My book, Heavy Metal: From Hard Rock to Extreme Metal, is now available! This giant hardcover tome, weighing in at over four pounds, covers all you need to know about some of hard rock and metal’s biggest and best bands, from Black Sabbath to Emperor, and from Guns N’ Roses to Metallica. And what's really exciting for me is that the foreword is by Slayer guitarist Kerry King!
The book chronicles the histories of hard rock, heavy metal, thrash, and the various subgenres related to extreme music, including black metal, death metal, grindcore, doom, prog metal, power metal, and more. It examines metal’s culture, and features close-up sections on bands as varied as Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Celtic Frost, Napalm Death, and Manowar, recounting their histories, exploits, and what makes them important. These are accompanied by tons of large-scale photos of the bands doing what they do best, rocking onstage. Check it out in the photos below.
Spotlighted bands include: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Scorpions,
Rush, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Queen, Van Halen, Kiss, AC/DC, Rainbow, Def
Leppard, Whitesnake, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Poison, Guns N' Roses, Skid Row,
Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Saxon, Manowar, Queensryche,
Dio, Dream Theater, Venom, Metallica, Pantera, Anthrax, Slayer, Sodom,
Destruction, Kreator, Megadeth, Celtic Frost, Mayhem, Immortal, Emperor, Napalm
Death, Death, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Savatage, Helloween, Iced Earth,
Blind Guardian, Ministry, Marilyn Manson, Tool, Korn, and, last but not least, Slipknot.
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