Hellraisers: A Complete Visual History of Heavy Metal Mayhem

288 Pages Indexed. Text is by Matthew Goldenberg and Christopher Krovatin. Identical wrap-around pictorial covers of jacket and book. Red page edges. Book and jacket are in as new condition with no marks, labels, or stamps. Interior text and illustration pages are near flawless. Illustrated endpapers. Take a journey through the history of metal music from its earliest roots with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to its popular modern incarnations like experimental black metal, stoner doom, and djent. From AC/DC and Anthrax to Meshuggah and Mastodon, this is a superfan's eye-view exploration of metal's most innovative and hardcore sounds that can be heard around the world. Co-authored by Axl Rosenberg and Chris Krovatin of the hugely popular blog metalsucks, this is a visually dynamic history, complete with exclusive band interviews, over 200 photos, genre-by-genre playlists, and plenty more to keep you throwing horns all night long. Since it crawled from the depths of the pit, Heavy Metal has been the most vicious genre in popular music. Now, the writers of the much-loved and ever-controversial blog MetalSucks are here to explain metal's face-melting history and culture from the superfan's point of view. From the old days of Sabbath and Zeppelin to the new waves of Doom Metal and Djent, this book serves up Heavy Metal with healthy doses of humor, philosophy, and beery opinions that may or may not hold up in the sober light of day. Complete with full-color photos and exclusive interviews with some of heavy metal's finest veterans and upcoming talents, Hellraisers will have both casual fans and trve headbangers throwing the horns. Join us-Hell awaits.…