The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal -

Essi Berelian

Rough Guides

2005

416 páginas

13h 52m

ISBN-13: 9781843534150

The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal is the definitive guide to every dark star and bright supernova of the heavy metal universe, with an exclusive forward by Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson. Acknowledging that rock and metal have shared roots, author Essi Berelian has selected a mind-warpingly eclectic group of artists for inclusion in the book. Here is the history of metal in all its flavors and guises, as told through its makers. MEET THE MAKERS Accept – ACDC – Aerosmith – AFI – Agent Steel – Alacatrazz—Alice Cooper Alice in Chains—Alien Ant Farm…The Wildhearts—Zakk Wylde—Y&T—Rob Zombie/White Zombie—ZZ Top

Highlights include: - Career biographies of more than 300 bands and artists from Norway to North Hollywood. From the more classic stylings of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin to modern metalheads like The Darkness and Linkin Park, critical discographies are included for every entry. - Coverage of every breed of leather-clad sub-genre, from death metal to glam, Christian metal to speed metal, thrash to Southern rock. Name your poison; it’s in these pages. - Feature boxes on the best guitar solos, drum performances, metal movies, album artwork, ballads, riffs, cover versions and more. - Hundreds of illustrations, including pictures from the best metal photographers, concert shots and album covers.