Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal
by Ian Christe
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Author: Ian ChristeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-02
ISBN: 0380811278
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
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Book Review: The Title of this Book Qualifies as False Advertising
Summary: 1 Stars
The biggest problem with this book is that is not about Heavy Metal, it's just an Ok-ish Metallica biography. I don't really mind the fan-boyish writing, since that's the way I'd probably write about any of my favorite bands. What really bothers me is that whatever happenned before Kill 'em All is only examined depending on the impact and influence it would eventually have in Metallica, and whatever happenned afterwards is discussed depending on how it affected the bands career.
I'm not a writer or a journalist, but i've been a rabid Heavy Metal follower and collector for more than 25 years now, and it never ceases to amaze me how much the author left out and how unimportant artists like Slayer, Helloween, Venom, Death, Napalm Death, Bathory, Kreator and Celtic Frost seem to be, at least according to this book.
Ok Ian, I get it, you wanted to write a Metallica biography but your editor told you the book would appeal to a larger audience if it covered heavy metal in general. At least you could've been honest enough to title it something akin to "The History of Heavy Metal as Experienced by Metallica". I would've bought it anyway, and wouldn't be as pissed-off, since I actually expected a book about the history of my favourite genre.
Summary of Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal
In this first-ever atlas of the heavy metal phenomenon, Ian Christe delivers a bird's-eye view of this dark and forbidden music. The ultimate headbanger history, Sound of the Beast reveals tales of concert hysteria, courtroom drama, and musical triumph with:
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