentary of the same name, released by Sony Classics in the fall of 2006.

Awards

* Readercon , Best Book of 1989: ''Apocalypse Culture'', edited by Adam Parfrey * Firecracker Award , Best Music Book of 1999: '' Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground'' by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind."Firecracker Alternative Book Award"
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Selected bibliography

* Mudrian, Albert (2004). '' Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore''. . * Parfrey, Adam, and Kenn Thomas, eds. (2008)
''Secret and Suppressed II: Banned Ideas and Hidden History into the 21st Century''
. . * Parfrey, Adam, and Cleetus Nelson. (2014). ''Citizen Keane: The Big Lies Behind the Big Eyes''. . .

References

External links

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