Metal: The Definitive Guide (Book)
by Garry Sharpe-Young
Book Summary Information
Author: Garry Sharpe-YoungForeword: Rob Halford
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-28
ISBN: 1906002010
Number of pages: 495
Publisher: Jawbone Press
Book Reviews of Metal: The Definitive Guide (Book)
Book Review: Absolutely "The Definitive Guide"
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is absolutely fantastic in accomplishing it's aim to inform, educate and interest all those in search of metal knowledge.
The history is absolutely spot on and every significant metal sub-genre and artist you can think of is mentioned in here with a more than adequate history and background on every one of them.
I was also particularly pleased to see that the serious pioneers of each stage in metal's history (i.e Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Bathory, Pantera) are all given a very hefty covering in which there is often a considerable number of qoutes or interviews of the band members about their music, life and so on.
The layout and set up of the each section, page and the book in general is all very user friendly, easily understandable and coherent and is more or less chronological.
Garry Sharpe Young is clearly a huge metal enthusiast as you would expect and the effort that has gone into compiling this is phenomenal as he has clearly done some serious travelling, research and pulled many strings to get hold of every metal star he can. As a renowned journalist in the music world, he more than does the genre justice.
I referred to it a huge amount in my essay: "The Journey of Metal as a Music Genre" as it was easily the most informative, precise and in depth work on the market and still appears to be.
If there is any question about any element of metal history at all, then this is without doubt the Literature you are in need of.
A fantastic read.
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