Music-Genres & Styles-Heavy Metal

In Dio: The Unholy Scriptures, embark on an electrifying journey through the tumultuous yet triumphant saga of one of heavy metal's most legendary bands: Dio. Told through gripping anecdotes and candid interviews conducted with the author over the decades, Dio: The Unholy Scriptures unveils...

The 30th Anniversary of Type O Negative's album BLOODY KISSES is celebrated in this stunning volume of art and stories. With contributions by rock stars Andy Biersack, Carla Harvey, Cristina Scabbia, and Burton C. Bell (As well as many more!), this anthology captures both...

As its title suggests, 'THE DRUMMERS' compiles the very best images that veteran rock photographer Bill O'Leary snapped over the years - focusing mostly on the golden rock era of the late '70s/early '80s. Drummers featured include NEIL PEART, STEWART COPELAND, BILLY COBHAM, ALEX...

The Book, Photos, Stories, Flyers & LyricsAuthor: Bob WhiteISBN-10: 1494427192ISBN-13: 9781494427191Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2013Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.28d

Heavy Metal: The Story in Pictures is a colorful guide to this complex but enormously popular subject, including a look at festivals, fans, and the heavy metal lifestyle. Over 350 photographs feature heavy metal's cutting-edge bands on stage--with some candid behind-the-scenes shots, too. Each...

"Undermine The Status Quo!" is a decibel-blazing odyssey of lyrics and photos by Rod Swenson, maestro behind the chaos, Plasmatics/W.O.W. creator, lyricist, and photographer/designer and SO of the late, legendary heavy metal queen, Wendy O. Williams. Witness the unrestrained power through unseen snapshots and...

Gothic Metal, by Roger V. Desmarais covers the heavy metal music genre of Gothic Metal. This edition has tons of information on Gothic Metal albums, groups, songs & more. Serves as an excellent reference source.Author: Roger V. DesmaraisISBN-10: 1519733631ISBN-13: 9781519733634Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

A lively comparison of musical meaning in Ohio's Jazz, metal, and hard rock scene.This vivid ethnography of the musical lives of heavy metal, rock, and jazz musicians in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio shows how musicians engage with the world of sound to forge meaningful...

From prolific metal guitarist and songwriter for Exodus (and formerly Slayer) Gary Holt comes an entertaining and deeply personal memoir of Holt's "destruction-laden" life, along with a firsthand account of the genesis of the Thrash Metal scene, from its origins in the Bay Area...

One of the first artists that I actually 'got into' was Elton John. At the time he was just starting to have regular hits in the UK Top 40 singles chart and it was from here on that I started to follow his career.I...

Collected here for the first time are sixteen interviews and articles with and about the hottest band in the world: KISS. Warren Lapine is an experienced interviewer and a long time KISS fan. This book is just what the doctor ordered for the hard...

From the author of Dark Days and lead singer of long-running extreme metal band, Lamb of God, a riveting and revelatory memoir about self-development and maintaining proper prospective through difficult times In his gripping, bestselling debut memoir Dark Days, Lamb of God vocalist D....

This value-priced reissue of Alice Cooper at 75 (2023) celebrates the godfather of shock rock with expert commentary, hundreds of images, and an illustrated timeline. Pythons, guillotines, stage blood...with his concoction of vaudeville, horror film tropes, and three-chord rock 'n' roll, Alice Cooper invented...

"Making ugly bands look cute since 2009." - Jeff Walker CARCASSChronicling the last decade of Mark Rudolph' s metal-related illustrations, caricatures, album covers, T-shirt designs and posters in one volume.Mark's unique ' Mad Magazine' take on extreme metal caught on with readers and bands...

During the past three decades, heavy metal music has gone global, becoming a potent source of meaning and identity for fans around the world. In Metal Rules the Globe, ethnographers and some of the foremost authorities in the burgeoning field of metal studies analyze...

This is the definitive chronicle of Ministry's 1988 industrial rock release, The Land of Rape and Honey, that details the zeitgeist where post-punk, metal, funk and straight-up noise converge. Featuring interviews with Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker, Chris Connelly, Jello Biafra, Adrian Sherwood, deadmau5, Fear...

For many fans, metal was visual before it was aural. This book explores the visual dimensions of metal music from the specific socio-historic, geographic, and political positionality of Latin America and the Caribbean where this visual register allows creators and consumers to engage in...

A massive full-colour book recounting the coming of age of heavy metal and hardcore in West Flanders through never before published stories, photos and memorabilia. The organisers, eyewitnesses and band members tell how the slumbering province of West Flanders experienced its rude awakening -...

Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith got hooked on fishing as a child growing up in East London, plundering ponds and bomb craters on the Hackney Marshes for newts and sticklebacks, and catching perch from the Grand Union Canal while on outings with his father.And...

The outrageous and often hilarious autobiography of legendary session musician and lead guitarist and singer of Toto. "...one of the most entertaining rock memoirs of recent years..." - Houston Press No one explodes one of the longest-held misconceptions of music history better than Steve...

Dive into the world of Motörhead's wild 40-year career with this officially authorized, fully illustrated graphic novel crafted by award-winning animation studio Fantoons. Spanning 144 pages packed with stunning illustrations, Motörhead: The Rise of the Loudest Band in the World tells the legendary story...

Author: Hannah VerbeurenISBN-10: 1935950223ISBN-13: 9781935950226Publisher: Bazillion Points LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/13/2024Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.66lbsSize: 10.77h x 8.57w x 0.66d

In 1993, in the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England, the heaviest band in the world was born: Electric Wizard. Led by guitarist and singer Jus Oborn, the band inhaled the iniquity of their lives and vomited it out in colossal waves...

Swing of the Blade follows Brian Slagel's critically acclaimed 2017 book, For the Sake of Heaviness, which delivered a compelling inside look at how a metal-obsessed California teen built Metal Blade Records into the preeminent international home of heavy music. Rabid readers demanded more...

Evenings with Led Zeppelin chronicles the 500-plus appearances Led Zeppelin made throughout their career. From their earliest gig in a Denmark school gymnasium on September 7, 1968, through to the last gig that Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones ever performed with...

Sixteen Tons is the true story of Country Music Hall of Fame member Merle Travis, a brilliant, multi-talented and deeply troubled artist who is widely considered a genius. A world-class guitarist who dazzled audiences with his Kentucky thumb-picking style that came to be known...

In metal, it seems that women are nowhere but gender is everywhere. This title offers a sociological analysis of metal music's historical and global gender imbalance to investigate why this genre is such an impenetrable fortress for female musicians and how it could change.Author:...

In Flames, the pioneers of Swedish melodic death metal, channel their storied catalog in a new graphic novel - In Flames: The Jester's Curse. This dark fantasy opus follows the Jesterhead as he emerges from the Wasteland, where he finds himself trapped in Dead...

Author: Corey TaylorISBN-13: 9798200066247Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/16/2013Format: CDWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 6.10h x 6.70w x 0.70d

Mot rhead: The Unofficial Reference Guide, covers the legendary & highly-influential band's discography, history, songs, members, fun facts and much more. This edition serves as a useful citation source & reference guide for these heavy metal heavyweights.Author: Cliff CampbellISBN-10: 1522995188ISBN-13: 9781522995180Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

Victory or Death - Guns N' Roses and the sound of Appetite For Destruction is the first international version of one of the most appreciated Italian books on Guns N' Roses' seminal debut album, penned by author Sime Gall and released in July 2018....

From the first moment that I heard 'It's So Easy' and 'Mr. Brownstone' I was hooked. I had the 12" single which I bought as soon as I heard that it had been released, I'd read about them in the music press and loving...

In Hallowed Be Thy Name: The Iron Maiden Bible, readers embark on a thrilling journey through the tumultuous history of one of the world's most legendary heavy-metal bands. With unparalleled access to band members, managers, and exclusive archives, Martin Popoff provides an intimate look...

Special edition features - Limited, slip-cased edition run of 666 copies, individually numbered on an etched metal plate - Black, edge-printed pages and bifurcated ribbon marker - Bound in stamped leather with ribbed spine and metal corners In Hallowed Be Thy Name: The Iron...

From the creators of Gabba Gabba Hey The Graphic Story of The Ramones comes an explosive new graphic novel about the world's greatest heavy metal band, Metallica. By far the most successful of thrash metal's original big four, incredibly Metallica have now been performing...

Following a hugely successful touring exhibition, Paul Harries has selected the best of his stunning Slipknot photographs for a new book. Paul has enjoyed unparalleled access to this most extraordinary band for almost 15 years.Author: Paul HarriesISBN-10: 1783051884ISBN-13: 9781783051885Publisher: Omnibus PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2015Pages: 160Format:...

All My Friends Are Rock Stars: The music scenes of Rockford IL, Madison & Milwaukee WI; 80's and 90's is a document of the hard rock / metal / punk and alt music scenes of three prominent, Midwestern cities. Not only does this book...

A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God's guitarist and lyricist, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery For a band as extreme as Lamb of God, mainstream success and touring the world...

Remember buying KISS cards? How about unveiling that life-size Alive II poster to your envious friends, or the excitement of discovering KISS posters, tattoos, or trading cards as you unpackaged their latest album? I Stole Your Love: The 100% True Story of a 100%...

Contrary to popular belief, progressive rock didn't disappear with the advent of punk, and the lack of media support didn't prevent new bands from forming and new music being created. It is hard to imagine these days, with everyone being permanently connected, but there...

Author: Geezer ButlerISBN-10: 0063242494ISBN-13: 9780063242494Publisher: Dey Street BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/18/2024Pages: 288Format: Paperback

From the Dark is the true story of Zymolust Ravenson, a metal musician relentlessly haunted by a despotic political regime whose incompetence is matched by its brutality. In this book, Zymo details a series of arbitrary arrests by various intelligence agencies in Syria between...

Looking back at '80s Hair Metal, one thing is apparent--every band looked and sounded exactly the same. According to legend, this is because of a secret text written by an anonymous record label in 1984 that promised fame and fortune to anyone who followed...

This important book weaves together trauma, black metal theory and disability into a story of both pain and freedom. Drawing on her many years as a black metal guitarist, Jasmine Hazel Shadrack uses autoethnography to explore her own experiences of gender-based violence, misogyny and...

In this follow-up to his 2013 memoir My Life With Deth, Megadeth bassist and co-founder David Ellefson carries on where he left off, charting his mid-2000s departure from Megadeth through his triumphant return in 2010, and offering an inside look at the continuing saga...

In the early seventies, when Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath ruled the world, Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner, two young Jewish boys from the northern suburbs of Toronto, vowed to rock together forever. A decade later, their band Anvil released one of the...

During the mid '80s, Ratt was one of the biggest hard rock/heavy metal bands in the United States. Turn on MTV, and it was seemingly only a matter of time until a Ratt video was aired. Visit your local newsstand, and you were sure...

""The Teaching of Folk Dance"" by Anne Schley Duggan is a comprehensive guide to teaching folk dance. The book covers a wide variety of topics, including the history of folk dance, the benefits of teaching folk dance, and the basic steps and formations of...

Hail Satan and help with your kid's math homework! It's the return of everyone's favorite demon-summoning family next door, the cartoon black-metal band Belzebubs! Sl th is juggling his stay-at-home dad obligations with his lifelong dream of being a black metal icon. His breadwinner...

As the follow-up to his best-selling book and DVD, Shredding Bach, master shredder German Schauss covers yet another all-time great musician with this new book, CD, and DVD set, Shredding Paganini. Niccolò Paganini, whose lifestyle and fame were similar to that of a modern...