Music-Genres & Styles-Heavy Metal

Get ready to go off the rails with Ozzy Unleashed: Insane Trivia from the Prince of Darkness! This wild, trivia-packed ride dives into the chaotic life of Ozzy Osbourne, the godfather of heavy metal. From his gritty Birmingham roots to Black Sabbath's genre-defining riffs...

Song-by-song, album-per-chapter book looking at the exemplary catalogue of King Diamond's devilish original band, from Melissa and Don't Break the Oath in the eighties to a vastly under-rated run of top-shelf reunion records in the nineties.The King Diamond catalogue gets a more informal look-in...

Peripheral Linguistic Brutality is a sociolinguistic investigation into the production of "metalness" through language in the Asia Pacific. Concentrating on the ways local music scenes adopt, reject, and modify linguistic ideologies, the authors (hosts of the podcast Lingua Brutallica) examine how translocal participation in...

Peripheral Linguistic Brutality is a sociolinguistic investigation into the production of "metalness" through language in the Asia Pacific. Focusing on the ways local music scenes adopt, reject, and modify linguistic ideologies, Jess Kruk and Wesley Robertson (hosts of the podcast Lingua Brutallica) examine how...

Rock of Pages provides contexts and close readings of 1980s heavy metal with forty years of hindsight, drawing upon analytical frameworks usually associated with literature and literary studies. Based on decades of work as a professor of literature and as a musician, Jesse Kavadlo...

Rock of Pages provides contexts and close readings of 1980s heavy metal with forty years of hindsight, drawing upon analytical frameworks usually associated with literature and literary studies. Based on decades of work as a professor of literature and as a musician, Jesse Kavadlo...

Frederic Chopin: Complete Works For The Pianoforte, Various Compositions (1895) is a comprehensive collection of all the piano compositions by the renowned Polish composer Frederic Chopin. This book includes all of Chopin's works for solo piano, including his famous Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Waltzes, and Polonaises....

After a career that has spanned three decades and included 100 million albums sold worldwide, nine Grammy Awards, and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Metallica has firmly established itself as one of the preeminent musical acts of all time,...

Featuring hundreds of unseen live and candid color and black-and-white photographs, "Murder in the Front Row" captures the wild-eyed zeal and drive that made Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth into legends, with over 100 million combined records sold.Author: Brian Lew, Harald OimoenISBN-10: 1935950037ISBN-13: 9781935950035Publisher: Bazillion...

Nelson Varas-Díaz engages in ethnographic work throughout Latin America to explore how heavy metal music is used to challenge the region's colonial past and present. Through extensive research in nine countries, his work documents how this musical genre allows listeners and musicians to engage...

All My Friends Are Rock Stars Volume III: The End is just the Beginning, is the final book in this series. We finish off the examination of the music scenes of Chicago, Freeport, Rockford IL, Madison & Milwaukee WI; 80's and 90's to the...

This is the complete autobiography of Varg Vikernes. It contains all the parts written for this autobiography, including My Black Metal Story, My Childhood Story, My Prison Story, My Burzum Story, and My Survival Story.Author: Varg VikernesISBN-10: 2959662911ISBN-13: 9782959662911Publisher: Hyperborean LeagueLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/15/2025Pages: 678Format:...

Doomed to Fail explores the heaviest music the world has ever heard, tracing doom, sludge, and post-metal as their own distinct (and incredibly loud) traditions. Anselmi covers the bands and musicians that have impacted those styles most--Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Melvins, Eyehategod, Godflesh, Neurosis, Saint...

An essential addition to the library of any Iron Maiden fan, this unique look back at the heavy metal giants examines the band's legacy through the lens of 50 key milestones. It's tough to believe Iron Maiden's been around for a half-century, but author...

A deep dive into the music and songwriting of the world's greatest heavy metal band: Metallica. A must-read for any metalhead, Metallica: The Stories Behind the Songs breaks down the writing and recording of every track from each of the band's studio albums, including...

(Personality). Matching folio to the CD that debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart. This is the companion volume to the metal band's 1996 smash release 'Load', which also debuted at #1.Author: MetallicaISBN-10: 1575600943ISBN-13: 9781575600949Publisher: Cherry Lane Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1997Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Are you brave enough to find EDDIE? You'd better find him before he gets you! Search for IRON MAIDEN's iconic figurehead throughout insanely detailed illustrations based on some of their incredible album covers. Throughout their illustrious career, IRON MAIDEN's dauntless music has captured the...

This book explores heavy metal music in Australia, engaging with the nuanced ways in which metal music, scenes and cultures are experienced. Leading metal scholars and active scene members examine the diversity of practices, histories and identities within Australian metal music, and question what...

This edited collection investigates metal music's enduring fascination with the medieval period from a variety of critical perspectives, exploring how metal musicians and fans use the medieval period as a fount for creativity and critique.Author: Ruth Barratt-PeacockISBN-10: 1787563960ISBN-13: 9781787563964Publisher: Emerald Publishing LimitedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/06/2019Pages:...

Music Composition book for Pianists or instruments utilizing the Grand Staff and voice or instruments using treble clef. This 8.25" x 11" composition book contains 100 manuscript pages, 6 Systems of Treble and Bass for notation and composition. Black ink, printed on 60 pound...

Jill Furmanovsky's unparalleled work with Oasis stretches from the end of 1994--when the band's debut album, Definitely Maybe, became the fastest-selling debut album in British chart history at the time--to their last tense shows in 2009, which culminated in their split. Jill was given...

Written by Vinnie Paul himself prior to his passing, this cookbook contains his favorite recipes and his well-known anecdotes IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT GET OUT OF THE DRUMMER'S SEAT Vinnie Paul, beloved drummer best known for his tasty rhythms in Pantera, Damageplan,...

Author: Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson, Iron MaidenISBN-10: 0500029601ISBN-13: 9780500029602Publisher: Thames & HudsonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2025Pages: 352Format: Hardcover

Seven Decades of Deep Purple tells the electrifying story of one of the most iconic bands in rock history. From the band's explosive formation in 1968 to the classic Mk. II lineup--Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord, and Paice--and through all the iterations to the present...

Few bands in rock history have proven to be as enduring and influential as Led Zeppelin. And during the '80s, there was an overabundance of "Zeppelin disciples," or, as guitar great Gary Moore once put it, Led Clones. Led Clones: The Led Zeppelin Imitator...

A groundbreaking collection that examines the relationship between heavy metal and disability. The authors, some of whom define themselves as disabled, discuss a wide range of issues, including how people with disabilities engage with metal as musicians, fans, and how heavy metal constructs the...

Anyone interested in dark, heavy, complex rock/metal-everything from Tool, Meshuggah and King Crimson to Neurosis, Kayo Dot, Don Caballero, Today Is the Day, Isis, Dazzling Killmen and Gorguts-needs to know this music. Each of Craw's first three full-lengths is an endlessly involving labyrinth in...

Grunge music took the world by storm in 1991. Its roots go long before that and its impact spread long after. The social movement, the cultural effects, the psychology behind why the world responded in such a big way to the gritty sound and...

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...

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...

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...