Feral House is an American book

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founded in 1989 by

Adam Parfrey Adam Parfrey (April 12, 1957 – May 10, 2018) was an American journalist, editor, and the publisher of Feral House books, whose work in all three capacities frequently centered on unusual, extreme, or "forbidden" areas of knowledge. A 2010 '' S ...

and based in

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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

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Cultural references

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's film ''

Ed Wood Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pulp novel author. In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cla ...

'' 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

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has been made into a feature documentary of the same name, released by Sony Classics in the fall of 2006.

Awards

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, Best Book of 1989: ''Apocalypse Culture'', edited by

* 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

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, 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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