Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2020, Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP It can be said that Hard Rock and Metal fans are an obsessive bunch. Not only do they know the names of their favourite artists, songs, band names and so on but they also know the year those albums came out,…
Library of Loudness (Book Reviews)
Brunner, Ike-Taken to The Extreme: Heavy Metal Cover Songs (Book)
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2006, Indie / Bowling Green State University, Ohio Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The number of academic studies about Heavy Metal is really quite astonishing. It seems to be the new, cool thing for academics to want to study! Generally for our Library Of Loudness section I don’t…
Popoff, Martin-Van Halen: A Visual Biography (Book review)
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Wymer Publishing Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Let’s get one thing out the way, right now. VAN HALEN: A VISUAL BIOGRAPHY was written, and just about to roll off the press before the unexpected death of Eddie Van Halen. Things came to a screeching…
Garni, Kelly-Angels With Dirty Faces (Book Review)
Reviewed: December, 2020 Published: 2012, Indie Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP I have actually had this book for many years but I didn’t really know what to do with it. Mr. Garni very kindly sent me a digital years ago but being a hard copy type of guy, I just didn’t…
Miller, Joel- Memoir Of A Roadie (Book review)
Reviewed: November, 2020 Published: 2020, Indie Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: JP I find writing reviews of books I didn’t really enjoy very difficult to write. Partly because I don’t want to annoy the author, (maybe it is a polite Canadian thing) and partly because I really do want to like and…
Mustaine, Dave-Rust In Peace (Book Review)
Reviewed: December, 2020 Published: 2020, Hachette Press Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The 30thanniversary of Megadeth’s most iconic album, RUST IN PEACE is a good a time as any to write a book about it! The good people at Hachette have published just such a thing. The hardcover book is pretty…
Shaw, Snowy, -The Book Of Heavy Metal (Book Review)
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, WunderWurld Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: JP I was very excited to read the new autobiography of Snowy Shaw. At one point I stopped and wondered why I was looking forward to this book so much. I mean, after all it is ‘just’ another autobiography from a…
May, Jesse- Money Hacks For Old Millennials and Metalheads (Book review)
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, Independent Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I’m a sucker for any books that tie in with Heavy Metal even if I’m not that interested in the core subject. However in our quest to review every Metal book every I was very pleased to read and enjoy…
Popoff, Martin – Limelight (Book review)
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, ECW Press Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Aptly titled LIMELIGHT, Martin Popoff in conjunction with ECW has published Part two of the definitive Rush trilogy. I did a fairly in-depth review about the background layout and design of this trilogy, when I reviewed Part I, ANTHEM,…
Espedal, Tore E. (Ed, w. Ulver) Wolves Evolve-The Ulver Story (Book review)
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, House Of Mythology Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP I feel a little bit like an outsider reviewing this book. I’m not the world’s biggest Ulver fan. Like many fans, their radical changes in sound and style from album to album have left me in the dark. …
Gehlke, David- No Celebration-The Official Story Of Paradise Lost (Book Review)
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2019, Decibel Books Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Like many Metal-minded folks, I grew up physically swapping albums back and forth, lending and borrowing and just exploring music with friends, as one did before the advent of the information superhighway. One of my favourite memories of Paradise…
Mudrian, Albert (ed.) The Decibel Hall Of Fame Anthology Volume III (Book Review)
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2019, Decibel Books Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Here we go with Round Three of Decibels illustrious Hall of Fame anthologies. It is hard to believe that the first book in the trilogy, PRECIOUS METAL was published ten years ago. Volume III has the same design…
Hunt, C.V. (Ed.) Horrorama (Book Review)
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2020, Grindhouse Press Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP When it comes to my choices in entertainment, I’m not really a mainstream pop culture person, I like the lesser known and the underground. However, with exception of Heavy Metal, I am a dabbler. I like a bit of…
Manowar-Blood Of The Kings Volume I (Book Review)
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2020, Magic Circle Music Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: JP If there ever was a band that is overdue for a book it is mighty Manowar. The army of immortals have asked and the band has heeded the call and delivered…THE BLOOD OF THE KINGS VOL I. Long…
Franklin, Dan- Heavy: How Metal Changes The Way We See The World (Book Review)
Reviewed: September, 2020 Published: 2020, Constable Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP In my mind the three words that characterized this book and my perception of it are; subjective, objective and generation-gap. HEAVY is a new title authored by Dan Franklin and published by the good people at Constable/LittleBrown/Hachette. The book…