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Over 400 of the finest examples of metal poster and cover art, spanning the entire 50-year history of metal, and how that art has helped define the genre Without the larger-than-life character andimagination of the art that complements it, metal wouldn’t have had the same impact in capturing the intense spirit and visual identity that define its rebellious essence. From the colorful,outlandish, and sophisticated use of visuals for album artwork and posters, to the immediately recognizablelogos of such bands as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motörhead, Metallica, Slayer, and a host of others across many subgenres, there’s a close-knitrelationship between the riffs that thunder from theguitar and the images that have come to represent thesongs, anthems, and sheer nature of the beast. Does anyother form of music immediately conjure up suchevocative and distinctive images as the mere mention ofthe term "heavy metal"? From its inception in the 1960s through today’sgiants, the art has been closely connected to the music. Every quintessential album brings to mind a readilyidentifiable album cover. Each great band has animmediately identifiable logo. All of the landmark gigshave a poster that quintessentially depicts the time,place, and passion of the event. Today, the art that has been used toillustrate the music now stands on its own. What might have begun as a way of packagingmetal has taken on a life of its own. It’s now possible to trace the way the genre itself has evolved,and changed, by looking at its art. The Art of Metal explores theways in which the art has helped define each of thecrucial subgenres that make up the multifaceted and colorful centipede that is metal.

Von Mick Wall. Das unentbehrliche Handbuch, vollgepackt mit Informationen zur Musik von Metallica.Album für Album informiert es detailreich über jeden Song, der jemals von Metallica veröffentlicht wurde - von ihrem Debütalbum ''Kill ''Em All'' (1983) bis zum heutigen Tag. Zu allen Alben und Songs gibt das Buch Auskunft über die Orte, Daten und Produzenten der Aufnahmen und nennt die Autoren der Songs. Zusätzliche Kapitel informieren über Kompilationen und Neuveröffentlichungen.Mit 16-seitigem Fototeil und einem Song-Register.Mick Wall und Malcolm Dome haben für verschiedene Rockmagazine wie Raw oder Kerrang! über Metal-Themen im Allgemeinen und Metallica im Besonderen geschrieben. Als Autorenteam verfassten sie Bücher über Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots und andere Bands.

Here is the ultimate illustrated discography of the world''s greatest metal band, Metallica, covering everything from 1983''s Kill ''Em All through all their multi-million selling albums and bringing the story right up-to-date with their video game Metallica: Guitar Hero.Metallica where inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.The bands album Death Magnetic went multi-platinum and has been #1 in twenty-seven countries around the world, including the US, UK and Australia.The band star in their own immensely popular Guitar Hero game.The band is a multi-award winner and has received nine Grammy Awards, most recently winning two in 2009.Enter Sandman from the band''s 1991 album Metallica was included in Rolling Stone magazine''s list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.