The history of heavy metal brings brings us extraordinary stories of larger-than-life characters living to excess, from the household names of Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Bruce Dickinson and Metallica (SIT DOWN, LARS!), to the brutal notoriety of the underground Norwegian black metal scene and the New Wave ...
When Joel McIver's Extreme Metal was published in 2000, it was the first of it's kind. Choosing 250 of the biggest and most influential bands of the extreme metal genre, he then established a benchmark with his guide which others have since tried and failed.
