Metallica, the seventh-biggest recording act in American history, are consummate musicians - but it wasn't always that way. A significant proportion of their playing expertise was acquired from a pivotal three-year period in their history - 1983 to 1986 - during which their music, a potent variant o[...]
Randall Rhoads, born in California in 1956 and cut down in his prime at the age of only 26, has been an immense influence on a whole generation of musicians in rock and metal. He first came to international prominence in 1979, when he was recruited from the cult metal band Quiet Riot to play with Oz[...]
Kun Slipknot breikkasi 90-luvun puolivälissä, se oli ainutlaatuinen ilmiö. Haalareihin ja naamioihin sonnustautuneen metallibändin lavaimago perustui väkivaltaan ja kauhuun, ja sen jäsenten nimettömyys korosti musiikin aggressiivisuutta. Matkan varrella bändin jäsenet ovat paljastaneet kasv[...]
Featuring QR code connections to video links for every entry, Ultimate Rock Riffs offers quick access to 100 carefully selcted Youtube videos. The ultimate rock riffs are the ones that you recognize from the first chord or bar - they have immediate impact and always bring a smile to the face, they a[...]
One of the hardest headbangers of heavy metal shares his uplifting and empowering memoir about overcoming addiction and discovering a life of faith.
In" My Life with Deth," cofounder and bassist of Mega-deth David Ellefson reveals the behind-the-scenes details of life in one of the world's most [...]
The Kings of Leon came from America's Deep South in 2003 and made an impact on the British music scene that was more immediate and long-lasting than any other new band in years. They embarked on a sex, drug and booze-fuelled rampage through the London music and fashion scene, never afraid to reveal [...]
The very first book about the Anglo-American metal band Tool explores not only their uncompromising music but also their unsettling, self-made image based on mythological symbols and arcane theories. Now available in paperback. The quartet of master musicians - Maynard James Keenan, Danny Carey, J[...]
In 2001, Slipknot Unmasked was the very first biography of a heavy metal phenomenon: a band who looked and sounded like no other. With no fewer than nine members and a unique stage image based on grotesque masks and boiler suits, Slipknot retained a mystique that was unprecedented in the metal world[...]
Over 17 years and eight albums, heavy metal band Machine Head have sold millions of units, earned a Grammy nomination and won personal awards from Metal Hammer and other magazines. The story is a classic rise, fall and rise again scenario -- they exploded onto the metal scene in 1994, enjoyed a succ[...]
An unauthorised biography of the most pro-actively political rock band on the planet. Founder member and guitarist Tom Morello has given author Joel McIver his blessing to write this biography. Joel McIver has given a clear and unbiased analysis of the group's stance on a wide range of issues as we[...]
The updated version of McIver's bestselling biography explores the aftermath of Metallica's comeback in the wake of 2008's Death Magnetic. The band entering the Rock And Hall Of Fame, toured as the leading member of the Big Four Of Thrash alongside Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax Establishing their o[...]
This updated edition of the first ever book about Queens Of The Stone Age takes in nine years of chaos. Since the first edition appeared in 2005, Josh Homme's band has undergone multiple line-up changes, toured the world and released two acclaimed albums. They have taken on a new version of Homme's[...]
Rising up from the ashes of Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age are an electrifying musical force who have inspired a whole new music movement. Members come and go but leader Josh Homme has kept the band on an upward path from club beginnings to major success.[...]
When the first edition of this book was published in 2004, it caused enormous controversy, with author Joel McIver's account of Metallica's rise and fall exposing the multiple myths that had surrounded the band for years. For the first time, a book dared to tell the unvarnished truth about their ear[...]
This is an updated edition of the bestselling biography. When the Los Angeles thrash metal band Slayer redefined the parameters of heavy music in 1986 with the horrific "Reign In Blood" album, few of their fans would have predicted that, nearly a quarter of a century later, their fame would be undim[...]
The seminal British band Motorhead have been rocking since 1975 and, led by the legendary Lemmy, show no signs of letting up. From early classics "Ace Of Spades", "Overkill" and "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith", the band have racked up an incredible 24 albums, with the 25th due before the end of 2010. "O[...]
Updated edition to include details of Ronnie James Dio, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice re-joining the band under the guise Heaven and Hell and Dio's illness and untimely death in 2010. With new interviews and analysis of the music and speculation about the band members' futures in Ronnie's absence[...]
(Book). This controversial guide to guitarists features the most accomplished performers from the vast legions of metal. As well as celebrating the classic metal musicians who've defined the scene since the '70s, it delves deep into thrash metal, death metal, black metal, doom metal, power metal, an[...]
Metallica on yksi kaikkien aikojen suosituimmista rock- ja heavy metal -bändeistä. Sen jäsenet eivät ole vain muusikoita - he ovat legendoja, rockjumalia maan päällä, raskaan viihdesaundin messiaita. He ovat viettäneet kaksi vuosikymmentä rockjulkisuuden kirkkaassa ja kaiken paljastavassa v[...]
Mitä Ozzyn ja bändin muiden jäsenten välillä todella tapahtui? Mitkä olivat bändin pahimmat aallonpohjat?Tämä bändielämäkerta on ensimmäinen perusteellinen selvitys yli sata miljoonaa levyä myyneen bändin kaoottisesta urasta.[...]
Metallica on yksi maailman tunnetuimmista metallibändeistä, mutta harva tietää, että bändin musiikillisen kehityksen takuumiehenä hääri kokoonpanon alkuperäinen basisti Cliff Burton. Hänen elämäkertansa on traagisesti päättyvä tarina äärimmäisestä lahjakkuudesta.San Franciscossa [...]