Merciless Book of Metal Lists

Abrams Howie

Description

The Merciless Book of Metal Lists is an irreverent and illustrated compendium of the most random, funny, and challenging information about Heavy Metal from the last 40 years. You want to know which Metal albums jumped the shark? Curious to know what non-Metal bands Metalheads love, which album covers feature goats, embarrassing Metal fashion faux pas, and the unfortunate original names Metal bands started with? This is the book. In addition to some highly opinionated lists, this energetically designed volume features quotes, short essays, iconic four-color photography, and contributions from notable metal personalities, including Eddie Trunk, Gary Holt (Exodus), and Scott Ian (Anthrax, S.O.D.), among others. Praise for The Merciless Book of Metal Lists: Authors Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins have a fun time in this most opinionated compendium ever written concerning heavy metal. The writers are die-hard fans and knowledgeable beyond reproachthe trivia and factoids here will help you hold your own at the next Dokken after-party. Newsday.com

Informations

• Publié par: ABRAMS BOOKS
• Date de parution: 09 avril 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781613125014
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Editor: David Cashion
Designer: Donna McLeer / Tunnel Vizion Media
Production Manager: Erin Vandeveer
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Abrams, Howie.
The merciless book of metal lists / Howie Abrams Sacha Jenkins ; photography by Frank White (unless noted otherwise).
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-4197-0738-4
1. Heavy metal (Music)-Miscellanea. I. Jenkins, Sacha. II. Title.
ML3534.A236 2013
781.66-dc23
2012042802
Text copyright 2013 Howard Abrams and Sacha Jenkins
Photographs copyright 2013 Frank White (unless otherwise noted)
this page and this page Illustration by MoreFrames Animation. Courtesy of ILL BILL
(taken from the music video Paul Baloff )
this page (Ronnie James Dio) and this page (MC Serch) by Ed Esposito.
this page and this page courtesy of Katon W. DePena/Black Devil Records.
this page (Brian Slagel) by Stephanie Cabral.
this page and this page courtesy of Betsy Weiss.
this page courtesy of Bella Kozyreva.
this page and this page courtesy of Richard Christy.
The copyright in the original album cover designs is retained by the original record companies, artists, photographers, and designers.
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A MERCILESS FOREWORD BY SLAYER S KERRY KING (Interview by Howie Abrams)
INTRODUCTION
Kreators: Those we have to thank for
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE AUTHORS
The Authors Top 20 Metal Bands of All Time
20 Bands Often Considered Metal but Simply ARE NOT!
The 10 Metal Albums Played Most Often During the Writing of this Book
IN THE BEGINNING
Most Important Metal Demos of All Time Compiled by Monte Conner, Borivoj Krgin, and Shaun Glass
Top 10 Demo Tape Traders: From Tape Traders to Game Changers by ILL BILL
Top 20 Heavy Metal Fanzines of All Time by ILL BILL
ALBUMS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE REALLY UGLY
The Good
The Best Metal Albums EVER!
10 Reasons Why EVERYONE Loves Slayer s Reign in Blood
Kill Em All vs. Ride the Lightning vs. Master of Puppets vs. And Justice for All by Flemming Rasmussen
25 Great Hardcore/Metal Crossover Albums
10 Hardcore/Punk Albums That Shaped Thrash Metal
The Bad
5 Shark-Jumping Recordings
The Very BEST Qualities of Metallica s Load and Reload Albums
The Really Ugly
200 Embarrassingly Bad Album Covers
AXES BOLD AS FUCK
30 of the Greatest Metal Guitarists
20 of the Greatest Metal Bass Players
Best Guitar Tones
Best Bass Tones
SCREAM FOR ME
20 of the Greatest Metal Voices
Rob Halford s Lyrics Re-Examined
Glorious Paul Baloff Stage Banter - Part I by Gary Holt
Part II
10 Accomplishments Iron Maiden Would Never Have Achieved Had Paul Di Anno Remained Their Singer
POUNDING METAL
25 of the Greatest Metal Drummers
STUPID, STUPID, STUPID
Completely Unnecessary Heavy Metal Subgenres
5 Worst All-Time Trends in Metal by Bassist Extraordinaire Danny Lilker
SONGS: THE GOOD AND THE TERRIFICALLY UGLY
The Good
Our Favorite Songs by the Best Metal Bands
Best Metal Instrumentals
15 Great Cover Songs by Metal Bands
Heavy Metal (Vocal) Collabos
Each and Every Heavy Metal Reference Made by Rapper ILL BILL in His Song Peace Sells
The Terrifically Ugly
The 25 Most Fucked-Up Song Titles by Cannibal Corpse
RANDOM INFORMATION, THOUGHTS, AND SPECULATION
15 Metal Album Covers Featuring Goats
All Hail the Original Man-Metal Bands That Have, or Have Had, Black Members
2 Band Names Sepultura Considered Using Before Choosing the Name SEPULTURA by Max Cavalera
Birth Names of Metal Heroes
Top 10 Obscure Metal Blade Records Facts by Metal Blade Records Big Kahuna Brian Slagel
Top 10 Most-Metal Hockey Players According to Metal Blade Records Honcho Brian Slagel
Megaforce Records Fun Facts by Jon and Marsha Zazula
10 Interesting Moments from the Kill Em All for One (Metallica/Raven) U.S. Tour by Raven s John Gallagher
Top 10 Early Raven Recording Facts by Raven s John Gallagher
Best iTunes Playlist to Set on Repeat for a Drive of Eight Hours or Longer by Danny Lilker
Where Are They Now? The MTV Headbanger s Ball Edition
BANDS, BANDS, AND MORE BANDS
The 10 Best Heavy Metal Bands to Form Since the Turn of the (New) Millennium
The 10 Greatest Death Metal Bands EVER According to Roadrunner Records Monte Conner
10 Metal Bands with Death in Their Names
10 Best Metal Bands from Outside the United States by Max Cavalera
5 Bands That Could Have Turned the Big 4 into the Big 5
Band Name Acronyms
Some Non-Metal Artists Metalheads LOVE
Best Suggested Package to Tour the Deep South by Danny Lilker
Eddie Trunk s Top 5 Bands You Probably Never Heard of That I Think Should Have Been Huge
10 Songs Turned Band Names
15 Bands that Changed Their Name
METALLULOID
Thoroughly Embarrassing Metal Videos
5 Awesome Heavy Metal Films
IT S NOT EASY BEING
10 Things You Should Know About Being Black in a Metal Band by Hirax s Frontman Extraordinaire Katon W. De Pena
The Best and Worst Things About Being in a Metal Band from Brazil by Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy)
Top 11 Things People Say to Start a Conversation with Me by Anthrax s Scott Ian
We Are the Road Crew!
The 10 Best and Worst Things About Being a Female Fronting a Metal Band by Bitch s Betsy Weiss
THE BIG 4: METAL RECORD LABEL EDITION
METAL ON METAL
70 Metal Songs About Metal
A Dozen Manowar Songs About Metal
AND YOUR MOTHER DRESSES YOU FUNNY
10 Heavy Metal Fashion Faux Pas
A Hipster s Guide to Metal T-shirts
THE WHITE MAN CAME ACROSS THE SEA
Top 10 NWOBHM Bands You Don t Know by Metal Blade Records Big Cheese Brian Slagel
10 Horrifically Bad NWOBHM Bands
The 10 Best NWOBHM Bands
10 UK Thrash Bands the Rest of the World (Thankfully) Ignored
NOT SO MUCH
10 Reasons Dave Mustaine Probably Declined to Participate in This Book
10 Reasons There Is No Need to Have a List Concerning Ozzy Osbourne in This Book
10 Reasons Anthrax Should Never Be Associated with Hardcore by Madball s Hoya Roc
WTF?!!!
10 Observations from Lemmy s Warts
WWVD: What Would Varg (Vikernes) Do?
10 Things Metalheads Should Avoid Saying While Online Dating
10 Heavy Metal Living Social/Groupon Deals You Will Never See
TOO MUCH INFORMATION
The 5 Craziest Things Richard Christy Has Done on Tour in His Life by Richard Christy (Charred Walls of the Damned/ The Howard Stern Show )
READING IS FUN-DA-METAL
5 Things I Learned By Opening Slayer s Fan Mail Back in the Day by MC Serch (3rd Bass)
Best Metal Blogs
Heavy Metal Reading List
HEAVY METAL FUN TIME
10 Illegible Black Metal Logos (Rorschach Tests?)
A Merciless Metal Crossword Puzzle
THE MERCILESS AFTERWORD BY PHILIP H. ANSELMO
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
If anyone had asked us when we set out on this adventure who the perfect person to serve up a foreword for The Merciless Book of Metal Lists would be, the answer would immediately have been someone from Slayer, and when zeroing in on the one, it most certainly would be guitarist Kerry King. While he arguably has half a handful of peers when it comes to authentic Metal flag bearers, he openly and boldly represents all that is pure and great about Heavy Metal music and culture.
While Sabbath invented it and Metallica flipped it into its modern form, Kerry King and Slayer burned the whole shit down and rebuilt it, incorporating the best elements of its predecessors, into the last great incarnation of Metal we all know and would die for. In the early to mid-1990s, when some believed the way to resurrect Heavy Metal was to add elements of other genres and create new hybrid formulas for the sound-some of which were actually pretty good, but absolutely NOT classifiable as Metal-Kerry and Co. remained steeped in the essence and followed time-honored manners to keep the anger, aggression, razor-like precision, and darkness intact while simultaneously advancing the ball. Kerry also manages to continue writing riffs that make you want to injure anyone within striking distance, which is nothing short of an art form in itself. And for that, we are eternally grateful.
While Kerry was still locked into his responsibilities to the 2012 Mayhem Festival, along with Mot rhead, Slipknot, Anthrax, and others, he thankfully agreed to participate in this book via an interview. We wanted to find out more about his discovery of, and evolution through, Metal-as both a fan and musician-to illustrate how someone of Kerry King s stature and standing came to be, well, Kerry King. He s a perfect choice to set the tone for what this book is about and who it s for: REAL Metalheads! Those who are first on their block to illegally download the new [insert favorite Metal band s name here] album the second it is available for consumption from any number of sketchy online destinations, yet still purchase the album so they can properly scour through the liner notes. The fans who might scream fucking sell-out if an album contains even one song with a tempo one BPM slower than anything on the band s previous release. The kids who line up at the venue at ten A.M., even though doors aren t open until eight P.M. The ones who buy a tour shirt and wear it every day for the next week. That s who this book is for and that s why we asked Kerry the questions we did. Read on, maniacs!
SO, YOU GREW UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WHAT WERE Y