Heavy Metal category: 139 books
Metallica - Updated Edition
The Complete Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
This new, thoroughly updated edition is the ultimate tribute to Metallica, complete with coverage of the band's most recent DVD set and live albums. Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, Metallica has become the best-selling heavy metal group in music history, with an estimated 100 million worldwide album...
Bruce Dickinson
Maiden Voyage: The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Bruce Dickinson is the mighty voice behind legendary heavy metal behemoths Iron Maiden, and many more things besides. Prior to joining Maiden in 1981 for their seminal, multi-million selling *Number of the Beast—*one of the most influential records in the history of Heavy Metal—Dickinson enjoyed...
Ozzy Knows Best
The Amazing Story of Ozzy Osbourne, from Heavy Metal Madness to Father of the Year on MTV's "The Osbournes"
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2002
Always outrageous but equally compelling, Ozzy Knows Best is THE book to have on Ozzy, MTV's The Osbournes, and everything in between.
Meet the Osbournes: children Kelly and Jack, mother Sharon, and the father, none other than Godfather of Metal Ozzy Osbourne. Starring in MTV's most popular...
by Eddie Trunk
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
In the much-anticipated sequel to the bestselling Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, Trunk picks up where he left off by featuring 35 new bands, both legendary and forgotten, and sharing his passion for all things metal. Complete with his favorite playlists, band discographies, memorabilia,...
by Jeff Wagner, Steven Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Revered former Metal Maniacs editor Jeff Wagner analyzes the heady side of metal in this exhaustive narrative history of a relentlessly ambitious musical subculture. Beginning with the hugely influential mid-1970s efforts of Rush and King Crimson, Wagner unfurls a huge tapestry of sounds and styles,...
Global Metal Music and Culture
Current Directions in Metal Studies
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
This book defines the key ideas, scholarly debates, and research activities that have contributed to the formation of the international and interdisciplinary field of Metal Studies. Drawing on insights from a wide range of disciplines including popular music, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology,...
Metal Music Manual
Producing, Engineering, Mixing, and Mastering Contemporary Heavy Music
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Metal Music Manual shows you the creative and technical processes involved in producing contemporary heavy music for maximum sonic impact. From pre-production to final mastered product, and fundamental concepts to advanced production techniques, this book contains a world of invaluable practical information....
by Cindy Washington
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Introduction
The technically skilled guitar playing of John Petrucci elevated Dream Theater to the upper echelons of modern heavy metal. While its schedule has actually constantly developed, the Long Island-based quintet has actually consistently delivered sharp-edged music. Dream Theater...
by Neil Daniels
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Few bands have as widespread global appeal as Iron Maiden. This up-to-date book showcases the band in all its beastly glory.
Formed in 1975 by a young, East London bass player named Steve Harris, Iron Maiden went on to become one of the most successful heavy metal acts in history. With an estimated...
Experiencing Black Sabbath
A Listener's Companion
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Black Sabbath has often been credited with inventing heavy metal with their first album released in 1970. Their new style of music was loud, brutal, scary, innovative, and it has greatly influenced heavy metal bands since then. Their five decades of music cross generations of fans, and they remain...
by Rev. Keith A. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Archives is a series collecting vintage artist interviews and record reviews from the archives of award-winning rock critic and music historian Rev. Keith A. Gordon.
Volume Three of The Rock ‘n’ Roll Archives features interviews with ten heavy metal pioneers as well...
by Chris Matheos
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
This book is all about Heavy Metal bass playing. It can be very fast and complicated. A variety of grooves (open string, octave, hammer-on) that range from old school to contemporary are presented. Rhythmic studies and rhythm section awareness are also a focal point. Working with space and complicated...
Metal on Ice
Tales from Canada's Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Heroes
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Canada has produced many successful proponents of the genre known as heavy metal, which grew out of the hard rock of the 1970s, exploded commercially in the 1980s, and then petered out in the 1990s as grunge took over, only to rise to prominence once again in the new millennium.
The road to...
Iron Man
My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
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. Iron Man...