Reviewed: August, 2020 Published: 2020, Indie Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP It’s about time someone wrote a book about Dokken! James Curl steps up to the plate again following his excellent and well-received Dio biography. I reviewed that one here in August of 2018 as well in case you are interested.…
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Varas-Diaz, Nelson & Scott, Niall, (ed) – Heavy Metal Music and The Communal Experience (Book Review)
Reviewed: May, 2020 Released: 2016, Lexington Books Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP As regular readers of The Library Of Loudness may have noted, I enjoy reading and reviewing academic studies of Metal. HEAVY METAL MUSIC AND THE COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE was issued in an expensive hard cover back in 2016 and…
Brutus, Lou-Sonic Warrior (Book Review)
Released: 2020 Publisher: Rare Bird books Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP I was a little hesitant going into this book. It is the autobiography of Lou Brutus. I had no idea who this guy is, never heard of him before, but the publicist said it was a good rock story and…
Eriksson, Mats, E. – Another Primordial Day (Book review)
Author: Mats E. Eriksson Title: Another Primordial Day-the paleo metal diaries Publisher: PMET Publishing House Published: 2019 Reviewed: June 2019 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Metal is much more than a musical and cultural phenomena that was spawned in Birmingham on Friday the 13th, 1970. Metal is eternal. Metal…
Milazzo, Alex (Editor), Aesthetics of Sickness (Book Review)
Author/Editor: Alex Milazzo Title: Aesthetics Of Sickness Publisher: Heavy Music Artwork Published: 2019 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP This is the first book I’ve ever received that comes wrapped in it’s own biohazard bag! Why, because this book is SICK!! In all seriousness, the bio-bag is a nice touch, a good…
Eglinton, Mark – Lacuna Coil: Nothing Stands In Our Way (Book Review)
REVIEWED: February 2019 RELEASED: November 2018 PUBLISHER: Rocket 88 RATING: 5 out of 5 REVIEWER: Lord Of The Wasteland Rocket 88 is making quite a name for itself in the high-end book market. With affordable, all-encompassing memoirs on Dream Theater and Sepultura already to its credit, big beautiful editions of…
Patterson, Dayal and Tolis, Sakis – NON SERVIAM: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF ROTTING CHRIST (Book Review)
NON SERVIAM: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF ROTTING CHRIST (Book Review) REVIEWED: February 2019 RELEASED: November 2018, Cult Never Dies RATING: 4.5 / 5 REVIEWER: Lord of the Wasteland It wasn’t until I started reading NON SERVIAM: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF ROTTING CHRIST that I became aware of just how influential…
Matthews, Gordon-Van Halen (Book Review)
Author: Gordon Matthews Title: Everything You Wanted to Know About Van Halen Publisher: Ballantine Year: 1984 Reviewed: Jan 2019 Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: JP There are a number of books about Van Halen and this month I’m going to review two of them. The first is titled EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO…
Stenning, Paul – Slash: Surviving Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver & Rock’s Snake Pit (Book Review)
Author: Paul Stenning Title: Slash: Surviving Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver & Rock’s Snake Pit Publisher: Independent Music Press Year: 2007 Reviewed: Jan 2019 Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: JP For whatever unknown reason, I like to buy music stuff in pairs that are related or sets with some common connection. It’s just…
Popoff, Martin-Unchained: A Van Halen User Manual (Book Review)
Author: Martin Popoff Title: Unchained-A Van Halen User Manual Publisher: PowerChord Press Year: 2018 Reviewed: Jan 2019 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP There are a number of books about Van Halen and this month I’m going to review two of them. The first is titled EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT…
Menza, Nick (with J. Marshall Craig) Megalife. (Book review)
Author: Nick Menza with J. Marshall Craig Title: Megalife-The Autobiography of Nick Menza Publisher: Post Hill Press Year: 2018 Reviewed: Jan 2019 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I’m sure most people have heard the phrase ’just the drummer’. Although I’m not a drummer, I’ve never agreed with that sentiment. Would anyone…
Karjalainen, Toni-Matti, Sounds Of Origin In Heavy Metal Music (Book review)
Author: Toni Matti Karjalainen Title: Sounds Of Origin In Heavy Metal Music Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Year: 2018 Reviewed: Jan 2019 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Karjalainen on a couple of occasions, once at an academic conference in Victoria, BC in 2017 and once socially…
Popoff, Martin – Iron Maiden Album By Album (Book Review)
Iron Maiden-Album By Album Publisher: Voyageur Press Year: 2018 Reviewed: Dec 2018 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP The timing for this new Iron Maiden book is pretty good, seeing as the band just announced (as of time of writing) a new batch of North American dates for the Legacy Of The…
Popoff, Martin – Judas Priest: Decade Of Domination (Book review)
Author: Martin, Popoff Title: Judas Priest-Decade Of Domination Publisher: PowerChord Press Year: 2018 Reviewed: Dec 2018 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Martin Pooff writes books faster than I can read and review them! It is the for a year-end round-up with three of his most recent titles about the titans…
Berkers, Pauwke & Schaap, Julian – Gender Inequality In Metal Music Production (Book review)
Authors: Pauwke Berkers & Julian Schapp Title: Gender Inequality In Metal Music Production Year: 2018 Publisher: Emerald Publishing Reviewed: November 2018 Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewed by : JP A number of years ago I was approached by a Masters student at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, who was doing…