Music-Genres & Styles-Heavy Metal

Instant National Bestseller The long-awaited autobiography by one of heavy metal's most revered icons, treasured vocalists, and front man for three legendary bands--Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio. Prior to his tragic death in 2010, Ronnie James Dio had been writing his autobiography, looking back...

Featuring the iconic and never-before-published photography of Mark Weiss, The Decade That Rocked covers the biggest names from the '80s hard rock scene--including Jon Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Mley Cr?, and more. "I have read pretty much every rock 'n' roll biography there is...

The religious ferocity of Heavy Metal fandom is one of the most fervent in the history of subculture. The display of this fervor has been channeled and distilled throughout time into one sacred object: the battle vest. Often referred to as the Kutten (German...

Empirically proving that--no matter where you are--kids wanna rock, this is Chuck Klosterman's hilrious memoir of growing up as a shameless metalhead in Wyndmere, North Dakotoa (population: 498). With a voice like Ace Frehley's guitar, Klosterman hacks his way through hair-band history, beginning with...

From Black Sabbath to Big Black, a ride through the evolution, diversity, and influence of genre-defying heavy music. It began with the Beatles' "Helter Skelter." It was distilled to its dark essence by Black Sabbath. And it has flourished into a vibrant modern underground,...

"A fascinating scrapbook documenting a time in the life of a female musician . . . Tales of tours, blowouts, relationships with names such as The Cramps, Pantera, Ramones, Alice Cooper, Kyuss, Monster Magnet, Marilyn Manson, Coffin Joe and Danzig make this book essential...

The final word in sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll, heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne shares his unbelievable story for the first time in this tell-all memoir. "They've said some crazy things about me over the years. I mean, okay: 'He bit the head off a...

"Martin has the most thorough knowledge of heavy metal of anybody I've ever met." -- Dee Snider Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, KISS, Mley Cr? ... "Purple Haze," "Paranoid," "Smoke on the Water," "Rock and Roll All Night," "Shout at the Devil" ......

KICKSTART MY HEART: A MOTLEY CRUE DAY-BY-DAYAuthor: Martin PopoffISBN-10: 1617136107ISBN-13: 9781617136108Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2015Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.80lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.40w x 0.80d

The 150,000-copy national bestselling autobiography of Marilyn Manson, America's most controversial celebrity icon, is offered with a bonus chapter not included in the hardcover. "By turns moving, funny, appalling, disturbing. . . . There has never been anything like it".--"Rolling Stone". 80 b&w photos....

Choosing Death is widely recognized as the definitive history of extreme music subgenres. For this revised and expanded edition, author Albert Mudrian (editor-in-chief of Decibel magazine) reveals there is life after death metal; the book now flaunts a whopping 100 additional pages in three...

Within this spell book lie the keys to ultimate vegan satisfaction. It's both a serious cookbook and a hilariously entertaining read. Full-color photos on every page invite you to enter the realm of a black metal chef who engages in linguistic latitude, total irreverence,...

Sweden is a remote country in the freezing northern Europe, with less than nine million inhabitants and a reputation for Volvos, hockey players, cheap furniture, vodka, and blonde women. Since the late 1980s, however, Sweden has produced over a thousand extreme heavy metal bands,...

Soon to be a Paramount+ documentary! The New York Times Bestseller The Explosive National Bestseller "A backstage pass to the wildest and loudest party in rock history--you'll feel like you were right there with us!" --Bret Michaels of Poison Nothin' But a Good Time...

This is a story about living without a safety netand getting away with it. Teenage punk rock milkman Ross Lomas strapped on a bass and joined G.B.H onstage in 1981. Leading the charge of U.K. hardcore punk, G.B.H lit up British pubs, European squats,...

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Megadeth's iconic record, Rust in Peace, from the band's lead vocalist and guitarist.When Rust in Peace was released in 1990, the future of Megadeth was uncertain. Fresh off their performance at the record-breaking Monsters of Rock...

Lamb of god vocalist D. Randall Blythe finally tells the whole incredible story of his arrest, incarceration, trial, and acquittal for manslaughter in the Czech Republic over the tragic and accidental death of a concertgoer in this riveting, gripping, biting, bold, and brave memoir....

Coming this fall, the first-ever official authorized biography of Cannibal Corpse. Written by Joel McIver, author of Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica and biographies on Black Sabbath, Slayer, Slipknot, and Queens Of The Stone Age, Bible Of Butchery - Cannibal Corpse: The...

Black Tooth Grin is the first biography of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, the Texas-bred guitarist of the heavy metal band Pantera, who was murdered onstage in 2004 by a deranged fan-24 years to the day after John Lennon met a similar fate.Darrell Abbott began as...

Ohio's Heavy Metal Heroes Beartooth Partner With Writer Tony Lee and Artist Omar Francia For 'The Journey Below The story behind the myths of Beartooth's album 'Below' is brought to life as Barry awakens corporate drone Lita's memory of how alive the world once...

"Mot rhead, remember me now, Mot rhead, alright " Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers is the first book to celebrate the classic-era Mot rhead lineup of Lemmy Kilmister, "Fast" Eddie Clarke, and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor. Through interviews with all of the principal troublemakers,...

This 3-book compilation is filled with over 360 musical examples. Every concept and technique is demonstrated with stylistic licks and riffs - No mindless exercises Throughout, creativity and understanding is prioritized to you with the knowledge and confidence to get playing immediately Audio is...

In this primer accompanying Adam Pendleton's MoMA show, the artist behind "Black Dada" fuses musical counterpoint with the aesthetics of protestAdam Pendleton draws on visual culture and historical archives to explore the ways in which context influences meaning. Referencing a broad range of artistic...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Exact transcriptions of all the tracks from Mastodon's masterful 2011 release. Features the Grammy-nominated song "Curl of the Burl," and a dozen others: All the Heavy Lifting * Bedazzled Fingernails * Black Tongue * Blasteroid * Creature Lives * Dry Bone...

The definitive history of the first 30 years of heavy metal, containing over 100 interviews with members of Black Sabbath, Metallica, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Slipknot, Kiss, Megadeth, Public Enemy, Napalm Death, and more. More than 30 years after Black Sabbath released the first...

Few heavy metal acts survived the turmoil of the early 1990s music scene. Pantera was different. Instead of humoring the market, the band instead demanded that the audience come to them by releasing a series of fiercely uncompromising, platinum albums, including Vulgar Display of...

A sumptuous, illustrated guide to the symbolism of heavy metal, told through 300 of its greatest album covers Metal music has consistently offered some of the most gnarly artwork to accompany it's equally hardcore music, this book is a celebration of just that! More...

I'm the Man is the fast-paced, humorous, and revealing memoir from the man who co-founded Anthrax, the band that proved to the masses that brutality and fun didn't have to be mutually exclusive. Through various lineup shifts, label snafus, rock 'n' roll mayhem, and...

Decibel magazine is regarded as the best extreme music magazine around. Precious Metal gathers pieces from Decibel's most popular feature, the monthly "Hall of Fame" which documents the making of landmark metal albums via candid, hilarious, and fascinating interviews with every participating band member....

New York Times Bestseller"Illuminating and very entertaining...a compelling read about someone who is much more than just the guy who sings for Iron Maiden." --LoudwireA long-awaited memoir from the larger-than-life, multifaceted lead vocalist of Iron Maiden, one of the most successful, influential and enduring...

POST is a look at how post-hardcore/emo music developed since its unintentional inception in the mid-1980s. With each chapter broken up by influential band or label, it focuses on a broad style of independent music that developed because of the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) ethic. Focusing...

Few forms of music elicit such strong reactions as does heavy metal. Embraced by millions of fans, it has also attracted a chorus of critics, who have denounced it as a corrupter of youth--even blamed it for tragedies like the murders at Columbine. Deena...

Ministry is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Al Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his own way without making compromises. He survived prolonged drug addiction -- twenty-two years of chronic heroin, cocaine, and alcohol abuse, to be more precise...

Issued on America's premier rap label at the peak of the thrash metal movement, Slayer's controversial Reign in Blood remains the gold standard for extreme heavy metal, a seamless 29-minute procession of ten blindingly fast, apocalyptic songs. The first English book about Slayer explores...

The New York Times bestselling autobiography by the lead guitarist of Black Sabbath and the architect of heavy metal Iron Man chronicles the story of both pioneering guitarist Tony Iommi and legendary band Black Sabbath, dubbed "The Beatles of heavy metal" by Rolling Stone....

Brace yourself for a roller coaster thrill ride as you join the Tattoo the Earth 2000 summer tour of America, the most insane tour ever inflicted on a continent. Featuring twenty of metal's biggest bands, including Metallica, Slipknot, and Slayer, plus Filip Leu, Sean...

"This book is so well-researched and so well-written that I read it non-stop from cover-to-cover because it was so engrossing. Add to it the unsettling possibilities of unknown forces at work, and you have one hell of a story.""This is a well written, exhilarating...

The band known as much for their talent onstage as their antics offstage, M tley Cr e epitomized the drug-fueled, sex-riddled excess of 1980's metal acts. In the process, they forged a rock dynasty few other bands have been able to achieve. Nikki Sixx,...

Get a backstage pass and see Judas Priest like you've never seen them before in this electrifying memoir by the band's cofounder and former lead guitarist. Judas Priest formed in the industrial city of Birmingham, England, in 1969. With its distinctive twin-guitar sound, studs-and-leather...

'When I first heard about this Faith No More biography, I didn't know what to think. But I have to give credit where it is due, it's a quality piece. The man has done his research and it shows. It provided me with more...

Hours of Fun-Filled Facts & Trivia Questions! - Special Launch PriceVan Halen is an American band known for bringing hard rock back into the spotlight in the late 1970s. As the disco craze took over the face of music during this time, Van Halen...

The wildly entertaining memoir from lead singer and songwriter of Twisted Sister--revealing the real stories behind the crazy makeup, the big hair, and badass hits like "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock." As lead singer and songwriter of Twisted Sister, Dee...

Learn the stories behind all of Black Sabbath's classic songs, along with those from Ozzy's solo career.What was the meaning behind "After Forever"? How did Tony Iommi describe "I Am Going Insane (Radio)"? What was the feeling in the studio when Black Sabbath recorded...

The definitive oral history of heavy metal, Louder Than Hell by renowned music journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman includes hundreds of interviews with the giants of the movement, conducted over the past 25 years.Unlike many forms of popular music, metalheads tend to embrace...

#1 German bestseller "I have no idea how late it actually is. We flew off somewhere this morning, and my cell phone automatically turns off the clock if we're getting close to a new time zone by plane. Mile by mile, the bus pushes...

Rez Metal captures the creative energy of Indigenous youth culture in the twenty-first century. Bridging communities from disparate corners of Indian Country and across generations, heavy metal has touched a collective nerve on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona in particular. Many cultural leaders--including former...

Divided into "Opening Acts" (appetizers), "Headliners" (entrees), and "Encores" (desserts), Mosh Potatoes features 147 recipes that every rock 'n' roll fan will want to devour--including some super-charged Spicy Turkey Vegetable Chipotle Chili from Ron Thal of Guns N' Roses, Orange Tequila Shrimp from Joey...

Slipknot and Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor's New York Times bestselling journey into the world of ghosts and the supernatural Corey Taylor has seen a lot of unbelievable things. However, many of his most incredible experiences might just shock you. For much of his...

There have been countless books penned about the leading grunge bands - namely, Nirvana and Pearl Jam. But strangely, few have been assembled about the mighty Soundgarden. But this all changed with the arrival of 'Dark Black and Blue: The Soundgarden Story.'Written by author/journalist...

Fun Facts & Trivia Questions! - Special Launch PricePink Floyd's music has resonated with listeners of all ages on a deep personal level for more than half a century. They were one of the most prominent British rock bands to achieve worldwide fame after...