Sound of the Beast : The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal
by Ian Christe
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Author: Ian ChristeEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
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Book Review: bias! bias! bias!
Summary: 3 Stars
I have read many of the reviews and decided to write my own. One of the things that cannot be said about Ian is that his writing is bad or boring or anything depreciative. Although sometimes too poetic for my taste, the overall feeling when reading this book is of fluidity. The information, although biased to the extreme, flows smoothly in a well constructed text structure. I have to agree with many of the reviewers in the claim that this is not about the history of heavy metal let alone "the complete" headbanging history of heavy metal. I have been buying specialized magazines for over three decades now and I can safely state, based on the numerous interviews with the majority of bands in the scene, that Metallica is not among the three to five bands most cited as big influences in their careers. Undoubtedly, the most influential bands in the metal scene are Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Slayer, in this order. However, aside from Black Sabbath, which gets a wide coverage in the book (but only in the Ozzy era), Iron Maiden and Slayer are treated as if they were cult bands with a short career span. As a fan of black metal, I also think that there was a biased view and bands which are as big as they can get in this genre were left out with a single paragraph mentioning their existence: Dimmu Borgir. In conclusion, I recommend this book for its richness but with a warning for people who's been living in the scene for long.
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